Monday, February 22

Have you ever been excited about an idea only to find your enthusiasm waning once you began to realize how much effort was going to be required of you to turn the idea into a reality? I remember how excited I was when I decided to finish our basement myself. I would come home from work each night and head downstairs, flip on the radio, strap on my tool belt, and set to work. But 6 months later I was no longer very motivated and my basement was only partially finished.

When it comes to evangelism, many of us have this kind of experience. We know that God loves people (at least we say we know it). We know that God has called us to share His love with people. But for some reason we struggle to share His message of grace and forgiveness with the people in our lives.

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. Romans 1:16

What does the Apostle Paul mean when he says that he is “not ashamed”?

Have you ever felt intimated, inadequate or insecure about sharing your faith with someone? (me too)

There are lots of reasons for why we feel this way…

Some of us don’t feel like we are equipped to know what to say.
Some of us are afraid of being rejected.
Some of us are worried about questions and objections we cannot answer.
Some of us have just never really tried and we are missing out on what God wants to do in & through us.

Perhaps the greatest thing we can do to be bolder with our faith is to become stronger in it ourselves! If you struggle to share the love of God with others, maybe it is because you are not experiencing much of it yourself? After all, you cannot share what you do not have.

Are you convinced that God loves you and that He has set you free from sin and given you the hope of eternity?
Has the love of Jesus Christ penetrated your heart?

Consider these words from the Apostle Paul

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

Pastor Jeff Frazier