At the close of our services this weekend, we asked our people to go to specially prepared places along the perimeter of the Sanctuary where they could write the first names of people that they would be praying for, lost people, to come to Christ in the near future.
It was a quite a moving site to see the nearly 2,000 people in the Sanctuary over three services move quickly to the walls and sign the name of one or two friends, relative, co-worker, fellow student or acquaintance that they longed to see sitting in the chair next to them worshipping Jesus in the months ahead.
I think what moved me the most was the fact that I know that this is something that every sincere Christ-follower in our church wants to see. The issue is often that we don’t know how to bridge that gap, open the conversation or extend an invitation to help another person discover what God has for them. Let’s face it; it’s not necessarily an easy thing to do.
However, faith is a powerful force. When an entire wall of names is created and faith is lifted up by thousands of people in prayer, my own heart tells me that God is going to do something supernatural in the weeks ahead! He will not ignore the earnest prayers of his people and He will supply the words, the circumstances, or whatever it takes for others to find their way to the foot of the cross.
Something happened on these days. Something was loosed in the heavenlies
(Matthew 16) and therefore we will see the blessing of God in the lives of these beloved friends and family members that we so desire to discover faith in Jesus.
Blessings,
Pastor Jay
It was outstanding watching this in the Cafe on Sunday. It demonstrates love for the lost but that the teaching time is really connecting to open hearts. Sounds like you have a captive audience to connect this sometime soon with a teaching series aimed at "bridging that gap" on sharing our faith. Perhaps that series would have a great link to another "inviting type" event.
ReplyDeleteWe WILL see a great harvest if we do not give up!