You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘rick warren’ tag.
Jesus challenges us to OPEN OUR EYES AND LOOK.
In john 4 He describes the harvest as plentiful and ripe. Numerous and ready.
Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. John 4:35
Statistics say that of the 5.8 billion people in our world, 1.2 billion (around 20%) have yet to hear the Gospel.
55,000 people die daily in India and around the world without ever hearing about Jesus.
I read somewhere that every day 74,000 people across the globe come to faith in Christ. That’s 3,083 new fellow believers every hour of every day!
Everyone of those new believers has a name and a face and a life. Look at them.
Everyone of those people who die without Jesus has a name and a face and a life. Look at them.
Look.
and see.
Our mission is to see people saved, to see people know the love and forgiving grace of Jesus Christ.
God demonstrates His love and grace through US – the once broken, once fallen, once sinners, once guilty – NOW whole, NOW saved, NOW redeemed, NOW forgiven, NOW innocent, NOW new, NOW clean… We who experience the reality of God’s salvation and grace are called to witness it to those around us both in our actions and our words. We who KNOW the reality of God’s love and grace get to LIVE IT OUT to the world around us – this is what a witness is.
We must open our eyes and look though and allow God to move our hearts and stir us. Jesus came and lived and dwelled and died and rose for the salvation of those around us.
For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son so that all who believe in Him will not die but have eternal life.
This is the heart of God!
Look.
and see.
You might not be a paid pastor – but you can care for those around you.
You might not be a paid missionary to India – but the lost people around you need to know the love and grace and gospel message of salvation and Jesus.
You might not have gone to bible college – but the Holy Spirit dwells within you and will give you the answer needed.
You get the picture. We are ALL called to shine and serve and speak and teach and evangelise and care and love and BE Christians! God has called each one of us to be ambassadors and witnesses – to shine His light into the world so that people will see God in the darkness. It is God who saves and draws people to Himself but He demonstrates His love and grace and lives out salvation through us.
God has qualified and empowered each one of us to do this momentous task. It could be done every day in every conversation in every opportunity. In the classroom. In the doctors office. At the mechanics. In line at the supermarket. Over coffee at a cafe. At work. At school. It’s not something we turn off or turn on. We ARE witnesses. We ARE the light of the world, unhidden and shinning bright.
Let’s open our eyes.
Let’s look and see.
Jesus’ eyes are open. He looks and He sees.
Lets take the opportunities to share the Good News and be part of the work of God in this generation! Lets communicate the news in who we are, what we do and what we say.
“There are people on this planet whom only you will be able to reach, because of where you live and what God has made you to be. If just one person will be in heaven because of you, your life will have made a difference for eternity” Rick Warren
Look. See.
#FiveMinuteFriday free write time! <—click to tweet this!
Five Minute Friday is a feature over at Lisa-Jo Bakers TALES FROM A GYPSY MAMA blog. i first read about it on my friend Fee’s blog and thought it sounded fun!
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..
OK, are you ready?
some of my favourite tweets from the past weekish…
@herbertcooper Your private devotion can determine your public anointing. Seek and honor God.
Pauldejongnz: Lets all focus on what’s at hand, because the truth is ‘We arrive tomorrow at the foundations we set today’"
@JohnPaulJackson The valleys teach us character, mountaintops are where we find out if we learned it.
@PaulTripp Don’t be discouraged at the messiness and unpredictability of your life. God is in the middle of the mess with his sovereign grace.
@randyMB In Christ’s immeasurable love He became what we are, in order to make us what He is.
@ElevationChurch "If you want to change what you see in someone, change what you say to them."
@ColeenYork God hears the cry of your heart. He hears every prayer you breathe. He rejoices when you rejoice and cries when you cry. He is ALWAYS close.
@mckinneyhammond A tree doesn’t get to pick where it’s planted but it grows anyway. Today choose to master your trial, don’t break character, grow!
@pwilson: God is not as interested in your ability today as he is your availability. #surrender"
@loswhit Nothing you do,say, or pray will add one ounce of work 2 what Christ did on the cross for you.It’s Finished.You can live now.
@prayer_coach "Scripture enables you to enter in prayer and empowers you to have confidence before God." – @KevinShorter
@RickWarren Cultural lies conform us but eternal truths transform us: See Romans 12:2
@nzkristenw You are not disqualified because you struggle. Simply decide to never give up… And let Jesus make ‘everything beautiful in it’s time’
and me:
Claire McLean @fireball3316 Because its.so worth it
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’ Genesis 32:7,9
sometimes i think some of our prayers are reminders to OURSELVES of who God is and His faithfulness and His promises. We are speaking to our soul and stirring our faith afresh to stretch out and trust in God.
