Some convicting words from Richard Phillips:
Many of us are ineffective evangelists simply because we are too lazy and self-centered. We are not willing to cross the street to meet people. We do not care enough for the eternal destiny of friends, family members, and co-workers to risk the social hazard of talking about the Lord. (Jesus the Evangelist, p.111)
Sadly, this might be one of the primary reasons behind our lack of evangelism & outreach.
We might well be pleasantly surprised by what the Lord would do through us if we would just step out in faith by reaching out to someone with the gospel or even just a simple invitation to worship with us at church on Sunday.
As the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 10:14-15,
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
May more and more of us have such beautiful feet! And may the Lord Jesus be glorified in the making of many disciples in his name!
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