Deeper Reflection
COVENANT EFC HAS ADOPTED A MODEL OF RELATIONAL
evangelism called B.L.E.S.S. – Begin in Prayer, Listen, Eat with a friend,
Serve a friend and Share your story. This week, our devotions will focus
on these five components. In Covenant EFC we believe wholeheartedly
in relational evangelism, because the Gospel is about God drawing us into
relationship with Himself and with one another! Sharing the Gospel is
not just about persuading someone else to agree cognitively with some
Christian doctrinal statements.When we do any Gospel work, we must begin in prayer. This is because
the Gospel goes forth by God’s initiative and through God’s power. Paul
instructs the Church in Colossae to pray for the evangelists, that God may
open to them “a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ” (v.3).
Let us pray that the hearts of our pre-believing family, friends, colleagues
and neighbours will be an open door that the Gospel can enter. Many
of them may in fact be hardened to Christ because they are steeped in
worldviews that reject God of the Bible – secular humanism, scientific
materialism, postmodernism or other religious worldviews. These
worldviews include many assumptions about life that are difficult to let go
of. Therefore, it is only by God’s gracious power that hearts are softened
to the Gospel message.As Paul exhorts, let’s also be steadfast in prayer (v.2), not giving up
easily even when the prayers seem to have no impact. We can pray with
thanksgiving because we trust in a good God who is always working out
His good purposes!
