Saturday, September 6th
……1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (MSG) If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I am nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all His mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I do not have love, I’m nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
The love of God working in one’s heart is key to effective soul winning. The strategies we have can only be effectively implemented in the atmosphere of God’s love. Without the love of God, you will win souls and visit new members merely as a duty.
It is more impactful to minister from the overflow of the love of God. It ceases to be a duty and becomes part of you. There is nothing you will successfully do for the Lord outside the unconditional love of God. This same love Agape brought Jesus Christ to the earth: John 3:16 (KJV) says that For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
If you want to be effective in soul winning, you must understand and appreciate the love of God. Understanding His unconditional love will enable you to look beyond insults and persecutions, and step out boldly to reach the lost. Fear will no longer be an issue, because the Bible says: 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out all fear, because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Therefore, always remember that anything not done in the love of God is not credited in heaven. Without the love of God, you are nothing and bankrupt according to our opening scripture. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Dear father, I thank You for Your unconditional love that empowers me to win souls effectively. Your love casts out fear and enables me to minister with boldness and compassion. Help me to operate in the overflow of Your love, making every effort to reach the lost. In Jesus name, Amen.
DEEPER REFLECTION
1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
……1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (MSG) If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I am nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all His mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I do not have love, I’m nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
The love of God working in one’s heart is key to effective soul winning. The strategies we have can only be effectively implemented in the atmosphere of God’s love. Without the love of God, you will win souls and visit new members merely as a duty.
It is more impactful to minister from the overflow of the love of God. It ceases to be a duty and becomes part of you. There is nothing you will successfully do for the Lord outside the unconditional love of God. This same love Agape brought Jesus Christ to the earth: John 3:16 (KJV) says that For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
If you want to be effective in soul winning, you must understand and appreciate the love of God. Understanding His unconditional love will enable you to look beyond insults and persecutions, and step out boldly to reach the lost. Fear will no longer be an issue, because the Bible says: 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out all fear, because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Therefore, always remember that anything not done in the love of God is not credited in heaven. Without the love of God, you are nothing and bankrupt according to our opening scripture. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Dear father, I thank You for Your unconditional love that empowers me to win souls effectively. Your love casts out fear and enables me to minister with boldness and compassion. Help me to operate in the overflow of Your love, making every effort to reach the lost. In Jesus name, Amen.
DEEPER REFLECTION
1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
What a message, I will take time to pray for myself specifically in regards to soul winning, that my heart will be ablazed daily to win souls & to have them retained in church