Here’s a message I shared recently. You can download the outline by following the link below.
Beautiful Feet
Romans 10:14-15 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? (NLT)
[Illustration of young man with hope to share Gospel with entire class. He doesn’t but someone he shares Gospel with is a football player who becomes valedictorian and shares at graduation. ]
Isaiah 52:7 – “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!” (NLT)
- Remember Our Qualification Comes from God
2 Corinthians 3:5 It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. (NLT)
- Be Prepared to Share
1 Peter 3:15 – “But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.” (ESV)
With GENTLENESS and RESPECT
- Make the Most of Your Time
Colossians 4:5-6 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. (NIV)
Speech SEASONED with SALT
Wholesome, kind, purposeful, gentle, truthful, loving – Ephesians 4:29 – Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (NIV)
- You’re the Planter – Not the Grower
Don’t get upset when your expectations don’t happen. – 1 Corinthians 3:6-9 – I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. (NIV)
God makes it grow
Tania Gutekunst 