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- “I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather you would walk with me than merely point the way; The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear; Fine counsel’s oft confusing, but example’s always clear.” (unknown)

- Jesus didn’t tell his disciples to listen, but to follow Him

- according to Daws the key obstacle to carrying out this commission is a failure to believe in God’s promises - which could be traced to a weak or lacking devotional life
- evangelize those in your “backyard”
- “what you are praying for is what you are living for”

How to get a world vision (Daws on Acts 1:8) “‘Ye shall receive power.’ That’s what the disciples of Christ wanted. The Holy Spirit ‘is come upon you.’ That’s what they needed. ‘Be witnesses.’ That was their job. ‘Unto me.’ That was the objective l. Where was this all to happen? ‘In Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.’ There it is.”

“I must be living the Christ-centered, Spirit-filled life if I would have another whom I am working with live that kind of life. I must be in the Word of God on a daily basis if I would have my man be a man of the Word. I must be fisher of men if I want my spiritual Timothy to reproduce after his kind…”

FOLLOW UP - “Making a decision is 10 percent; following through is 90 percent.” “Is the answer merely materials to distribute to those who come to Christ? No, it is obvious from the experience of successful follow up programs, both in the New Testament and out of it, that follow-up is done by someone, not something.” Paul desires follow-up w/ Romans to impart some spiritual gift and to establish them (1:11)

‘There will always be a little fear in evangelism. It’s like a little red light going to remind us that it happens not by might, nor power, but by the Spirit of the Lord (Zechariah 4:6). We will never get to the place where we can do it on our own. We will always need God.’

“Get into the Word, allow the Word to get into you, and get going and concentrate on getting the Word out to others.”

“God’s Word is your weapon. If you doubt its strength, what power can you have in wielding it? It’s your only source of information. When the Word of God becomes your meat and drink, your daily study and a very part of yourself, then… will you be able to use it as He intends. Do you believe that the text you proclaim is the Word of God? And are you confident that it will never return void..?” - O.J.S.

“ But there is one thing that Joshua had that we have— God’s Word and God’s presence.”

It’s so simple.

“Men are God’s method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men… What the Church needs today is not more machinery or better, nor new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use- men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not… come on machinery, but on men. He does not annoying plans, but me- men of prayer.” - E.M. Bounds