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Speaker: Brian Fetzner [Written by Beth Walrath]

You are like the apostles in Mark 3:13 that were appointed to be with Jesus. Jesus is already your friend, so why not be His. The more time you spend with Him and read His word, the easier it is to share the truth. The word of God is the known Will of God. If you are faithful with the known Will of God, then He will reveal the unknown.

Mark 16:15 reads: "And he said unto them ‘Go into the world and preach the Good News to everyone every where.’” He told us to share His word, so what is stopping us from doing it? How hard can it be to share the unconditional love of Jesus Christ? He left us with the tools to share the truth with those around us. He left us His word and His spirit. When you preach the word of God, the Holy Spirit will show up. He is just waiting for an in. You are His way in!! He left His power for you to use. You have the same healing, delivering power as Jesus!! You can’t rely on others to share Jesus’ love with those around you, it has to be you. Tell others that God loves them and that He has a wonderful plan for their life. Do you want your friends, family, neighbors to miss out on the revival that is going on right now throughout the whole world? Don’t wait until you can get your friends to come to church, meet them right where they are. Show them the grace that comes with Christianity, you can show them the way to the cross.

The Gospel is really simple. Read it, live it, and breathe it. Lives will be changed by the promises God has in showed in his Word. He chose us to go into the world and share. Seek first His Kingdom and God will meet all your needs. The best way to seek his kingdom is getting your eyes off yourself and your needs. Have faith that everything in your life will be taken care of as you start caring for those around you. You start winning souls for the Kingdom your life will change fabulously. Seeing the lives of people change around you will be aspiring. Let’s go into the shaking nations and share the truth with everyone everywhere.

2 Corinthians 5:18: "The new life they receive is from God, who brought us back to himself through what Christ did." And God has given us the task of reconciling people to him.

Christ in you the Hope of Glory!

Speaker: Hannah Hayner [Written by Mandee Widrick]

Most of us can look back on our younger years and remember playing with dominos at some point in time. Maybe you stacked them, building a miniature castle, or maybe you lined them up according to the little dots. But the majority of us would stand them individually in a row, until you had so many dominos that they spread long across the length of your table. You had to be careful, because if you weren’t steady and sure-handed, your work would be destroyed before it was finished. If you were successful and didn’t slip up, you would then go back to the first domino, giving it a little shove with just the tip of your finger. That one domino fell upon the one behind it, and all at once the rest would follow suit as they each fell in a quick fashion, one by one. And it all started with just one domino. Just one.

Sin can be like a domino. It starts with one person, then rubs off on another. In Matthew 18:6, Jesus tells his people: “If one of these little children believes in me, and someone causes that child to sin, it would be better for that person to have a large stone tied around the neck and be drowned in the sea.” Sin is not something He takes lightly, especially when you’re influencing another believer and tempting them into sin. God desires for us to build each other up, not tear others down and lead them away from Himself. 

If you have siblings, then perhaps you can understand this concept. Hopefully, you try your best to keep your siblings from being exposed to things that could be emotionally and spiritually harmful. You peek over their shoulders while they’re on the Internet, you keep an eye on the TV, you ask them what book they’re reading. Why? Because you care about what happens to them. You love them too much to see them ruin their lives, after all, they’re your family.

Other believers are part of God’s family, which means you should be doing the same things for them. I know that we all mess up sometimes, it happens. Yet, if you mess up and choose to continue living in sin, take care not to expose your life to other believers who are susceptible to the same issues. When you plant a seed in a person who struggles with a particular problem, you’re inviting that seed to grow. It then becomes a chain reaction, a domino effect. One domino cannot fall without the next one falling with it.

Satan is trying so hard to devour people nowadays. Sin seems to be clasping on like a leach, and it’s getting harder and harder to shake off. Stand strong with your brothers and sisters in Him, and help them to become all that God has planned for them. It’s hard, but it’s so worth it. Don’t let them fall. †