Matthew 5:14-16, John 8:12, Acts 13:47, 1 John 1:5-7
As we continue to work through why we should invite
our friends to church, there's one thing that we need to focus on. The Bible
says that once we meet Jesus, we become a light. And the thing about light is
that it doesn't lie - when there's a light on in a dark room, you can always
see it.
A light always changes its surroundings.
In the same way, we should be inviting our friends
to church and sharing the Gospel because that's what happens when you become a
light. If we're not affecting those around us, pointing them towards Jesus, and
inviting them to church to experience God, we have to ask the question: are we
even a light? Have we really allowed God to do a changing work in us?
If the honest answer is 'no,' the first place to
start is to surrender our lives completely to God. Do we need to have our life
figured out in order to invite people to church? Absolutely not! But the MOST
compelling reason for us to invite our friends to church is because we've been
changed. Let's allow God to change OUR lives as well as the lives of those we
want to invite!
Practical Steps // Pray that God would make you a
light - that when you're around those far from Christ, you wouldn't just blend
in with the darkness, but that you would stick out as a beam of hope.
Adapted
From: Next Steps: Bring - You Version
