One of the greatest comforts of being a Christian is that we can trust God’s Word. Jesus has promised to return for His followers and that “His Kingdom will never end” (Luke 1:33 ). We can share God’s comfort with others, caring for them -- as Jesus cared for those around Him – and helping them prepare for His return. We can show we care by letting others know about Jesus, every chance we have, so they can share a joyful eternity with the Lord, too.

Never Alone

Although Jesus is not physically with us, we experience evidence of God’s hand in our lives. One reason is because Jesus promised His Holy Spirit would be with His followers, that He “will not abandon you as orphans — I will come to you” (John 14:18 ). With His promise, He instructed, “If you love Me, obey My commandments” (John 14:15 ). The Apostle John, also wrote about companionship and following Jesus’ commandments in his later writings: “if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate who pleads our case before the Father” (John 14:15 ), “and we can be sure that we know Him if we obey His commandments” (1 John 2:3)

We Should Care for Others

What happens if people don’t obey, not caring for others as He instructed us to? The Bible says that “All the nations will be gathered in His presence, and He will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats” (Matthew 25:32). He will give blessed, loving words to the righteous “sheep,” who did care for others. But He will say, “Away with you, you cursed ones” (Matthew 25:41) to those who ignored the needs of others. Christians can care for non-Believers as though for a child, sharing God’s Good News. With the Holy Spirit guiding us, we can lead others, as Jesus taught: “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children” (Luke 18:16).

Prayer, Care, and Share Jesus

Scripture: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations ..." (Matthew 28:19a)

Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission to share the gospel with everyone (Matthew 28:19-20) just before He rose from the dead into heaven. Today, only about 2 out of 7 billion people on earth call themselves disciples of Jesus, or Christians. The task is to the spread the gospel is still great. As you personally accept the challenge to share the gospel daily, you are helping to give everyone on earth multiple opportunities to receive Jesus as Savior.

Many of you have the gift of direct evangelism: you easily share the salvation message of the gospel with lost people every day. In our Prayer, Care & Share Teaching (PCS), I encourage you to share the gospel of Jesus daily.

I praise God with you if you are a part of the 4% of the world using your gift of evangelism on a daily basis. You may be part of the 96% that are not evangelizing for reasons like: Fear about speaking to strangers about your faith; not knowing how to share your faith; not having the gift of personal evangelism or something else. If you are, I encourage you to ask God to guide you and help you to be bold in sharing your faith.

Wherever you are in your faith-sharing journey, I encourage you to walk expectantly knowing that God can and wants to use YOU!

Next week we will show you how every single believer whether you are 3 or 103 can share your faith in Jesus.