I believe this is from December 2015
I pray you take time to read this today...............
Yesterday morning I had the privilege of listening to two awesome testimonies/experiences from a recent trip to Honduras. Of course we saw pictures of the visit in which we saw their lifestyle, their work ethic and of course their desire to travel miles to be in a Holy Ghost filled service. It was truly a blessing to hear the testimony and to see by way of pictures the awesome move of God in their service. But, one word stuck out to me when it was used by both yesterday morning and that word was *SIMPLICITY*!!
Simplicity = Being simple (Basic) (Plain) Well that's pretty much the common meaning to simplicity.
But look deeper into its other meaning.......*freedom from complexity, intricacy, or division into parts*
**FREEDOM from........!!!!
Made me think of truly how we are not a simple people...specifically the church.
I know we use and I am a huge advocate of social media to get the Word out and advertise our church. Which that will not stop because I believe it is a great tool to be used for the greater of the Kingdom of God!!
But, simplicity, simple....old school if you would, mouth and feet (mainly feet) was what filled their church the few days they were in Honduras.
Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. What we have just read here is what we know as the *GREAT COMMISSION*
1.GO YE: Going is before teaching, preaching, or baptizing. In Psalm 126:6 God gives us a great outline on soul winning..... Psalms 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
1. Go....weepeth (tears....compassion) 2. Spreading the word (seeds) 3. Bringing his sheaves with him (souls)
Here again *GOING* is before sowing or weeping or rejoicing. God certainly demands that we put feet in soul winning. Walking comes before talking. Ephesians 6:15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; We are commanded to have our feet shod with the gospel. Why? For we are to go and tell the world...not them come to us. Do you want to have beautiful feet? God says the feet of a soul winner are beautiful. Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Bringeth good tidings to bring something means to go. To go means using your feet. The problem today is we have to many........
*BAREFOOTED CHRISTIANS* and I'm not exempt from that title!!!
Bottom line soul winning begins with *SIMPLICITY*.... it begins with the feet!!
#newburden #simplicity #back2basics #back2simplicity #soulwinningusingfeet
Thank you Bro. Tommy Russell and Sis. Karen Boswell Russell not only did your mission trip touch and change your lives it caused me to take inventory of my life.
I pray you take time to read this today...............
Yesterday morning I had the privilege of listening to two awesome testimonies/experiences from a recent trip to Honduras. Of course we saw pictures of the visit in which we saw their lifestyle, their work ethic and of course their desire to travel miles to be in a Holy Ghost filled service. It was truly a blessing to hear the testimony and to see by way of pictures the awesome move of God in their service. But, one word stuck out to me when it was used by both yesterday morning and that word was *SIMPLICITY*!!
Simplicity = Being simple (Basic) (Plain) Well that's pretty much the common meaning to simplicity.
But look deeper into its other meaning.......*freedom from complexity, intricacy, or division into parts*
**FREEDOM from........!!!!
Made me think of truly how we are not a simple people...specifically the church.
I know we use and I am a huge advocate of social media to get the Word out and advertise our church. Which that will not stop because I believe it is a great tool to be used for the greater of the Kingdom of God!!
But, simplicity, simple....old school if you would, mouth and feet (mainly feet) was what filled their church the few days they were in Honduras.
Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. What we have just read here is what we know as the *GREAT COMMISSION*
1.GO YE: Going is before teaching, preaching, or baptizing. In Psalm 126:6 God gives us a great outline on soul winning..... Psalms 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
1. Go....weepeth (tears....compassion) 2. Spreading the word (seeds) 3. Bringing his sheaves with him (souls)
Here again *GOING* is before sowing or weeping or rejoicing. God certainly demands that we put feet in soul winning. Walking comes before talking. Ephesians 6:15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; We are commanded to have our feet shod with the gospel. Why? For we are to go and tell the world...not them come to us. Do you want to have beautiful feet? God says the feet of a soul winner are beautiful. Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Bringeth good tidings to bring something means to go. To go means using your feet. The problem today is we have to many........
*BAREFOOTED CHRISTIANS* and I'm not exempt from that title!!!
Bottom line soul winning begins with *SIMPLICITY*.... it begins with the feet!!
#newburden #simplicity #back2basics #back2simplicity #soulwinningusingfeet
Thank you Bro. Tommy Russell and Sis. Karen Boswell Russell not only did your mission trip touch and change your lives it caused me to take inventory of my life.
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