Imagine if every member of JIBC and every attendee could answer that question with the name of a person—a person for whom they’re praying and with whom they are trying to share the Gospel. How would it change our church? How would it change the world? My guess is that most of us know someone personally who is near to us but far from God. We know a father or mother, a son or daughter, a neighbor or friend. There is the co-worker that you have worked with over the years; the person who provides a service to you. I can only imagine the possibilities of what God can do! This Sunday we start a month long focus on leading our church family and friends to identify one person in your relational network to pray for and to pray for an opportunity, in some way, with whom to share the Gospel. This is not an overly elaborate plan. “Who’s your one?”
We will make available a 30 day prayer guide that will help lead you to pray specifically, with intentionality, for someone you know who needs to know our Father in Heaven and the Lord Jesus Christ. The prayer guides will be available at no cost and are so easy to use. I have been using my guide for the last three weeks. I have identified my one and am asking God to lay on my heart another to add to this prayer list. I think you will find the simple and basic prayer guide to be helpful.
Next, I will also be teaching a series of lessons related to this prayer/evangelism emphasis. We will visit again the call to follow Jesus and the call to make disciples. The timing for this is very intentional. We are hoping that you will be able to invite your one to this year’s Easter service where they will hear a very clear presentation of the Gospel and will have an opportunity to respond. Each week we will be providing more and more guidance and help as you consider…“Who’s your one?”
Pastor Tom
