September 20, 2009

Love Part 5: September 18, 2009

TODAYS WORD FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2009.

DAY FIVE OF A FIVE DAY SERIES
LOVE

Today we want to talk about loving the world. John 3:16 tells us that God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that anyone that believes in Him would not perish but would have everlasting life. There are not too many people that have a world mentality when it comes to sharing their faith, but we are to love God and then respond as He commands us. Can you see beyond your daily routines, a world that needs Jesus and then are you willing to respond?

GODS WORD

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15.

WORDS FROM KEN AND DOTTIE

God has blessed us by giving us the opportunity to travel over these last 52 years to close to 100 countries of the world. Because of this we have developed what one might call a “WORLD MENTALITY.” Many people cannot see beyond what they can see with their own eyes. When we love God, He wants us to be concerned with a world that needs to know Jesus and He has commanded us to “Go” and “Preach” as is written in the verse above. This is what most Christians call “THE GREAT COMMISSION.” It is brief, yet forceful and uncompromising.

Jesus made two critical points to those that love Him. First, it was the gospel that we are to preach. This infers clearly that we are not to preach our own thoughts, ideas, beliefs, religion or philosophy. We are to preach the gospel --- the good news that Jesus came and died to pay the penalty for our sins --- because the whole world desperately needs to hear it.

Secondly, Jesus says that the gospel needs to be carried “into all the world.” The great commission was given to the whole church, every believer and is a permanent commission given to every generation, not to just the disciples.

You must respond to this command if you truly love God. The great commission does not allow for excuses like it is too hard, too far, and too dangerous or there are too many barriers. His command is an uncompromising demand that has no room for excuses. So as Christians we must reach out to the world we live in beginning today to share the good news of the gospel to every person in every part of our world.

It is not acceptable to God to say that I will begin my training now and then try to go to some far away place. Now is the day to begin and as you start sharing the good news with “YOUR WORLD,” then God will open new doors for you possibly near to you or far away.

The critical point that we want you to understand, as we close this five day study on love, is that we are to love God, love our spouses, love our children and parents, love our neighbors and then if we love God we need to show that love of God by going into all the world and sharing the gospel – the good news that Jesus died to pay the penalty for ALL of our sins.

TODAYS FAMILY PRAYER

Give me a new excitement so that I can begin today to share the good news of the gospel to the world that I live in. Give me the boldness and the confidence that only You can do. Help me to be that shining light that You are looking for in my world. Challenge my family to join me in this new but wonderful ministry that You want to give us. Bless our efforts to share the gospel by giving us a fruitful ministry.

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