GodTools

Today I want to do something slightly different and promote an app-based tool that can help you and I with a variety of simple ways in which we can walk someone through how to develop a relationship with God.

(It can also be incorporated within a website by following the link here)

GodTools can help you learn how to share your faith clearly and simply.

You see, sharing our faith can be hard especially in today’s world – but as the creators of GodTools espouse, it doesn’t have to be! With GodTools you can learn how to confidently share and explain to someone how they can begin a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

The app has a variety of specially designed tools and resources that can help you share your faith any time, any place, and in over 80 languages. Think of it as your always ready guide to evangelism.

Download GodTools today and get equipped to share the good news of God’s love wherever you go! What’s more it is available for free on both the Play Store and App Store.

 

 

 

Testimonial: GodTools is; “So Great! Sharing with my phone just works! Talking about God can be awkward, but this app makes it so comfortable. And easy. Thanks for making this!”

GodTools is brought to you in association with:

CRU, formally known as Campus Crusade for Christ and Indigitous

 

The thing is, evangelism within the mainstream denomination church and within The Salvation Army appears to be a major leadership challenge, as it would appear that not many people seem to be actively, or intentionally sharing their faith – or at least this could be seen as evidenced through not many people bringing their friends, neighbours, colleagues or even family to church activities, events, programmes, ministries and services etc. (Covid-19 pandemic notwithstanding)

Have we become blaise? Have we become too comfortable? Are we too inward focussed? Are we ashamed of the Gospel? 

Maybe it is time to reignite the passionate spirituality in each and every one of us and share the ‘Hope and Life‘ that we espouse with others.

Check out my ‘The Gospel Message‘ page to check out other resources that you may find helpful in sharing your faith with others 🙂

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A World in Travail – Our Duty in the Present Year

This week the below video was posted on facebook by Salvation Factory.

Salvation Factory is an Imaginarium focusing on the research, development and design of resources and training to help support the mission of The Salvation Army.

In the midst of the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, Samuel Logan Brengle addressed officers and soldiers around the world to encourage them in the face of the growing adversity – His words are just as relevant and poignant to us today as we face the Covid-19 pandemic which is sweeping the world!

A World in Travail – Our Duty in the Present Year

Many thanks to Colonel Eddie Hobgood and the USA South Communications Department for partnering with Salvation Factory on this project.

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Words of Encouragement

Today’s words of encouragement come from Rick Warren’s Daring Faith: The Key to Miracles Study Guide.

None of us are exempt from suffering.We all experience loneliness, criticism, discouragement, and mistreatment. Why does God allow these things to happen to us? It’s because God is developing the character of Christ within us, and in order to do that, he must take us through the circumstances in life that he took Jesus through.

Did Jesus suffer? Was Jesus sometimes lonely? Was he tempted to be discouraged? Was he misunderstood, maligned, and criticised unjustly? Of course! Does this mean God cause tragedies? No. God is good. He will not cause evil or do evil. But God can use dark and stressful times for your good.

He’ll use them to teach you to trust him: “We stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God” 2 Corinthians 1:9 (New Living Translation).

He’ll use them to show you how to help others: “He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us” 2 Corinthians 1:4 (New Living Translation).

And he’ll use them to draw you closer to other believers: “You are helping us by praying for us… Many people will give thanks because God graciously answered so many prayers” 2 Corinthians 1:11 (New Living Translation).

So how can you expect the best from God when you’re going through difficult times?

• In faith, refuse to be discouraged, knowing that God is for you.
• In faith, believe God is with you and working things out for your good.
• In faith, rely on God’s protection and guidance.

In these unprecedented times rely upon God, for He alone comforts us so that we can comfort others, through these days. And when this covid-19 pandemic is behind us all we can be thankful and praise God for all the ways in which he has helped us through it, by bringing others into our lives.

You may appreciate the words of Horatio Spafford’s Hymn as sung by the East London Youth Chorus of The Salvation Army – It is Well with My Soul, and the scripture “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him” Psalm 62:1 (New International Version). 

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