Restoring a Brother/Sister

I liked the heading in my Bible for Matthew 18:15 – Restoring a Brother. Jesus is talking to His disciples about how to restore a relationship with another Christian that has gone bad. It may have just went bad a little, or a situation that is big and been around for some time.

As humans we have issues because of disagreements or just plain misunderstandings.

The point in Jesus’ teaching is there is a right way to restore that relationship. Follow the teaching of Jesus and watch out God takes care of the situation in ways we could never imagine!

Restoring Christian relationships

Honeybee package

My new package of honeybees came in the mail recently! I was so excited to install the package, and thought I would share the process.

It will take a year for them to grow the hive and be able to produce extra honey that I can extract, but this year they are a HUGE help to all my fruit trees and certain goodies in the garden. Their pollination in the area is a big benefit of honeybees, and of course some extra sweet honey one day.

Noble Thing for Jesus

This week’s study of Matthew 26 prepares our hearts and mind for Easter.

We look at the actions of Mary who poured expensive oil over Jesus’ head. Her worship of Jesus was described by Him as a noble thing for Jesus.

How can we also do a noble thing for Jesus? That is the focus in the video.

Matthew 17

In Matthew 17 we will look at how the disciples who were present (Peter, James and John) were absolutely certain that Jesus was the son of God – the Messiah they were expecting. He confirmed His deity!

Elders in the Church

There are two offices given in the New Testament for the local church – Elders and Deacons. Some translations interchangeably use the same name as Elder, Overseer or Bishop.

In today’s episode of Digging Disciples I will describe the need, qualifications and duties of both Elders and Deacons.

Salvation – Now What

We have been talking for the past few weeks about how to share Jesus without fear.

Let’s say that God has inspired you to do just that – share your faith with someone. And let’s say that person you shared with accepted Jesus as their Savior and asked Him into their heart!

Absolutely wonderful! Now what?

The truth is – salvation is the starting line – not the finish line!

Once we have accepted Jesus as our Savior then we have the rest of eternity to develop a relationship with Him! But our relationship should start out on the right track. All too often satan will begin to attack and discourage new believers. There are a few things we need to do with a new believer so that they will begin to be a disciple of Jesus.

Tell Your Story – Ask Others

The last session of Share Jesus Without Fear looks at telling our story and asking others theirs.

As a disciple of Jesus it is so important to share how you came to believe in Jesus. Our story is unique, because it is our own story. Telling how we came to believe in Jesus is encouraging to us and those who hear our story.

Same with asking others their story. If they know Jesus then sharing their story is a wonderful conversation.

If they don’t have a story, then you have the opportunity to go back ask the probing questions, share scripture and then ask if they are ready to surrender to Jesus – just as we have learned the past four weeks.

You just don’t know where to start until you start to ask questions. Tell and Ask !

Share Jesus without Fear – the Decision

If you have asked probing questions of your friend and they want to learn more about Jesus.

And they have read and understood the scripture then they have a decision to make.

Do you want to ask Jesus into your heart and surrender your life?

I believe there are 3 responses that a person will give. Watch the video to learn, or download the file for your reference.

Download: Share Jesus Without Fear – the Decision

Share Jesus Without Fear – The Power of Scripture

In this session of Share Jesus Without Fear we will see how the power of Scripture can change lives.

It is through Scripture that God can speak to the heart of people. He alone can convict and draw people to Himself.

Once you have determined that the person you are asking probing questions to is ready to read scripture and listen to the Holy Spirit, then your job becomes that of a page turner. Yes – all you need to do is turn pages in the Bible so your person can read the Scripture for themselves and determine what God is saying to them.

The enclosed document will help you determine which Scripture to read. Mark the pages in your Bible so all you are doing is turning the page to the next scripture. God will do the heavy lifting at this point!

Download the Power of Scripture page now.

Share Jesus Without Fear – probing questions

Part 2 of Share Jesus Without Fear has us asking probing questions. We ask questions from people to see if they are ready to hear the Gospel. We know from Bill Faye’s work that it takes an average of 6.9 times for someone to hear the Gospel before they accept. So if you are #1 talking to someone about Jesus …