Good morning people who receive the gospel and pass it on to other people.

Colossians 1:7 NIV You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf.

Everyone hears the gospel through someone.

I started to type that there are some exceptions to this statement, and I had in mind Saul encountering Jesus on the Road to Damascus. But then the Holy Spirit reminded me of Saul hearing the gospel before this through the prayer and love of Stephen as he was being stoned to death.

Acts 7:57-60 NIV At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

While he was dying, Stephen declared “Lord Jesus’ and “Lord, do not hold this sin against them” (forgiveness and mercy). This is a bold declaration of the love of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

When Jesus revealed Himself to Saul on the Road to Damascus, Saul had a divine connection of Who was standing before him and the grace-filled prayer of a dying man who spoke the name of Jesus.

Revelation met testimony and salvation was the result.  

You were saved because you heard the gospel through someone. Your life changed and your eternal salvation was secured because someone told you about Jesus.

Do people hear the gospel through you?

Good morning people who live in a growing revelation of God’s abundant grace.

Colossians 1:3-6 NIV We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 

The gospel is bearing fruit. The gospel is growing throughout the whole world. What you heard, others are hearing. What you received, others are receiving.

But there are some essential words that are stated at the end of this powerful Scripture.

You heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 

I have a deep desire in my heart to truly understand God’s grace. I know that “I know” about God’s grace, but there are deeper levels of revelation that I must know. I’m grateful for what I’ve seen, but I want to go deeper!

There is no salvation without grace.

Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.

No one can be born again on their own merits. We need God’s grace to start this journey with God.

There is no transformation without grace.

We don’t get saved by grace only to then have to rely fully on ourselves for transformation to take place. This mindset is what drives a lot of people to despair. Momentary changes may happen, but there is more often than not a slide back into an old way of thinking and living. There is a better way; a kingdom way; a grace-filled way!

The grace that saved us is the same grace that sustains us and transforms us.

Are you living each moment reliant upon the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ?

It’s the only way to live in true and lasting freedom.

Good morning people who are part of God’s plan of redemption and salvation.

Colossians 1:3-6 NIV We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 

The gospel is bearing fruit and growing just as it has been doing since the day you heard it.

The gospel others are hearing is the gospel that you heard. What changed your life will change other people’s lives. God, who is for you is for others!

It is very easy to be thankful that we are saved, and yet, never share this life-giving gospel with others. Unfortunately and regrettably, sharing the gospel is most often “something I should do but I don’t really do it.”

Why is this? Are we ashamed? Embarrassed? Ill-equipped? Too busy?

There is a reason, and we need to identify it, repent of it, and start to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others. There is no such place for language like “It’s not really my thing.” That’s like saying “this medicine saved my life but I don’t really want to tell others about it and save their life.”

Do you work with people who are yet to accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour? If so, this is your mission field where Father sends you on assignment every day.

Are there people in your family who are yet to accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour? If so, you have more praying and loving and being a witness yet to do.

Are there people groups or nations that Father has stirred in your heart? If so, it is for a purpose, and that purpose is centred around fulfilling the Great Commission.

While you are breathing, there is more partnership in the gospel for you!

Good morning people who have said yes to being part of God’s end-time harvest.

Colossians 1:3-6 NIV We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 

In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world.

Praise God for the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ!

In the same way.

The gospel spreads in the same way that it always has. It is the same gospel, the same Spirit, the same Lord, and the same Father. It is the same faith and the same love. It is the same message as 2,000 years ago!

The gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world.

Do you believe this? Do you see this? Do you look for this? Do you pray for this?

God is moving around the world! God is saving people from death into life! This is happening around the world! Muslims are being saved. Hindus are being saved. Buddists are being saved. “Good” people are being saved. “Bad” people are being saved. The lost are being found! Hallelujah!

The gospel is bearing fruit.

Everything in God’s design follows the law of sowing and reaping. What is sown is reaped. When the gospel is sown, salvation is reaped! When faith is sown, miracles are reaped. When love is sown, transformation is reaped. And this is happening around the world!

The devil is defeated and the kingdom of God is advancing!

I feel the Holy Spirit stirring in my spirit right now! I believe there is a holy call for you and for me to pray more than ever before for people to be saved. Pray for revelation of the truth. Bind deception and every foul work of the enemy. Release life. Release blessing. Release hope. Release joy. Declare the finished work of Calvary over people’s lives!

2 Corinthians 6:2 NIV For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”

Matthew 9:37-38 NIV Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Have you committed your life to be one of God’s end-time harvesters?

Good morning people who are saved into the way of faith and love.

Colossians 1:3-6 NIV We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 

The faith and love about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you.

A gospel that is apart from faith and love is not the true message of the gospel.

I want to hone into the truth that there is a true message of the gospel. In these days where “it is all about me”, there is opportunity for people to make the gospel about something different than God declares it to be. As I say this, I am once again drawn to the starting place of Jesus’ preaching:

Matthew 4:17 NIV From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

The gospel cannot be separated from repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. The gospel does not centre around us, but around God. It does not centre around our will, but around God’s will. It does not centre around us feeling good, but around us repenting and stepping into kingdom authority in our lives.

The gospel is rooted in faith and love, and both are evident when the true gospel is preached and received.

Faith is stirred by the Spirit of God, and as we respond in faith to this faith, salvation takes place. Faith is not just a doorway into a decision, but it is a way of living. So too is love. Faith in God is faith in Love Himself. This love – God’s love – transforms our lives. An evidence of this transformation is an overflow of God’s love to others through us.

Are you living life in accordance with the true message of the gospel of Jesus Christ?