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Frequently we go around, hypothesizing about situations with the common phrase “What if”. Alot of the times, these what ifs, while they may be realistic, are highly unlikely. Like, “What if I get hit by a bus?” (spoken in the middle of a desert). The flip side, in the Christian world, are the “If onlys”. These things, that are realistic, and could very likely be achievable, but never happen. This makes me think back to Romans 8:30 “What shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” And we know that with God, ALL things are possible. So this is my list of “What ifs”. Feel free to add your own in the comments. These could all be attained, if we, the body of Christ as a whole, come together. Also, as my pastor pointed out last night, these can’t be separated from the Gospel message, or they are nothing.
1. What if every Christian was concerned with the evangelization of the world?
2. What if the glory of God was the focus of every Christian’s life?
3. What if we gave more than received?
4. What if the church truly cared for the poor, and the widows?
5. What if, instead of arguing over “trivial” things such as the pre-wrath rapture position, we came together and agreed that Jesus Christ is our Savior, and the only way to Heaven, no strings attached. (I use trivial in the sense as not as important as the Gospel message)
6. What if every person in the church was involved in some aspect of ministry within the church?
7. What if every church returned to the truth of the Gospel, instead of “What ideas can I come up with today?”
8. What if the church saw each other as brothers and sisters in Christ?
9. What if church planted church, and continued doing so?
10. What if we seriously cared about the unreached people of the world?
11. What if we truly desired to have the Bible in every language?
12. What if we committed to live as Christ did, on a daily basis?
13. What if we weren’t complacent with sin?
14. What if we died to ourself on a daily basis?
15. What if we truly let God use us?
1. Jino people of China. Out of 27,000 people, only 2% are Evangelical Christians. They practice various ethnic religions. Pray that God would raise up a qualified linguist to translate the Bible for them. Pray for a strong church to develop within the group. Pray that God would soften their hearts to the message of Jesus Christ.
2. Pray for the pastor at my church as he begins his new Wednesday night series “Burning Questions”. He will be facing some tough questions, pray that God would give him wisdom and revelation.
3. SonFest. This is my church’s biggest outreach of the year. Pray that people in the church would have a heart to serve in this event. Pray that the people of our community would become curious, and come to SonFest to see the love of Christ.
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