This blog is about encouraging, empowering and equipping Ordinary Christians live an intentionally missional life that shine the Light of Christ brightly back into this dark world. We will provide training on on developing the basic skills necessary for living a life of a missionary; Biblical insights that will empower Ordinary Christians to share their faith; and inspirational stories of other Ordinary Christians who are living a life on mission with Christ.
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This Little Light Of Mine: A Journey Into Missional Living is one of the newest and most powerful books on missional living! This simple to read book will inspire and lead the reader to create their own personal strategy for shining the Light of Christ into their part of this dark world.
Read what others are saying, through Amazon Review, about THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE! These reviews are from ordinary christians, not professional clergy, who share their real impressions after reading the book.
"I just finished reading "This Little Light of Mine" by Jay Moore. I enjoyed this well written book that will be a wonderful instructional tool for the everyday believer on how to shine the light of Jesus with their circle of friends and family. He has taken a simple and engaging story about two little lights who found the courage to leave their comfort zone and go out into the dark world to share their light. Then he has offered some well thought out plans on how we as believers can do the same. I would recommend this book for those who want to do this this but just aren't sure how." Nancy Miller http://goo.gl/NVps7m
"A few weeks ago, I pulled a man from jumping off a 600 foot high bridge; he wanted to die. I may have bought him a few more days to live, but what is life in comparison to the destiny of his eternal soul? As he ranted and raved, crying out that no-one cared about him, I assured him I did care. What I didn’t do in this moment of crisis was to lead him into a relationship with Christ. What I didn’t do was provide the message to save his soul instead of just his body. This event settled heavily on my heart over the next weeks as I realized that all my years of church going didn’t prepare me for this moment. I determined I would never miss another divine appointment to share Jesus with those I come across every day. Jay’s book was a timely answer to this desire and there is not enough room to describe the impact it has had on my life. It is exactly the tool I needed. This Little Light of Mine provides the missing link between Christianity and the real world, and in applying its message, I now live prepared to share Christ with others. Jay’s writings reveal a pastor’s heart to teach the truth, convert hearts, and disciple the remnant of hurting men and women living outside the sanctity of a church building. The book is a long overdue guide for those who want to take their faith out of the buildings and into natural flow of life. Randy Shepherd http://goo.gl/NVps7m
"Loved this book it's simple basic principles explained so you know what God wants from you. The mirror unveiled so to speak. Jay lets you see how the love God has given to each of us is to be shared daily as we go out and do our normal activities how Gods plan fits into the life we live. Thanks Jay it inspired and motivated me to open my eyes at those who around me and be aware of what they need to be able to see God's love for them." Terri Barry http://goo.gl/NVps7m
"This is a book that needs to be shared by the pastors and leaders of all churches with their congregations. This Little Light of Mine clearly defines the purpose of our lives, to tell others the Good News! Pastor Jay paints an accurate picture of the state of the world as well as the mind set of the North American Church and then clearly and simply outlines a strategy to bring about light into darkness and revival among the followers! This movement will be brought forward not by the trained and ordained but by the everyday ordinary believer that has a heart for the lost and feels the burden of the Great Commission. With this book, those everyday ordinary believers will be equipped and ready to be unleashed to go out and make disciples of all the nations!" Debbie Harvey http://goo.gl/NVps7m
"This little book is practical, easy to read and understand, and applicable in it's approach for today's believer. It gives clear and plain direction to keep one's life in Christ alive and flourishing, and to share with others. I recommend this book to anyone new to the faith or older in faith to inspire anyone and everyone to move forward with the gospel of Christ." Mary Moore http://goo.gl/NVps7m
"Straight-forward street talk! The heart of this book is a compelling call for Christ followers to get back to the basics in daily demonstrations of God's love. It's a call to merge your faith with your daily living, no matter where you are. The author emphasizes the significance of every believer's unique mission field outside of the church. Perhaps the best part is that Jay doesn't leave the reader dangling after stirring their hearts. Instead, he provides practical tools for carrying out the call: Living a Christ centered life that remains in view of others and touches the people we encounter every single day. You won't put this book down without having experienced an inspirational perspective change." Barbette Shepherd http://goo.gl/NVps7m
"Jay Moore has written a book addressing the common problem in churches today of people going to church but never going out into the Mission Field of their own lives. He addresses the problem of never leaving your comfort zone of the pew and being a light to the world around you especially in our nation today.I felt it was well written for the common Christian man and women, with practical steps to gain comfort in sharing your faith through your own experiences in your walk with Christ. I found myself these last two weeks praying that God would make me bold and shine the light that he has put in me to the people I meet every day. Before I read the book I had a couple of experiences where I was able to share a small version of my testimony with two people in distress and how God worked in my life. I've asked that they keep the door open for me to stay in touch. Highly recommend this book." Johnnie Moore Robinson http://goo.gl/NVps7m
"Brother Jay Moore has authored this challenging, insightful and illustrative tool that can be used by Christian individuals and church leaders to study and train other congregational members, why and how to bring light and life to people who are living in the darkness of unbelief. This is a book that is Kingdom minded. The first message is a story that illustrates a problem that has been plaguing the Church for years. In many cases some church attendees seem to come to church, but they walk out the doors and don't pass the message on to those outside who haven't heard it. In some cases many people who come to church do everything they can to make themselves look good to the other members of the church, instead of glorifying God, Who blessed them with this gift. The book also gives instruction on how to gain a missional mindset and how to effectively bring that mindset to the mission fields. The step-by-step instructions are clear to understand and easy to implement. I highly recommend every Christian to read this book and serve to the glory of the King and His Kingdom." Ric Worshill http://goo.gl/NVps7m
Again, this book is written for the ordinary Christian who has a sincere desire to share Jesus and shine His Light brightly in this dark world but just don't know where to start! If you have always desired to be a more powerful witness for Christ and a brighter Light shining for Jesus' glory then you need to get and read this book!
