The Lord really encouraged me in our Glory to God vision through William. Our vision is for NEHBC to be a living community of God that exists to make disciples from our city to the world, primarily through one-on-one evangelism and church planting, because of the call of God to go and the cry of the lost to come.
Yesterday, the Lord let me personally test the process of our vision by letting me meet William in a one-on-one encounter through which I got to talk to him about the things of Lord which led to William showing up this morning at NEHBC. I introduced William to Greg, an NEHBCer, who immediately took him in, spent time with him, and befriended him as did the small group William attended. While at NEHBC this morning, William was taught the Word of God in depth, in our worship service and bible study class. He was moved by his time with us this morning and is committed to attending midweek worship on Wednesday night.
I'm grateful to God for yesterday's one-on-one encounter. I'm grateful William came to NEHBC today. I'm grateful I could introduce William to Greg who put aside his immediate plans to take the responsibility of building a relationship with him. I'm grateful for the small group that took William in. I'm grateful that through Greg and the small group, William was genuinely loved. I'm grateful NEHBC could systematically unpack the Word of God for William today--twice. I'm grateful William is coming back for more. I'm most grateful this all happened not because William got a flier in the mail or came to a big event at NEHBC, but that it all began with a one-on-one encounter out in the community. Not that trying to reach the unchurched through mail outs or a big event is bad or wrong, but ideally, we should primarily be reaching families and individuals through one-on-one encounters as we live out our lives. Gospel encounters are not supposed to be primarily programmed and scheduled, they should simply be a way of life.
I feel like through this experience, the Lord gave me a taste of where we are headed and evidence that our vision is going to work. Glory to God.
A big thanks to everyone who prayed for William.
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