Greetings!
Recently Joe , a friend of mine, went shopping at a nearby
Thrift Store and bought an old plaque for  $1 .

It had inscription on it that most likely nearly 100% of the people receiving this WB weekly email have seen..I personally have seen it many times but, for some reason this time, perhaps because the plaque was so old, rough looking, $1, of seemingly no use and given to the Thrift Store
..IT GRABBED MY ATTENTION and my THOUGHTS much more this time than any of the previous times of viewing the wording.
(it may be hard to read, see it fully written out immediately following the plaque)

"Here is a man who was born in an obscure village , the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty . Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher .
He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put His foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself...
While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies . He went through the mockery of a trial . He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves. While He was dying His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat . When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.
Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a centerpiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.
I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that were ever built; all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that one solitary life. "
The words depict my Savior Jesus Christ and His life on earth. As the Bible points out dramatically-

God sent His Son to live, die and conquer death...so all who put their faith in the risen Christ can be forgiven of all their sins, have life forever and live the rest of their lives honoring and serving Him in whatever they do, say or accomplish...it's the abundant life in Christ...

As a man He was ordinary in many ways but supernatural in accomplishment in His role as Savior of the world...

JESUS IS MY SAVIOR of all my sins, 
the LORD of my life and my eternal GOD

After reading and thinking about these words and the Holy Bible...
I GET VERY INSPIRED to make my Savior known to others...
because He is the way, truth and the life and no man comes to the Father but through HIM , the Lord of Lords and King of Kings...
the Author of life...
Jesus Christ

1/31/2018

KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF

Right now in preparation for WB TRAINING at our church starting 1/31/18 for 5 weeks, I'm very excited about encouraging fellow believers to make Jesus known as a reflection of His personal love for each of them as described in John 3:16...
please put your name in this verse so you may know Jesus better and better

JOHN 3:16-

God so loved( your name )
That He gave His one and only Son, that
If( your name) believes in Him
He'll not perish, but have everlasting life

DOES THAT TRUTH AND PROMISE FROM GOD "KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF"? ...IT SHOULD...READ IT AGAIN SLOWLY AND MEDITATE ON IT ON AND OFF FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...WHEN YOU GO TO BED, WAKE UP...
It's COOL...WITNESS BREAKTHROUGH by ordinary people

The ministry WITNESS BREAKTHROUGH (WB ) is best experienced when love compels a person to share their faith in Christ..
again John 3:16 models love first, then give Jesus ...
LOVE gives believers witnessing BREAKTHROUGH and takes away fear ...
sharing our faith in humility, truth and love is powerful and is beautifully described in
1 Corinthians...

God uses ORDINARY people to prove God's power
WHY?
So people don't have their faith in human wisdom...

"When I came to you, my friends, to preach God's secret truth, I did not use big words and great learning. For while I was with you, I made up my mind to forget everything except Jesus Christ and especially his death on the cross. So when I came to you, I was weak and trembled all over with fear, and my teaching and message were not delivered with skillful words of human wisdom, but with convincing proof of the power of God's Spirit. Your faith, then, does not rest on human wisdom but on God's power."

1 Corinthians 2:1‭-‬5

Thanks JOE, the  $1 PLAQUE got me, an ORDINARY PERSON,  thinking and energized to daily  1- continue looking for His open doors to tell others the GOOD NEWS and 2- train other ORDINARY PEOPLE  to learn to share their faith in Christ compelled by love not duty

ORDINARY and LOVE are definitely COOL
BOTTOM LINE- Chumming

Whether throwing out seeds or giving your scripture based testimony or in even deeper DISCUSSIONS...
the Christ centered WITNESS is a great adventure involving needy people .

LAST WEEK-

2 EXAMPLES

1-This last week I had the privilege of simply throwing out the seeds of the Word (that never returns void)... to a renown thinker, world lecturer...
a very nice person and enjoyable communicator...
a self described agnostic/atheist type...

WE HAVE HAD MANY SPIRITUAL DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST 

I see him about once a month...
I will continue to throw out eternal seed- in fishing it's called chumming ...

2-Also the MEAT section ASST MGR at COSTCO ...was so helpful in helping me get the meat my wife wanted me to pick up...I said "you have been so helpful to me...I have a small but very meaningful gift for you.." I then gave him my wristband along with my one minute testimony...without asking him to do it, he read out loud what it says on the band "I am a sinner, Jesus Christ is my Savior, John 3:16" His eyes were watery and his face filled with emotion as we shook hands.
***
2 VERY DIFFERENT EXAMPLES of throwing out the seeds of the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST...where I live, move and have my being...ACTS 17:28


I'm not a fisherman rather
a fisher of men ...I'm part of the process not the whole enchilada...HE'S the captain and I'm on the playing field at His command seeking people for whom He died as He leads me to His open doors 
...Luke 19:10
...Colossians 4:2-6

WITNESSING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE ABUNDANT LIFE ...
fellowship "only" is not God''s will
..Luke 19:10


Please pray for the group starting 1/31/18 and the 5 week study and discussion of
IF WE ARE THE LIGHT, WHY IS AMERICA SO DARK? .. .
a number of those who have signed up for training have already expressed a personal desire for great advancement in their lives in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
WHAT A GREAT PRAYER REQUEST!


The Good News!
GOD USES ORDINARY BELIEVERS TO AMAZE THE WORLD WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST..
Acts 4:13

Ted Sprague 

www.witnessbreakthrough.org

witnessbreakthrough@gmail.com