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What if your friend accepts an invitation which starts a wonderful transformation in their life? What if they then start to invite their friends and family to take a closer look at what they have found? Transformation often begins with someone on your behalf thinking what if? Thank God for the person who was bold enough to imagine […]
There is a saying that perfectionism is the mother of procrastination. I was not surprised to hear someone say recently that they were not going to be doing any inviting until, the church service they were attending was perfect! I regularly hear “When we have more young people then I will invite”, or “when we have more activities […]
Have you got burned in the past in the area of invitation? You not only got turned down but it was humiliating. Once bitten twice shy! We need courage to understand the risk of inviting again. True courage brings the fear into focus and then we ask God to help us deal with that fear. Invite someone today […]
Compared to the early church we in the western church are pretty much free from serious danger. What we fear nowadays is not really menacing. We might lose a friend over an invitation but we are not going to lose our home or our life. Yet we continue to shun risk even if it often amounts to […]
It is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. But not all steps are created equal. Many christians want to become missional and reach their friends for Christ but it is the first step that does them in. We can become terrified, petrified, frightened as we imagine the conversation and worst possible outcome. It […]
Do something each day that widens your invitational comfort zone. Each of us has a comfort zone. Each time I venture out, to stretch my capability with God, to take new risks, I find the edge of the comfort zone highlighted by fear. I used to wait for the fear to go away before I took a […]
Recorded on 6th and 7th May 2103 at the Diocese of Virginia Conference http://www.dovmedia.org/10.html