Contacting people for the preaching of the gospel for shepherding is a matter of living, and not merely of works. For the person and the work are one. If the person is not proper, the work will never be proper. Vital living is a must for the spread of the gospel.
Today, as we had the class on God-ordained way, the Lord impressed me so much on being vital to contact people:
Qualification to contact people is to be vital. To be vital, one must not only live an ordinary Christian life but an overcoming life.
1 Thessalonians 5:
16 Always rejoice: Ordinary Christians may rejoice occasionally, but overcoming Christians must always rejoice.
17 Unceasingly pray: Ordinary Christians may pray occasionally, but overcoming Christians must pray unceasingly.
18 In everything give thanks: Ordinary Christians may give thanks occasionally, but overcoming Christians must give thanks for all things.
And be conformed to the death of Christ --
Philippians 3:10 To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.
Preparation to contact people is to have:
a thorough prayer, having an intimate fellowship with the Lord
a thorough confession to the Lord and be cleansed from all defilement of sins, the world and the flesh and the natural man
a thorough and intimate fellowship with the Lord
Constitution needed is to be constituted with the truths of the Bible; the full ministry of Christ in three stages of incarnation, inclusion and intensification. For this, one needs to exercise daily to dive into the truths by pray-reading the Word, studying, reciting and prophesying.
When contacting people, one should discern the need of the moment and minister the word from his constitution.
Lord, make me vital.
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