Acts 26:28 “Then Agrippa said to Paul, ‘Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?’ Paul replied, ‘Short time or long- I pray God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”
Paul has such confidence in knowing exactly who and what he is. He carries such a conviction within him at all times. His encounter on the Damascus road obviously changed him forever!! Paul really understood first hand the futility of a life lived outside of a relationship with Christ. He truly is a changed man and as such he longs for every other human being to experience the kind of life he has come to know in Christ. So whenever an opportunity arises Paul makes a point of holding nothing back, so when he finds himself before King Agrippa - Paul is going for gold, he is taking his best shot leaving the results up to God.
I wonder what kingdom opportunities I have missed by simply not being prepared. What results have not ever had the chance to emerge simply because I never gave them chance to see the light of day? I need to become more like Paul, armed and ready to take the shot whenever the opportunity arises! Who knows where it will lead or what destinies will be changed!
My Prayer: Father help me to always be prepared to share the faith that I have at a moments notice. Grant me wisdom and discernment to know where and when to take the shot and leave the rest up to you!
Acts 17:23 “For as I walked around and looked carefully at our objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.”
Paul was the master of starting spiritual conversations. He had a way of getting beyond people’s walls to at least gain a hearing. So just how does he do it?
• He has eyes to see!
• He observes and studies people and their culture to find out what sort of things they value and honour as a people. The things they Worship.
• He keeps his mouth shut during this process.
• He Finds an IN - something that he can use to launch into a spiritual conversation.
• He now has a platform from which to launch, to get behind their walls of objection, so he launches into a clear simple presentation about Christ.
The result of his efforts were that some believed! Not all - Just Some.
If we simply follow Paul’s lead I think we would engage in a lot more spiritually productive conversations for The Kingdom. We simply need to carefully observe and study people to see what is important and valuable to them. Then just wait and pray until the Holy Spirit reveals to you an opening to engage them. At that point of time you can then present a clear simply message. However, you first must get beyond the wall - until that point of time keep your seven card studapostar dinero paginas internettrucos ganar ruletajuegos apuestas paginas internetsistemas ruletasapuesta dinero portales internetcasino du libanjugar apostar portalruleta sistemas juegolos mejores casinos onlineweb baccaratruleta europea portal internetcasino virtual gratiscasinos netjugar baccarat en lineadescargar juegos de casino gratisayuntamiento madrid casinojuegos flash casinojuego interactivo internetapuesta dinero onlinejugar cartastrucos para casino empirecasino villajoyosajack black en linea gratisjuego tragaperrascasino portales internetruleta internetcasino on net downloadruleta pagina webjugar interactivo portalcasino virtual portal websistemas ganar ruletaganar dinero real portalescomo ganar en la ruletaruleta portal webjugar gratisganar dinero real portales webcasino internacional paginas internetcasino virtual paginas webcasinos internacionales paginas internetmaquinas tragaperras portalvideo poker paginas webapuesta portales internetjuego gratis la ruletaplay free baccaratjuego instantaneo portal internetcasino juegosroulette paginas webjuegos seguros paginas internetjugar cartas linea mouth shut!
My Prayer: Father give me eyes to see and the gifts of your spirit to discern how to become all thing to all people that I might win some to Christ! Show me how to get beyond the walls of objection to bring the message of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I understand I won’t win them all but at least let me win some.
Acts 13:22 ‘After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘ I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’
I find it amazing that God had such confidence in the fact that he had David’s heart that he was willing to put it down in writing for all to see. God and David were such great mates that each knew the other would not let them down. David knew that God would back him up when he needed to take on the lion and the bear. David knew his God would back him up when facing a nine foot giant called Goliath. God also knew that no matter what David went through, his heart would never stray from Him. Even during times when he really blew it with Bathsheba God knew his heart would respond, even when Saul was chasing all over the country side trying to take his life, God knew his heart would not stray. Even though it looked like his dream of being King was slipping away, his heart was confident in his God. One read of the Psalms and you can see the torment in David’s soul sometimes with him not fully understanding with his mind what is going on. But not matter what, he always ends up back at the position of complete trust in God. What a wonderful relationship!
I would love it if one day someone would write about me that I was man who really knew his God, a man that followed God’s plans and purposes for his generation. A man who would do everything God requested of him! That would make a great eulogy! However, the reality is, often I don’t do what God asks of me. I dismiss opportunities to speak into someone’s life on His behalf because I am often too busy doing my own thing. I don’t respond to his small prompts to engage with someone on the street, or in a shopping centre because I wonder what they will think of me. I doubt God could say that of me just yet! But I am determined to build the intimacy of our relationship more and more so that I am confident that no matter what he requests of me I know he will back me up! I want to reach that place like David was where I know we stand together always confidently watching each other’s back!
My prayer… Father help me to love and develop our relationship more. I am sorry for the times I have let you and others down by simply not stepping out on your prompts. Lord lead me to the place where we can be so one that no matter what happens I know you have my back and I’ll faithfully have yours.
