Power to R-E-A-C-H Lost People

Luke 19:10, "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

This Sunday, our 8:30am Contemporary Service will be taking a look at Acts 11. Peter had just come to the understanding that Salvation and the gift of the Holy Spirit was available to the Gentiles. This was quite a challenge for the believers to wrap their heads around...

So, how does this apply to me? Well, I think Luke makes it clear in Acts that there were many who needed Jesus...as there are in our world today. We may think they are beyond our reach, or even beyond God's reach...but no one is...

Isaiah 59:1, "Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear."

The results aren't up to us anyway. We just need to be sure we're in a R-E-A-C-H posture. This means we're praying, we're talking and we're reaching out in kindness to those around us. I love this saying from Steve Sjogren, who took Mother Teresa's quote and tweaked it a bit...

Small things

done with

great love - -

will change

the world!

The Holy Spirit is the only true evangelist who has ever existed. He is the only one who can compel anyone anyway...which really takes the pressure off of us.

John 6:44, (The Message) "You're not in charge here. The Father who sent me is in charge. He draws people to me - that's the only way you'll ever come. Only then do I do my work, putting people together, setting them on their feet, ready for the End."