THE K.I.S.S. principle for sharing the GOOD NEWS!
I had a wonderful experience with one of my discipleship groups. We went to pray at a courthouse for a particular issue that was facing one of our group members. I remember the night well. Stephanie and I joined these three members and I asked each of them to pray. They confessed they had never prayed out loud before, in front of people. But, I encouraged them to try it and each of them did. It was a rainy cold night and awkward for them, but I will treasure their GENUINE CONVERSATION with the Lord, more than I ever did some formal prayer. I thought about this night of HEARTFELT PRAYER when I was reading this scripture today: "Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn't talk to you as I would spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren't ready for anything stronger." (1 Corinthians 3:1-2, NLT) I often think of this ...
