From C. J. Mahaney’s interview with Ligon Duncan
What single bit of counsel has made the most significant difference in your leadership?
“I have not come to be served, but to serve.” And “if you want to be a servant, you have to be prepared to be treated like one.” (Glen Knecht)
Wow, that’s challenging. Am I really willing to be treated like a servant? Too often, I think the answer, wrongfully, is no.
Three things are key to effective evangelism: loving Jesus, loving people and living life.
In a recent post I looked at loving Jesus and in a future post I’ll look at the importance of loving loving life.Today, loving people …Some people love the idea of ministry. They like the idea of being a minister or missionary. But they don’t really love people. They don’t make good evangelists!
Step one in evangelism is being passionate about Jesus.
Step two is being passionate about people. Not just seeing them as evangelistic fodder or targets for gospel salvos. But friends. People to love. Love will care for all their needs – physical, social, emotional. But gospel love also recognises our greatest need – to know God through Christ. And so true love will always want to introduce people to our greatest friend, Jesus.
Verse:
John 3:16; Jn 3:16; John 3
Keyword:
Salvation, Jesus, Gospel
With Operators:
AND, OR, NOT, “ ”
