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Prayer (Means of Growth)

This week on ShareLifeAfrica, we are looking at how we can grow deeper spiritually.There are five means to spiritual growth –so five words –Bible, Prayer, Worship, Fellowship, Witness.

I want to focus on the significance of prayer right now.Prayer is one of the greatest privileges of having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.The Bible is God speaking to us, but prayer is us speaking to God.The simple ACTS acrostic provides a useful guideline: Adoration –praising God for who He is.Confession –admitting our sin and receiving His forgiveness.Thanksgiving –thanking God for all that He does. And supplication –bringing our needs and requests to Him in simple faith. A –C –T –S.

First Thessalonians five seventeen tells us to pray without ceasing. If we'll do that, we'll be more aware of our great need for the Lord at all times.For more practical tips on becoming an active witness and resources to help you do that, visit sharelifeafrica.org

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ShareLifeAfrica is a Christian radio and podcast program of Evangelism Explosion International Africa Ministry; that is committed to equipping you with the tools and resources needed to confidently and effectively share your faith with others.”

Bible (Means of Growth)

Have you tried to read any product labels recently? Talk about complicated!You may have noticed that the more advancement we make in life, the more complicated things become?

Unfortunately, the same complicated approach is infiltrating our spiritual lives too.So, it’s time to get back to the basics.The product label on the Spiritual Growth package contains five words: Bible, Prayer, Worship Fellowship, Witness.First, we want to focus on the Word of God –the Bible -The place to begin is your commitment to read the Bible.The Bible describes itself as “God-breathed, useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.It’s indispensable for our growth in the Lord.Start in the Gospel of John.

Read a chapter a day.Read more if you want to, but just get in the habit. Move next to Acts. Then keep going from there.We would count it a privilege to become your Partner in Growing.For more means of growth, visit sharelifeafrica.org

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ShareLifeAfrica is a Christian radio and podcast program of Evangelism Explosion International Africa Ministry; that is committed to equipping you with the tools and resources needed to confidently and effectively share your faith with others.”

Faith

(Season 61: Episode 05)

Today, we're coming to the final day of learning an easy to remember, hard to forget Gospel presentation. We’ve been using the five fingers of our hand as our learning aid.

Picture the smallest finger on your hand - it's going to represent faith. Grace, Man, God and Christ, Faith. Faith, in a Biblical sense, is the means whereby people make a personal response to the Gospel. Saving faith isn’t simply head knowledge about Jesus. Many know about Jesus, but have never experienced saving faith. Saving faith is also not just “temporary faith,” trusting in Jesus for health, safety, finances. Saving faith is trusting in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life and it's necessary for salvation.

In the book of Acts, the apostle Paul was asked, “What must I do to be saved?” His answer was this: “Believe – have faith – in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved…” You can watch a brief video demonstrating the Gospel presentation on our website, where you can find resources to help you share your faith. That's ShareLifeAfrica.Org

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ShareLifeAfrica is a Christian radio and podcast program of Evangelism Explosion International Africa Ministry; that is committed to equipping you with the tools and resources needed to confidently and effectively share your faith with others.”

Jesus Christ

(Season 61: Episode 04)

Today we are going to learn an easy to remember Gospel presentation. Our pattern to share the Gospel is based on five main words – Grace, Man, God, Christ, and Faith and we are pairing each one with a finger of our hand as a learning aid. 

Today we’ll focus on the fourth word - picture your ring finger and think of the Bridegroom because today’s word is CHRIST.  Jesus Christ is both God and Man.  John’s Gospel opens with this emphasis, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God…And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”

While Jesus had many great accomplishments, there’s no doubt about His most important:  He died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin…and rose from the dead to prove He has purchased a place in Heaven for us. This gift is received by faith.  You can visit ShareLifeAfrica.Org to view a video demonstrating the Hand Presentation of the Gospel. That’s ShareLifeAfrica

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ShareLifeAfrica is a Christian radio and podcast program of Evangelism Explosion International Africa Ministry; that is committed to equipping you with the tools and resources needed to confidently and effectively share your faith with others.

God (Creator)

(Season 61: Episode 03)

This week we’re learning an easy to remember Gospel presentation. And we’re using the five fingers of our hand as a learning aid. 

Today we’ll focus on Word 3 – God, and picture your middle finger – the longest, greatest finger representing the greatest being in all the universe which we know to be God.  Of the many aspects of God’s character, we’ll emphasize two:  First, God is MERCIFUL and doesn’t want to punish us.  The Bible tells us that “God is love.”  But the same Bible that teaches us that He is love, also teach us that He is JUST and He cannot tolerate our sin.  In Exodus thirty four verse seven, God says, 'by no means will I clear the guilty.' 

This presents a problem.  Notice that I did not say God has a problem.  The problem is ours.  For God’s solution to our problem, we’ll turn our attention tomorrow to Word 4 – CHRIST.  God solved our problem through Jesus Christ!  Visit ShareLifeAfrica.Org to see this “Hand” Gospel presentation video. That's ShareLifeAfrica.Org

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ShareLifeAfrica is a Christian radio and podcast program of Evangelism Explosion International Africa Ministry; that is committed to equipping you with the tools and resources needed to confidently and effectively share your faith with others.”