Is there any doubt?
Our world needs God. The reality of the statement seems to become more obvious everyday.
Murder, immorality and brazen selfishness have become so commonplace that it’s hard not to become desensitized to it.
Instead, my prayer is that we become motivated by it. Motivated to become bolder in our faith. Motivated to pray to be more burdened for those who don’t know Christ.
The hope offered through Jesus is good news. It is desperately needed news. We need to share it — at every opportunity.
It can see, awkward to invite a complete stranger to church. But we and our kids have plenty of people in our everyday lives who we can share our faith with and invite to church.
Personally, I’ve found that sharing Christ with people we already are in relationship with is often more natural and effective.
I pray that we’ll be looking for those opportunities to naturally share what God is doing in our lives. And then encourage them to learn more by coming to church with us.
What if they don’t come? Sometimes they won’t. What if they do come? It could be life-changing. We can’t control how someone reacts or responds to us sharing our faith. Our job is simply to present the opportunity.
The best way to challenge and encourage our kids to do this is to do it ourselves. I admit that I haven’t always been deliberate about this in the past. I’m determined to change that. In fact, I asked someone to come to church with me just last week. And I told my kids about it.
As moms, we have to show the way — sharing our brokenness and our need for a Savior when God presents those opportunities.
Clearly, that kind of openness is attractive: My daughter brought a friend to church with her a couple of times. On a Saturday night even! (our church has a Saturday evening service).
The last time her friend came she approached our Pastor and said, “I’ve only been here twice, but you are REAL. I just wanted to tell you I think you are awesome.”
Later, she told me how much she was learning and how much she loved our Pastor’s willingness to tell it like it is.
She liked that there is no sugarcoating. No pretending to “have it all together.” Just honesty and God’s truth.
“It makes me want to come back again.”
So who can you invite to church, Mom? Who can you encourage your child to invite?
God may use a simple invitation to make an eternal difference.