What exactly is the Gospel - the Good News? It all deals with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and how it benefits each of us. Take a few moments and watch this video and allow the truth of Christ's resurrection empower you to go shine the Light of Christ into your part of this dark world!
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The world we live in is a very spiritually dark world. Everyday people are roaming around in this darkness cold, frightened and stumbling around. Many, if not most, of these people don't even realize they exist in darkness! Why? Because they have never experience the Light of Christ and don't know any different!
But for those of us who have come to faith in Christ we have experienced the Light and even more than that Jesus says we are now the Light of the world. People only exist in spiritual darkness because Christians have either not come into their life to shine the Light of Christ or Christians have been hiding their Light and keeping it from those who most desperately need it.
Living a powerful missional life doesn't happen because you have learned how to harness your strengths and apply it to the area of missional living! As a matter of fact it is impossible to live a powerful missional life from your own personal strengths but instead, those who are intentionally pursuing a missional life, find that it is the exact opposite that is true. It's not from our strength but through our weaknesses that we find the power necessary to engage in a powerful life on mission. It's an oxymoron for sure but it's a truth that cannot be denied found in scripture.
POWERFUL MISSIONAL LIVING COMES NOT FROM OUR STRENGTHS
BUT FROM OUR WEAKNESSES!
If the truth be told, God loves to use weak people to exhibit His great power and the good part is that everyone has weakness'. Some have physical weakness', others have emotional weakness', then their are those who may be consider weak intellectually. The kind of weakness isn't the issue. God loves to use all kinds of weaknesses and He love to use all our weaknesses.
However, the most common way people, including Christians, like to deal with their weaknesses is to try to defend them, hide them, excuse them or deny them. We defend them by saying that they are natural and that everybody has them. We hide them when we try to cover them up so others won't recognize them as a weakness but actually view them as a strength. We excuse them when we try to to convince ourselves and others that though it was wrong it really wasn't to bad. And then there's just the out and out denial that we ever exhibited such a weak trait. But for those who live powerful missional lives a different way of dealing with their weaknesses has been developed. Read this scripture to get a glimpse of what I mean:
"Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Cor. 12:8,9 (NIV)
According to God's word through the Apostle Paul's example Christians who want to live powerful missional lives need to learned to "BOAST" or "DELIGHT" in their weaknesses. Now that's a totally different way of looking at our weaknesses! And it looks totally WRONG! Beginning to embrace this way of thinking about our weaknesses is going to take some time to wrap your minds and our hearts around it. It's a totally different perspective that comes across totally crazy. But in order to get to the place where we can accept this new way of thinking we need to look at Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV),
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the Lord. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Why does this way of looking at our weakness look so backwards? Because we don't think about things the way God thinks about them! His perspective is totally different about life than our perspective! He is Holy and perfect and we are sinners through and through. Of course God's way of viewing life would be completely opposite from your way. We think God wants to use our strengths but instead we learn that God wants to use our weaknesses.
Why?
Why does God chose to use our foolish weakness to accomplish His extraordinary work?
"For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him." 1 Cor. 1:25-29 (NIV)
Why? So that no one, not a single person, can stand up and boast of the great things he has done for God! The only boasting that God want to happen, when His extraordinary work is accomplished, is us boasting of:
THE GREAT THINGS GOD HAS ACCOMPLISHED EVEN
THROUGH OUR WEAKNESS!
So, if you want to live a powerful missional life where the Light of Christ shines brightly through you and into your part of this dark world, then you will need to embrace the concept that God wants to accomplish His great work through your weakness.
PRAISE GOD FOR THIS WAY OF DOING THINGS!
FOR IT IS ONLY A TRUE AND LIVING GOD THAT CAN USE EVEN OUR WEAKNESSES TO ACCOMPLISH HIS GREATNESS!
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So, here's the challenge we are faced with! Whose perspective on our weaknesses are we going to accept? Ours or Gods? If we accept ours we will never truly engage in the missional life that Christ has called us to because we will always feel our weaknesses disqualify us. But if we, by faith, accept God's perspective then we will wholeheartedly accept the mission because we will understand that nothing, not even our weaknesses, can hinder us, let alone stop us, from living that powerful missional life that Christ is leading us into.
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Living a powerful missional life doesn't happen because you have learned how to harness your strengths and apply it to the area of missional living! As a matter of fact it is impossible to live a powerful missional life from your own personal strengths but instead, those who are intentionally pursuing a missional life, find that it is the exact opposite that is true. It's not from our strength but through our weaknesses that we find the power necessary to engage in a powerful life on mission. It's an oxymoron for sure but it's a truth that cannot be denied found in scripture.
