Second Week A Great One!

I hope you all enjoyed week 2 as much as I did!  I'll recap what we talked about:

Being a Contagious Christian benefits everyone involved!  It makes you better by growing your own faith as well as the joy you get by doing what Jesus asked us to do - go tell people about him!  It benefits the person you reach out to because, well, they get saved!  They get to be in the family with the rest of us!  And it benefits God because His plan is being achieved and, like we talked about with finding the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the entire reason Jesus came, He throws a big ol' party when another person connects with Him through believing in his Son!

We talked about how this is all a process.  Someone plants a seed, someone waters, but God is who makes it grow.  When it comes to being a "seed planter" or Contagious Christian, we talked about how Jesus described His followers as Salt and Light.  Salt has three qualities - adds flavor, preserves things, and causes thirst.  So when we're being the Salt, we are adding something special to people's lives, caring for others and our society, and causing people to want to learn more about the One who makes us salty - God!  And remember, salt just sitting in a salt shaker doesn't do any good!  We need to sprinkle ourselves around!  Light has two big qualities that we discussed.  First, it does not just sit around, it spreads out everywhere!  And second, it causes people to be able to see better and provides "clear vision".  So remember the equation?

HP + CP + CC = MI

High Potency - This is just being really salty!
Close Proximity - This is us getting to know others, sprinkling our salt around!
Clear Communication - This is us being the light, making all this stuff clear for folks!
Maximum Impact - This is the end result - more followers of God, more friends & family in Heaven!

And never forget - we do all of this because people really matter to God.  And I mean, ALL people REALLY matter to God!  Like we talked about, it is challenging to think of everyone that way some times, but it's true!  Jesus didn't come just to save the good people of the time, He came for everyone because PEOPLE REALLY MATTER TO GOD!  Like the story says, the Shepherd leaves the 99 sheep to find the one that wandered away.  Why?  Because PEOPLE, EVEN THE ONES WHO WANDER AWAY, REALLY MATTER TO GOD!

All right, so the "homework" this week is to send me or post here creative ideas on how we can use this word "contagious" in funny ways to get across our points!  And remember, just like the shirt from my work (Strong Enough (front) To Care Enough (back)) ideas don't have to be long and drawn out but short and attention getting work!  So I look forward to hearing your ideas and seeing what we can come up with as various ways to get our message out.

Thanks again for a great week!  See you all at Revolution on Wednesday from 7 to 9pm!