12 days and Counting

The last week and half have been a complete whirlwind.  It started on the 20th of February, when we had our first group meeting. After a short explanation of our trip, i.e. where we are going and what we will be doing, we started to work on the group's vision for the trip.  We talked about expectations for the trip.  We also discussed success.  How would we be able to determine whether or not this trip was a success or not?  It was almost unanimously agreed upon that it would be a success if we allowed God to stretch us beyond our comfort zones.  This trip will provide opportunities to be foolish for Christ.  People that we will probably never see again, at least on this side of eternity.  The people/situations we will come in contact with on this trip, will provide us with opportunities to do or say things that may not come to us naturally, only supernaturally.

We followed up Sunday's group meeting with our Wednesday Life Group meeting.  This semester we have been  going through the study "The Gospel Centered Life".  This study demonstrates that Gospel message is something more than a single event in our life, it is something we live our entire life.  But still, how do we share it with those around us.  What is our testimony?  Wednesday we explored this topic.  How do you share your personal testimony? Is there truly a redemption story that is not amazing?

In addition to personal testimonies, we also discussed other methods for sharing the gospel, the first being the Romans road.  The Romans Road is a simple way to share the gospel that defines the following:

1) Who needs salvation
2) Why we need salvation
3) How God provides salvation
4) How we receive salvation
5) The results of salvation

Here is a quick link that goes to a presentation of the Romans road
http://www.gotquestions.org/flash/romans-road.swf

We also covered a third method to share the gospel, single verse evangelism which uses Romans 6:23.  If you are not familiar how to share the gospel using this one verse, I would highly encourage you to take the opportunity to read the information put out by the Navigators.
http://www.liveforchristresources.com/download/15/

-Kyle Eaton