Mobile Phone Challenge
When we visited Hillsong in Australia several months ago, my good friend Darren Kitto was telling me a personal story and in that conversation mentioned that his mobile phone address book is full of people who don’t know Christ. He wasn’t saying this as a challenge to me, but it was. You see, I’ve been engaged long enough in my role as a pastor and have developed so many relationships with our staff and other pastors/church leaders that my address book is mostly full of people who are believers. I know lots of people who don’t know Christ, but sadly I’m not engaged deeply enough to have many of them on speed dial or even in my phone at all. My mobile phone address book is at least one gauge of the importance I place on a relationship.
Practically, having someone’s contact info in my phone makes it much, much easier and consequently much more likely that I would call or sms whenever I think about them.
So if you are like me and could use a little intentionality in this area…here’s my very simple challenge: This week add the names/numbers of two or three people who don’t know Christ to your phone and give them a call/text as you think about them. I’ll be joining you in this and would love to hear about your experience as well.
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Just sent a couple of texts…I was wondering though about social networks; Twitter and Facebook specifically. Are they more or less likely to have your non-church friends included then a mobile?
facebook - more non-church
Twitter - less non-church
Wow… This is so… convicting. I don’t know that I have the phone number of one person who doesn’t know Christ (unless it’s by accident).
I place a lot of emphasis on this with my mouth but have too little follow-through. This is a great way to make my actions match my words.
Great challenge!
Great challenge Bobby! I can think of a few folks that could use a call or text from a certain Asian Hillbilly.
makes me think…Tome, “Asian Hillbilly”..LOL
I once heard a stat about believers “knowing” only 5 people who live without Christ after only 3 years of believing.
I once heard a stat about believers “knowing” only 5 people who live without Christ after only 3 years of believing. I’ll be looking forward to what God does through this challenge.
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