Help Rescue Spiritually Dying People

Whitney Hopler

What do you hope to accomplish during your life? What would be the greatest use of your limited time and energy? From God's perspective, there's nothing more significant you can do than help the people you know discover Jesus.

Life is short, and you're surrounded by people who need to discover Jesus before it's too late. God wants you to help rescue them from spiritual death.

Here are some ways you can throw people a spiritual lifeline:

Adapted from Called to Greatness: Becoming a Lifeline for Those Who Need Hope, copyright 2001 by Ron Hutchcraft. Published by Moody Press, Chicago, Ill., www.moody.edu, 1-800-678-6928.

Ron Hutchcraft is a thirty-year veteran of student and family work, and is president of Ron Hutchcraft Ministries. His present ministries include conducting city wide evangelistic outreaches; hosting radio programs; and speaking to adults, young people, and various organizations around the world. He is the author of several books.

Do you feel a sense of urgency to reach people with the Gospel? Why or why not? If not, how do you think you could break out of complacency? Have you helped rescue a spiritually dying person before? If so, how did God help you, and how has that person's life been transformed? Visit Crosswalk's forums to discuss this topic by clicking on the link below.

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