Saturday, January 06, 2007
Lesson Six: Some methods of finding opportunity for teaching
Lesson five closed with using opportunities of teaching. This lesson involves another very powerful tool for finding people to teach. Prayer. My brethren, it could be that sometimes, we forget just how powerful prayer can be. One of my favorite passages about prayer is found in Jas.5:17&18 and begins, "Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we..." James is telling us, Elijah was just a man, but he prayed and God used him mightily. God can use you too. Jesus taught us in Mt.6:10, "Thy will be done". Peter says, "The Lord is not willing that any should perish." IIPet.3:9. Paul says, "We have this treasure in earthen vessels.." From this I learn, God wants His will To be done, especially when it comes to being saved. That's why He sent Jesus. The Lord doesn't want any to be lost, you can be an instrument of God to help reach people with the message of Jesus. Now isn't that amazing? Besides using opportunities, and praying for opportunities, we can make opportunities. Very probably there are people that you know that have some pretty tough problems. Should it be health problems, we might visit and ask, "may I pray with you?" It may very well be that someone trying to find meaning in "stuff" might be taught real meaning in Jesus. Marriage problems, family problems, I believe any problem can greatly be help when a compassionate christians sits and listens and prays. Now you may, in helping people with problems, experience some with an attitude of "we don't want anybody with those problems brought in here." Just remember what Jesus said, "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Mk.2:17 Don
Lesson five closed with using opportunities of teaching. This lesson involves another very powerful tool for finding people to teach. Prayer. My brethren, it could be that sometimes, we forget just how powerful prayer can be. One of my favorite passages about prayer is found in Jas.5:17&18 and begins, "Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we..." James is telling us, Elijah was just a man, but he prayed and God used him mightily. God can use you too. Jesus taught us in Mt.6:10, "Thy will be done". Peter says, "The Lord is not willing that any should perish." IIPet.3:9. Paul says, "We have this treasure in earthen vessels.." From this I learn, God wants His will To be done, especially when it comes to being saved. That's why He sent Jesus. The Lord doesn't want any to be lost, you can be an instrument of God to help reach people with the message of Jesus. Now isn't that amazing? Besides using opportunities, and praying for opportunities, we can make opportunities. Very probably there are people that you know that have some pretty tough problems. Should it be health problems, we might visit and ask, "may I pray with you?" It may very well be that someone trying to find meaning in "stuff" might be taught real meaning in Jesus. Marriage problems, family problems, I believe any problem can greatly be help when a compassionate christians sits and listens and prays. Now you may, in helping people with problems, experience some with an attitude of "we don't want anybody with those problems brought in here." Just remember what Jesus said, "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Mk.2:17 Don
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