I'd like to share a testimony of what's happened in the last year and six months in our life group, QUT 2.
We're one of the Christian university groups in Brisbane, and like many Christians we evangelise and hope to see people come to know Jesus personally.
In 2011, we didn't see anyone welcome Jesus into their lives in our group. For me personally, it was discouraging 'coz I longed to see the lost saved. But God did have the salvation of the lost in mind - it just wasn't in the way we thought. In the end of 2011, four members from our group went for a mission trip to Philippines where we saw over 53 people start a relationship with Jesus and many more responding to know Him more! It was a mind-blowing experience - all glory to Him!
In the last six months (2012), we thought we hit another time of 'unfruitfulness'. We had many new people join our group, people who weren't Christians, but none repenting and acknowledging Him as Lord. But again, God's hand had always been at work. After waiting for 5 months, we saw 5 people making a decision to welcome Jesus into their lives within 2 weeks time.
1 was a friend of a friend that joined our life group once in 2011 and decided to join us again.
1 was a classmate of one of our members in our group in her English course.
1 was a another course mate of one of life group members.
1 was a friend who stopped coming to church after 3-4 times but suddenly felt 'lost' in life and decided to find out more again.
1 was a friend who joined our life group for a long period of time and finally decided to take the first step into something new.
Each 1 is 1 precious life.
All glory is God's - for it is by His grace that these people have found salvation in Jesus Christ.
Let's never count God out in our reaching out. More salvations ARE coming!
Isaiah 55:9, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." (ESV)
Saturday, June 16, 2012
More ARE Coming.
