How to Become Rich in Joy

I mean we can be no caught up in the things of church that the church becomes our God. We can so easily move away unless we keep that fresh in our minds and we're sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ at a regular basis in his love at how he directs her steps in the miracles and we're in the game we're sharing it pretty soon it just fritters away and quite frankly we lose and joy of our salvation. That's what really takes place. I mean I see it. I see it in people I know and friends I know they're in church. I've been there. Welcome to the ignite with Barry McGuire podcast where Barry's book and passion for spreading God's love are guaranteed to ignite your life. Now listen in and prepare to have your life ignited. You know there's anything that God makes abundantly clear in the Bible is that once we know who he is we are to share our faith in the marketplace every day. I mean go ye into the world and preach the gospel go tell you know love our neighbors as ourselves we are Christ's ambassadors we are reconciders we're called in the ministry of reconciliation we're called to be salt and light and salt and light both change their environment we're called to change our environment we're called to be the light of the top of the hill so everybody can see what we have and want what we have and all the all these scriptures I mean I could go on and on and on the scriptures even from the old tests are replete and the sharing of our faith and the loving of those around us and leading people to God and the Old Testament and it's very specific to Jesus Christ and then in the news but the question comes down to why why is it so important to God that we share our faith and I have a surprise for you this is my own theory but I think it's true secondarily it's to win the lost yes secondarily I think the reason for a share of faith is secondarily to win the lost I think primarily it's to win you and me it's to keep our hearts you know if we don't share our faith I've talked about before this attribute sets in and we just start to lose what we have I had one of the most respected men in my life that passed away when he's 83 years of age and a year before he died I sat with him this man was revered in his denomination his church he'd done everything you could possibly imagine the church and supporting every cause he was there I mean I couldn't even count how many people were at all of this man and I sat with him and I said I talked to him about his life at all and then I then I came and I said so what is your conference come from and knowing that you're going to spend eternity with God Almighty and he started telling those things and he started telling about all the things he did and all the ministries he supported all the youth camps he sponsored and all the different age groups in the Sunday school class and being in the head asher being the chairman of the board and the chairman of the building campaign all these things all these things were going through his mind I said is there anything else and he thought some more things that he did you know 80 years in the church he was in one church for 83 years this man was revered in his church at the end of the conversation I found that he had never said the one right answer that Jesus Christ died for my sins I mean we could get caught so caught up in the things of church that the church becomes our God we could so easily move away unless we keep that fresh in our minds and we're sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ at a regular basis in his love and how he directs her steps in the miracles and we're in the game we're sharing it pretty soon it just fritters away and quite frankly we lose and joy of our salvation that's what really takes place I mean I see it I see them people I know and friends I know they're in church they're in church but they're just going through the motions and the letter to the church of Ephesus I've been there I've been to the sites for all the seven churches in Asia and Turkey and the letter to the church of Ephesus they all speak well but this one in particular got me when he says basically my words you know I know I know who you are and I know you go to church Sunday morning and said you're there which I the doors are open and I know you're faithful and I know you give sacrificial and I know you know good teaching but from bad but I have this against you you've left your first love and you're no longer doing the first word first love obviously it's Jesus first love is God Almighty and if we put anything in front of him that becomes our God and so oftentimes that is our church or some ministry that we're doing we're so caught up in doing that right where those are our own joy and secondarily is that you're no longer doing the first work what is the first work what's the first thing every new Christian does when they receive Jesus Christ they tell somebody they don't go sing the choir going on missions trip or greet people they tell people about Jesus Christ I was blind and now I see you when we stop doing that that's a problem to the point that he says in that letter read it revelations chapter 2 but I have this against you even though you're faithful I have this against you you've left your first love you no longer doing your first work and unless you repent he's calling people in the church to repent he says unless you repent I'll remove the candlestick I'll remove the Holy Spirit from you we have a lot of folks in church today they're going through the motions but they're lost their joy and the Holy Spirit is departed to think about the pair with the five wives of five Buddhist Persians they're all waiting they were just the church today they're waiting for the Lord to return they all look like Christians they all have the clothes they have all the church technology and wordology they can say they look right but when the master returns half of them were without the Holy Spirit in the fact he closed the door he says I don't even know who the those of you that don't have the whole spirit are I can know you but if I the new entered on in you know today the statistics tell us that half the people in our churches are not saved what's the line of you on what's the line of you on you know don't even get close to that line you want to go way over you way know how to do that it's to share your faith and let it flow out of you every day the church is our service stations not our service it's our service station and then we go into service and from Sunday to Sunday what are you doing from Sunday to Sunday that is our service and when we do that we're rich and joy and it's flowing through us we have joy in the morning at night new and every other time and I truly believe that the reason he has called us without exception unequivocal to share our faith every day to be his ambassador is because he wants to keep us fresh and alive and serving him and close to him to our last breath if you enjoyed today's episode let us know and don't forget to subscribe rate and review to help us reach more listeners remember sharing your faith ignites your faith see you next time on the ignite with Barry Maguire podcast