Compelled by Love...

I'm not sure if there's a statute of limitations on topical posting, but:

Our Evangelism Training on Saturday (2/4) was awesome!
"10 days ago, Sam?? That's the length of your whole Mexico Trip..."
Yes, yes, I'm sorry. It won't be a trend, lo prometo.

Our team worked through the condensed bridge diagram; a short and simple, but muy effective method of presenting the gospel. (Ask me sometime if you've never seen it; I'd love to share the gospel with you too). We practiced sharing the gospel and our testimonies with one another - it was so beautiful to be in a room where all of the conversations people were having were telling stories about God's power and love.

The primary thing I feel convicted in with regards to preaching the gospel is this:

"The love of Christ compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all..."

If you haven't read 2 Corinthians 5 lately, take a minute and read it. I'll wait. Well, sort of; I won't have to wait since I'll already have written this, but you get me.
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Isn't that crazy stuff? Anyway: to be motivated by Christ's love for a person, rather than my plan for my church's growth or my plan for their salvation or my plan for my evangelism time...what a beautiful and freeing thing this is. God is wooing hearts to himself; we're just telling people who it is that's doing the wooing. Evangelism is being God's wing-man; God is the impressive one and we're just pointing Him out (it's ok, you can quote me, that's why i put it in bold😁). "Hey, see my friend there? He's an amazing guy and He thinks you're worth dying for." God loves people more than we ever could, more than we ever could understand.

My prayer for you *i stopped typing to pray it* is that you would open your heart to God's Spirit showing you a deeper level of his love...for you, for others.

Please pray for our trip. My team is going to the Tec campus, where the choking weeds of comfort and worry grow. Pray for God to let some seed get through and some real growth happen.

much love to you.