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'Til the Whole World Hears

1 John 1:5-7
“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
There was a quote on the wall of my church before we moved into our new building that said, “Loving God, loving people.” Without the Lord, I am incapable of fellowshipping with His people because if I am not capable of understanding His grace and mercy for myself, how am I able to pour into others especially when we as people are so different? I can’t. When we walk with the Lord, we are called to pour into His people the way He does. When we walk with the Lord, we are called to pour into everyone the way He does. It can be so challenging to fellowship with someone which whom we have absolutely nothing in common with, but with the Lord, there is always something to talk about. He has given us life and saved us from eternal damnation, how could we not talk about that? Not long ago, I remember listening to the people in my class talk about Jesus in a way and a manner that made me question what I was doing wrong in my own life that I was not talking about Him the way they were. When I talked to a leader about the situation, her response was, “when your relationship with the Lord grows stronger, Jesus will roll off your tongue, too.” I brushed it off and assumed that I would genuinely never reach that point and it is such a blessing to say that I indeed have. I now find myself wanting to talk to everyone about Jesus, from the person next to me on the airplane to the person working diligently to prepare orders in a fast food joint. He is the way, the truth, and the light, and He needs to be known ’til the whole world hears. 

Application
This week while I am home, I will speak about Jesus to a stranger.

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