David December 23, 2009

There is a dude that most of you will never meet on this side of eternity named David…and at one time in my life I wanted to punch him in the throat because he would not leave me alone…EVERYTIME I turned around he was inviting me to his stupid church!

When he saw I wasn’t going to come to a Sunday service he asked me to come and play basketball…which TOTALLY got my attention.  AND…I started playing football with a crew from his church on Sunday’s as well.

Then he asked me to come to a Bible study…to which I told him what I thought about the Bible and was about to lower to boom when he told me there would be hot girls there…

I went…and didn’t miss a night for about six months or so!  (BTW…NONE of them were hotter than Lucretia…I’m just sayin!)

David started inviting me to church in the Spring of 1989…he was always nice, always offered to take me there and bring me home and NEVER gave up on me.  And so…several MONTHS later after throwing out every excuse imaginable…I went…and was BLOWN away by how friendly people were…and how powerfully the Gospel was preached.

I went back the next week…and the next…until finally on a Sunday night in May of 1990 I surrendered my heart to Christ and told Him I would follow Him for the rest of my life.

There are so many things that happened to bring me to that place…but one of the MAIN INFLUENCES on me was a guy named David.  He didn’t sing a song or preach a message or wear a REALLY bad Christian T-shirt…he simply decided to be my friend and, for some reason, he NEVER gave up on me.

I tell this story on today’s blog because…all of us need to be a “David” in someone’s life.  God has placed in where we are in this world and in our circles of influence for a reason!  Who is it that you are allowing God to absolutely burden you for?  Whoever it is…don’t give up.

Today we begin our Christmas services here at NewSpring Church…and there will be MULTIPLE opportunities for you to bring someone to church.  (Here is a link with the service times for each campus…and even if you haven’t yet RSVP’d…COME ON, we’ve got room for you and WHOEVER you want to bring!)

Don’t give up on that person…

And NEVER take the responsibility of inviting someone to church lightly (See Acts 10:14 and Acts 10:17).  When God changes someone’s life the possibilities are potential in that person becomes unlimited.

SO…NewSpring Church…do what it takes…get people here, and BEG for Jesus to capture hearts and draw people to Himself.

I can’t wait!