Most believers are convinced that it is the pastor’s responsibility to bring people into the church as well as into the kingdom of God. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Scripture is clear on this point. Pastors were given by God to the church to equip the people to do the work…. Sermons are not God’s primary method for reaching people. People are His method for reaching people. What kind of people? Men and women whose lives and life-styles have been deeply affected by the truths of Scripture, people who have discovered the wonderful Spirit-filled life.
God is looking for imperfect men and women who have learned to walk in moment-by-moment dependence on the Holy Spirit. Christians who have come to terms with their inadequacies, fears, and failures….
God’s method for reaching this generation, and every generation, is not preachers and sermons. It is Christians whose life-styles are empowered and directed by the Holy Spirit. People are the key to reaching people!
(From The Wonderful Spirit-Filled Life by Charles Stanley)
The apostles took every opportunity to share the Good News about God, whether it was with a poor disabled man or a Jewish high priest.
When do we share God with others? When do you portray God through compassionate sharing actions? We need to follow their examples, who were always ready to tell others about God? Pray that God would bring you an opportunity to do both.