Open Doors!!!!

I hope that you have been motivated and encouraged to invite someone to Church this week. I am praying that even between now and Sunday that many of you will make it a priority to call a friend, neighbor, even a loved one and invite them to church.
If you look at the image for the sermon series, you will notice that the door is open. Indeed, the door is open. The door is open like never before in our culture, in our town, in our communities to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Look for those open doors and if you don't have an open door, pray for God to open them! Paul in his letter to the church in Collosee asked them in his final thoughts to pray for doors of opportunity to be open so that he may proclaim the gospel even while he was in chains. Do you see the irony of it? Paul is not praying that God open doors of freedom so that he could get out of the chains that were shackeled to his feet. No, Paul was praying for open doors of oportunity to share the gospel while standing in the chains that bound him. Wow!

"In Chains" some of us probably feel like God has allowed us to be "in chains." But could I encourage you for a bit? Those chains just might be the very "pulpit" or "platform" that enables you to share about Jesus and how he has changed your life.
What chains has God allowed to shackle you so that the great "go" mission might be fulfilled?


Some of us miss the open doors of opportunity that God puts before us because we are too focused on how we think God should open doors. I pray for a lot of things, I think I am going to start praying more for open doors of opporunity to share the Gospel.