Turning hearts toward God
Turning hearts toward god
Dream Vacation
Imagine winning an all expense paid trip for your dream vacation.
All you have to do is get to the departure point by the deadline.
You’re excited.
The kids are all excited.
Nobody sleeps much the night before.
You get an early morning start.
And you’re making good time.
Along the way
you stop for directions.
A nice person points you in that direction
Yeah!
You Turn
And off you go!
What you don’t realize is [Smile Turns to Disappointment.]
They pointed you in the Wrong Direction
And by the time you realize it – you’ve run out of time.
Friends
We’re around people daily – who have an all expense paid life in Christ – both now and later.
- for today this week
- this marriage, these finances, this job
All they have to do is get to Christ before their dead ---- line.
Are we Pointing them in the right direction?
When we’re spending time with people –
Are we constantly asking ourselves –
How can I Turn this person’s Heart Toward God?
- either to Christ for salvation
- or toward Christ for Christ-likeness
All you have to do is get to the departure point by the deadline.
You’re excited.
The kids are all excited.
Nobody sleeps much the night before.
You get an early morning start.
And you’re making good time.
Along the way
you stop for directions.
A nice person points you in that direction
Yeah!
You Turn
And off you go!
What you don’t realize is [Smile Turns to Disappointment.]
They pointed you in the Wrong Direction
And by the time you realize it – you’ve run out of time.
Friends
We’re around people daily – who have an all expense paid life in Christ – both now and later.
- for today this week
- this marriage, these finances, this job
All they have to do is get to Christ before their dead ---- line.
Are we Pointing them in the right direction?
When we’re spending time with people –
Are we constantly asking ourselves –
How can I Turn this person’s Heart Toward God?
- either to Christ for salvation
- or toward Christ for Christ-likeness
“If we are not intentionally Turning Hearts Toward God,
then we are just nice people
pointing in the wrong direction.” – Pal
then we are just nice people
pointing in the wrong direction.” – Pal
Are we turning hearts toward God?
Are we optimally positioned for turning hearts toward God?
How would we know?
There are three irreducible essentials; I call them the 3G’s.
· You can’t remove any one of the three and still be optimally positioned
· They’re not bound by geography, nationality, or economics.
· It doesn’t matter where you live, or how much you make or don’t make.
· Or how much education you have or don’t have.
· You might be a child, a parent, a grandparent or a non-parent. It doesn’t matter.
· It doesn’t even matter the size of your church building or even if you have a building at all.
· Neither music nor style of worship have an advantage.
· It doesn’t matter whether you’re reading in the OT or the NT, Jew or Gentile, black-red-yellow or white.
The 3Gs are featured through-out your Bible.
Are we optimally positioned for turning hearts toward God?
How would we know?
There are three irreducible essentials; I call them the 3G’s.
· You can’t remove any one of the three and still be optimally positioned
· They’re not bound by geography, nationality, or economics.
· It doesn’t matter where you live, or how much you make or don’t make.
· Or how much education you have or don’t have.
· You might be a child, a parent, a grandparent or a non-parent. It doesn’t matter.
· It doesn’t even matter the size of your church building or even if you have a building at all.
· Neither music nor style of worship have an advantage.
· It doesn’t matter whether you’re reading in the OT or the NT, Jew or Gentile, black-red-yellow or white.
The 3Gs are featured through-out your Bible.