Go Out Into the World and Preach the Gospel

I was glad to hear our Pastor, Adam Stoddard encourage the church in going out to share the gospel; but better than that share that we don't have to become missionaries to a foreign land in order to do what God wants us to do. For so long, "The Church" has make the laymen feel like they just weren't very good Christians if they didn't go out on the mission field, or somehow become part of the "formal" ministry. Maybe many of you youngsters haven't felt that pressure, but I did for many years.

Richard and I tried to go to YWAM and get involved in some other ministries formal or not, in order to feel like we were really doing something for God. But for the last few years, I found myself sharing with those I came in contact with at work or at school. I determined within myself if my faith was not worth dying for it wasn't worth living for. And my faith is worth dying for, for me.

I have people warn me. "You better be careful what you say at work...you know separation of church and state, and I say, Let them throw me in jail! My kids are grown and I am prepared to pay whatever price I must. We as Christians have been way too careful for way too long. As a result we are watching the decay of humanity in our country. People no longer respect authority, whether it is their parents, the police or government officials. We are about to pay the price for that by the degradation of society.

We as a people need to wake up and go out into the world and share the gospel...(the good news). It's not  hard.  You just share what God has done for you. You don't need to know lots of scriptures, although that would be good, but it is not necessary to be a witness for God. We need to quit getting into the mindset that we have to roll over and let people stop us from what we know we are supposed to do. Sharing the Love of God, and how His love for us has changed us is the thing that will turn our nation around. But in order to do this, we cannot live in fear. We must step out of our comfort zone and get used to being comfortable in sharing the Love of Christ for the world.