Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Getting Started Theme of the Week: Witnessing That's Not Weird Monday, June 21, 2004
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Men of IntegrityMay/June 2004Getting StartedTheme of the Week: Witnessing That's Not WeirdMonday, June 2173
Key Bible Verse: I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work (Romans 1:16). Bonus Reading:2 Corinthians 3:4—6a
Many of us never become witnesses for Christ. Sometimes it is because we don't think we know enough or are pure enough, or we're afraid of what people will think of us. Listen, if you wait until you know enough or are pure enough, it isn't going to happen. If you're worried about what people will think of you, you'll always be blocked by your desire for "niceness" and the world will never hear.
I have a friend whose golfing partner said to him when he found out he was a Christian, "Bill, I've known you for years. We play golf together every weekend. Our families get together often. I know your children's names and your wife's favorite color. But, Bill, I never knew you were a Christian. If you really believed it, you'd have told me sooner."
Even if you don't feel like it, you have a responsibility to the sovereign King to do what He says. Anybody can take the first, small step. That's all God asks. The Holy Spirit will take the second step, and by the time you get to the third step, you'll look back and say with great surprise, "It was the Spirit who caused me to start moving in the first place!" It's an exciting experience. I recommend it highly.
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