Jacob was terrified, he was greatly afraid.
and so he prayed.
and he remembered the promise of God.
Jacob is about to go into new territory – reconciliation with his brother, the brother he cheated and deceived, the brother whom he feared. He knew the promises of God and what God had told him, but there were obstacles and circumstances that shouted failure and destruction. It would take a miracle in Esau’s heart for there to be change. Just as a miracle had occurred in Jacob’s heart… Jacob didn’t know how Esau would respond. He didn’t have the opportunity to facebook stalk him to see what his reaction to the news of his returning was… He couldn’t text his mates back home or anything like that. Returning home at the command of the Lord was a step of faith and trust.
Jacob prays honestly and humbly before God.
But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. (Genesis 33:4)
God answers Jacob’s prayer for help beyond what Jacob could have been imagining. Jacob planned to soften Esau’s desire for revenge by having him meet his family and receive gifts from him before they met face to face. Jacob hoped this would make Esau think twice before he killed his twin brother.
It had been 20 years since Jacob had cheated Esau out of their father’s blessing and God had changed both men and soften their hearts over those years. Jacob had expected anger and revenge but received forgiveness.
@MatthewBarnett As long as you’re excited about tomorrow, yesterday’s failures will never overtake you.
@MatthewBarnett While going through a struggle never forget the promises you received early on that gave you so much hope.
@RickWarren The most powerful motivation for lasting in ministry is neither external nor internal, but eternal.
@amygroeschel May the Greater One within you remind you of the Greater Call. YOU are part of building the Kingdom!
@JarridWilson Sometimes, God has already given you the provision, you just need to change your perspective.
@JarridWilson Don’t waste your time comparing yourself the others. God made you distinctively different and beautifully created.
@benreed Grace moves the ball forward. Shame throws it backwards. #GiveGraceGenerously
@SSligh “Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
@nickygumbel Be generous with encouragement. It is verbal sunshine. It costs nothing and it warms hearts.
@petrovmortovski Never doubt in the dark what God has shown u in the light.
@petrovmortovski Our desire for God grows from our decision to seek God – "I will earnestly seek you. My soul longs for you" – Psalm 63:1
@JoyceMeyer It is important to remember that doing things for God does not replace spending time with Him.
@leadHership I’m staying on your trail; I’m putting one foot In front of the other. I’m not giving up. (Psalm 17:5)
@gregfrench56 What I do today will determine who I am tomorrow.
@SyRogers1 God doesnt threaten & DEMAND I trust Him…Instead He INVITES: ‘Learn about Me’.The more I LEARN of Him, the more He EARNS my trust! Learn!
@JarridWilson “Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God’s spirit.” @AndyStanley
And I know that You’re with me
Yes I know that You’re with me here
And I know Your love will light the way
"Worship changes the worshiper into the image of the One worshiped" Jack Hayford
"Our entire being is fashioned as an instrument of praise. Just as a master violin maker designs an instrument to produce maximum aesthetic results, so God
tailor-made our bodies, souls and spirits to work together in consonance to produce pleasing expressions of praise and worship. When we use body language to express praise, that which is internal becomes visible." Don McMinn
"It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men." C.S. Lewis
A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God. Brother Lawrence
Worship is not a repetitious exercise of rituals and formulas. These create a veil that actually prevents us from enjoying the presence of the Lord. Worship is the heart poured out in gratitude and awe, expressing our appreciation of who He is and what He has done for us by His grace through Jesus Christ. Dave Hunt
There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God. Brother Lawrence
Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days – when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great – and you turn to God alone. Rick Warren
We’re here to be worshippers first and workers only second. We take a convert and immediately make a worker out of him. God never meant it to be so. God meant that a convert should learn to be a worshiper, and after that he can learn to be a worker…The work done by a worshiper will have eternity in it. A.W. Tozer
“There are people on this planet whom only you will be able to reach, because of where you live and what God has made you to be. If just one person will be in heaven because of you, your life will have made a difference for eternity” Rick Warren
“There are people on this planet whom only you will be able to reach, because of where you live and what God has made you to be. If just one person will be in heaven because of you, your life will have made a difference for eternity” Rick Warren
Recent Comments