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Key Bible Verse: You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden (Matthew 5:14). Bonus Reading: Matthew 5:13-16

"Pete's family moved to the United States from the former Soviet Union when he was 12. His parents were agnostic and therefore had never encouraged Pete to explore anything that had to do with religion.

When I met Pete he was full of questions about Christianity. I told him I would be happy to answer as many questions as I could. We began having lunch together every week or so. During our first meeting together I asked Pete why he was so interested in the gospel. This is what he said.

"I am in business with several families who have the kind of marriage I want to have some day. All of them are Christians. I know their families are the way they are because of their Christianity."

After ten months of Bible study and debate, Pete prayed to receive Christ. Why? Because several couples conducted their marriages and business in a manner different from the norm. Upon close examination Pete caught a glimpse of something divine. Their lives birthed a vision in Pete of what could be true of his own marriage someday. They lived lives worth watching, and unbeknownst to them, Pete was watching.

— in Visioneering

• What unbelievers do you know? When's the last time you had them over for dinner?

Thought to Apply: The world is far more ready to receive the gospel than Christians are to hand it out.

—GEORGE W. PETERS

Credits: Adapted from—Monday: Visioneering (Multnomah, 1999)

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