#GoWinSouls

I have been inspired.

This past weekend Joseph and a group from his church attended Soul Winner's Boot Camp, in West Monroe, Louisiana. I was so distraught that I couldn't go because I knew what a life-changing/awesome event it would be. And I was right. However, despite the fact that I could not go, I feel like I learned SO much just from Joseph's experience and everything that he has shared with me. His trip just set the ball rolling for what I want to do in my church and my community.

Part of what Joseph learned is something I really already knew, but hearing the results (and seeing them on video) really impressed me and encouraged me. As far as I am concerned, there are two key factors to winning souls. 1. Be Radical and 2. Ask questions.

I really need to work on the "Be Radical" thing. My sister Christina though, she's about to get it. I have to share this story about her. Yesterday she played the guitar and sang for the state Beta convention here at WKU. On Sunday night, after praise and worship, she looked at me and said "I know what I'm going to do, it just slapped me in the face while we were singing. I'm going to preach tomorrow at Beta." So I told her if she didn't preach I would be disappointed in her, but I did not doubt her. She's crazy. So yesterday, she got up to sing, and before she started the song, she grabbed the microphone and made a call for worship. In the middle of a talent show. She talked to the students about how great God is and how we are made to worship him, and then she asked that they, if they felt like it, would stand to worship while she sang. So she started singing, and people started standing. After it was over, one of the judges came up to her and told her it was the most courageous thing she had ever seen a student do. The thing is, people didn't come crying up to the front, giving their lives to the Lord, but Christina made an impression on those students, and the adults there. They aren't going to forget her boldness, and I think she has yet to see the results it will have on her school.

The second part, asking questions, is something I definitely don't have trouble with. I mean, I have some work to do, but I like to talk, and I know that people like to talk about themselves. Something I have learned in my job as a tutor is that the best way to help a student is to allow them to find the answer themselves, don't just give it to them. This is the same with lost souls. If you can get a person to actually think about their soul, their eternity, they will start seeking truth. I know there is a desire within each and every one of us to find truth and our job is to get people started on that journey and ultimately to help them find it. I had an awesome experience shopping the other day when I met a couple in line who used to pastor a pentecostal church, but are no longer in church. How did I find that out? I asked. Christina has a friend at school who told her that the only reason she had not come to church yet was because Christina had not asked her.

That's the key. Be bold, inspire people to find truth. Ask questions. Go win souls.