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Discovering Your. Destiny. “To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.” ~ Thomas Aquinas. “The one thing Christians and non-Christians have in common is that we’re both uptight about evangelism.” ~ Rebecca Pippert.
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Discovering Your Destiny
“To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.” ~ Thomas Aquinas
“The one thing Christians and non-Christians have in common is that we’re both uptight about evangelism.” ~ Rebecca Pippert
“Our great mission in the church is to love, learn, and live to call men and women to Jesus Christ. As a believer who truly desires to glorify God and honour His supreme will and purpose, you will share God’s love for the lost and share in His mission to redeem them.” ~ John F. MacArthur
“There is no joy in all the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ.” ~ William Barclay
“This is our work – to wake people up.” ~ Catherine Booth
“Go for souls. Go for souls, and go for the worst.” ~ William Booth
“O Lord, give me souls or take my soul!” ~ George Whitefield
“Christ beats his drum, but he does not press men; Christ is served with volunteers.” ~ John Donne
“A man can accept what Christ has done without knowing how it works.” ~ C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“The single divine calling of the church is to bring sinful people to salvation through Christ. If we do not lead the lost to salvation, noting else we do for them, no matter how beneficial at the time, is of any eternal consequence.” ~ John F. MacArthur
“I cannot endure existence if Jesus is to be so dishonoured.” ~ Henry Martyn, Missionary to India
“We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.” ~ Billy Graham
“Mass evangelism undoubtedly has it place…. But in the last analysis it is the worshiping community, that part of the body of Christ that worships, lives and proclaims the gospel in all its activities in any given neighbourhood, which is the real evangelizing agent used by the Spirit of God.” ~ Bryan Green
“Jesus did not say, ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right.’” ~ C.S Lewis
“Our responsibility has never been to moralize the unconverted; it’s to convert the immoral. Our responsibility is redemptive, not political. We do not have a moral agenda; we have a redemptive agenda.” ~ John F. MacArthur
“The problem is not that people aren’t ready for Jesus – the Holy Spirit is taking care of that. Our problem is that we’re not ready to introduce these same people to Christ.” ~ Darrel Winger, Canadian Bishop of the Brethren In Christ
“There is no better evangelist in the world than the Holy Spirit.” ~ D.L. Moody
“If we spread the gospel, Jesus will spread the salvation.” ~ Juha Raiha
“It will not do for us to go to heaven by ourselves. We must be on fire, friends, for saving others.” ~ Evan Roberts
“Why aren’t more Muslims converting to Christianity?” “Because you’re not telling them.” ~ Dialogue between Jay Smith and someone attending The Meeting House
“I would sooner pluck one single brand from the burning than explain all mysteries.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon
“It is the temptation of this pragmatic age to presume that technique is the secret of evangelism.” ~ A. Skevington Wood
“Evangelism is not simply a matter of bringing individuals to personal faith…. It is a matter of confronting the world with the good, but deeply disturbing, news of a different way of living… the way of love.” ~ N. T. Wright
“You have nothing to do but to save souls; therefore spend and be spent in this work.” ~ John Wesley
“For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.” ~ Luke 19:10, NRSV
“As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” ~ John 20:21, NRSV
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.” ~ Psalm 32:8-9, NIV
How To Hear Our Coach… • Scripture 4) Inner Witness • 2) Wise Counsel 5) Delighting Desires • 3) Circumstance 6) Divine Intervention • 7) MAXIMUM IMPACT: • The Way of Wisdom
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God –this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.” ~ Romans 12:1-2, NIVi
“The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.” ~ Ecclesiastes 9:11, NIV
“So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to [Lit. “her chance chanced upon”] the portion of the field belonging to Boaz.” ~ Ruth 2:3, NASB
“Now a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor.” ~ 1 Kings 22:34, NASB
“Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.” ~ Luke 10:31, NRSV
“Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever, 16 no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother – especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.” ~ Philemon 15-16, NRSV
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God's Will Free Will Chance Providnce Scripture
God's Will Free Will Chance (CHOICE) (CIRCUMSTANCE) Providnce Scripture
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“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.” ~ Colossians 3:15, NIV
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” ~ John 14:23, NRSV
“But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. … As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit – just as it has taught you, remain in him.” ~ 1 John 2:20 & 27, NIV