You Only Have One Shot
from gettyimages.com A few Sundays ago, we gave the Gospel message along with an opportunity to become a Christian. We had 9 children raise their hands to signify they were ready to accept Christ. I am so excited that God moved, and we had so many come to Christ. Let me caution you, however. All of these salvations were in second service. I didn’t have a single one in first. In fact, I didn’t even offer because I knew they weren’t paying attention. I justified this misstep by saying that they were all saved anyway. They already know the story of Jesus crucifixion. They were bored. All of these may be true, but may I offer another reason? I wasn’t ready. I spent my pre-service time socializing. I didn’t double check my tech. I didn’t show my sound person what she needed to do. I didn’t even go over what I was talking about that morning. The last time I even looked at it was the Thursday before. As a result, I had to break up the flow of the service to loa