"How to Reach Your Relatives"

[October 23, 2011 service by Bishop George L Davis] 


-Psalm 127:1-2 
- 1 Samuel 2: 12-30 
- Matthew 10: 32-37


- Make a decision to go after God fullheartedly
--> Luke 9:57-62 
         - Family and friends are generally the source of a lot of pressure, persecution, etc  
--> John 2: 1-5 
--> Mark 3:20 
     - Don't allow your hurt from you family not accepting God stop you from doing the assignment God has for you 


~3 Principles to Reach Your Family ~ 


1) settle the fact that God loves your family and wants the saved more than you do. 
     --> Acts 16: 27-32
     - Don't try to manipulate the Holy Ghost 


2) Realize that you are not the best person to always lead your family member to the Lord. 
    --> Mark 6: 1-6 


3) Understand that your best form of ministry for your family is prayer and living examples 
   --> 1 Peter 3:1
       - Believers need to live as a Godly example. 
       - Don't be judgmental