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Lately, we’ve been emphasizing that a disciple is someone who knows, loves, serves and shares Jesus. Hopefully, this has gotten on your radar because if we are going to be obedient to the Lord and make disciples, first we have to know what a disciple is. The first three aspects of being a disciple are probably well understood by those who are in the habit of going to church. However, the final aspect, sharing

Jesus, may need some clarification. Sharing Jesus is more than sharing the gospel. Certainly, the gospel is something that disciples of Jesus need to share with each other and also with those who do not know Jesus. We can’t make disciples if we’re not sharing the gospel.

But what does it mean then to share Jesus? To answer that question let me tell a story. Our daughter, Julianna, went away to college this past fall, and along the way she found a boyfriend.

I don’t remember exactly how we found out about it, but what I do remember is the excitement that she had to tell us all about him. As parents, we were very interested to hear all about it for obvious reasons. There were questions asked and stories related about how the relationship came about. There was wise (very wise) parental advice given and received (we hope) about relationships.

How does this relate to sharing Jesus?

When you have a story to tell, you just want to tell people about it. When our life intersects with Jesus, we have a story to tell. Sometimes the story is more about the day to day life experience with the Lord, and sometimes it’s about amazing things that God has done.

We can talk about what we are learning about Jesus through the Bible and our experience. We can share how the Lord has touched our heart through prayer or worship or the encouragement of a fellow believer. We can tell about how the Lord has done something for us or to us that only he could have done. (Those are called miracles by the way.)

If you know Jesus and you have come to love and serve him, then you have a story to share. In fact, you probably have a million stories and you just don’t know about it. In an effort to help us all become better at sharing our God stories, this spring we are going to be sharing our YES GOD stories during Sabbath worship. (YES GOD means “Your Encouraging Story that Gives God Glory.”)

Would you like to share your YES GOD story with your church family? Please reach out to me sometime over the next few weeks and tell me about it! We will be recording them in an interview style format to share on video during one of our worship services. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

So, what’s your story?