As I was doing my morning time with God, I came across Luke 14:23, "Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full."
I know I have read this passage so many times, but I was reading in a different version this morning (TNIV). God wants us to compel people to come into His Kingdom. Wow!
This may just become one of my rallying passages for my life and ministry. Compel them to come in...compel them to come in...compel them to come in.
In a day when the Church is moving farther and farther away from being relevant and the society around us is moving farther and farther away from God, I read this very simple but profound passage - compel them to come in.
What does the word compel mean to you?
Thursday, November 2, 2006
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Compel means (to me) to give a really good reason why I should do something. It is such a good reason that I can't deny it, I must do it. When I'm moved by something beyond myself. Undeniable.
We need to start living a life that gives others a really good reason to want to know Jesus too!
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