Good News Carriers
Good News // Euangelion (Greek)= GOSPEL
OUR GOD REIGNS.
1 John 4:4 NIV
"You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world."
What are you doing with what you’ve received?
2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the NEW CREATION has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 NIV
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal THROUGH us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. '
What God does IN YOU — HE wants to do THROUGH YOU
Reconciliation: To bring peace or unity between two parties
Philippians 3:20 NIV
'But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, '
We’re Selfish
We’re saved — so we’ve stopped caring about who isn’t.
We’re Scared
We don’t know how. Or we’re afraid of what might happen.
HOW TO CARRY THE GOOD NEWS:
1. SPEAK – Share Your Story
Revelation 12:11 AMP
And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony…
David Jeremiah- When we share Christ, the truth behind our transformation, we are offering people the opportunity to be transformed.
Your testimony is your receipt that God is real.
Acts 4:20 NIV
'As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” '
HOW TO CARRY THE GOOD NEWS:
1. SPEAK – Share Your Story
2. SHOW – Live with Kindness
Romans 2:4 AMP
…Are you [actually] unaware or ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness leads you to repentance…
Kindness isn’t a personality — it’s a Kingdom principle.
John 13:35 (NIV)
“By this everyone will know you are my disciples — if you love one another.”
“Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible. The other 99 will read the Christian.” D.L. Moody
HOW TO CARRY THE GOOD NEWS:
1. SPEAK – Share Your Story
2. SHOW – Live with Kindness
3. SEEK – Pray for People
1 Timothy 2:1 NIV
'I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— '
HOW TO CARRY THE GOOD NEWS:
1. SPEAK – Share Your Story
2. SHOW – Live with Kindness
3. SEEK – Pray for People
4. SEND word – Invite Them In
Matthew 22:9–10 NIV
So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. '
We can’t guarantee salvation, but we can extend an invitation. Mark Cahill
Matthew 9:37-38 NIV
… “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”'
HOW TO CARRY THE GOOD NEWS:
1. SPEAK – Share Your Story
2. SHOW – Live with Kindness
3. SEEK – Pray for People
4. SEND word – Invite Them In
5. STEP – Start Somewhere
Romans 10:14–15 (NIV)
'How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” '
Romans 1:16 NIV
'For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.'
Maybe you made a decision to follow Jesus today, or maybe you’re curious what life with Him is all about. Wherever you are on your journey, we invite you to share with us so we can help you discover your next step.
