DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL
EFFECTIVE FOLLOW-UP
17TH , AUGUST 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 31-34
TEXT: Acts 1:1-8
1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that
Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 until the day in which [a]He was taken up, after He through the Holy
Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His
suffering by many [b]infallible proofs, being seen by them during
forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
4 And being assembled together
with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to
wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard
from Me;
5 for John truly baptized with
water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from
now.”
6 Therefore, when they had come
together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the
kingdom to Israel?”
7 And He said to them, “It
is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His
own authority.
8 But you shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be [c]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
KEY VERSE:
“The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of
all that Jesus began both to do and teach.”
- Acts 1:1
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Effective follow-up is essential if evangelism will
be fruitful.
THE MESSAGE:
D. L. Moody said, "It is better to
train ten people than to do the work of ten people. But it is harder."
Yes, training people is a hard work, especially when such are adults.
Training new converts was the assignment
that Luke decided to undertake when Theophilus became a believer. He is a good
example we must emulate.
Luke had earlier written the gospel of Luke
to inform Theophilus about the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus. Now, he
writes an update, chronicling the story of the early church to this same
convert. He told him about the appearances of Jesus to the disciples after
resurrection and how He prepared them for evangelism through the power of the
Holy Ghost. He made them to recognise the need to pray and trust God while
carrying out their assignment.
There is a great need for effective
follow-up of converts today. Our follow-up can be done by personal contact
(making telephone and video calls). It can also be done by personal prayer,
personal representatives (sending people to visit them) and personal
correspondence (writing to them). All these methods are employed to encourage,
teach and guide the new converts in their new faith.
Effective follow-up is a necessity for
young converts. Whatever means is available to us, we must use it to
effectively follow-up our new converts. This work demands a price in money,
time, prayer and discipline, but the results are eternally rewarding.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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