{"id":1952,"date":"2025-01-15T00:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T08:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2025-01-14T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T02:16:31","slug":"planting-spiritual-seeds-day-15-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-15-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 15\u2014Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 15\u2014Invite<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><em>\u201cAnd I tell you,\u00a0everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge\u00a0before the angels of God,\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>Luke 12:8 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Invite<\/p>\n<p>Today we will be planting our spiritual seeds in people we meet who don\u2019t know the Lord, people we know as un-believers.\u00a0 Jesus is telling us in today&#8217;s verse that we need to acknowledge Him before men, therefore, we need to be prepared to do that before everyone, not just before believers, but especially before un-believers.<\/p>\n<p>I can hear you gasping right now, oh no, not me, I can\u2019t do that, I am not prepared, I don\u2019t know what to say to them, I am not trained in evangelism, how can I possibly invite someone to know the Lord!<\/p>\n<p>Well, it is not really that hard.\u00a0 First of all, you need to pray about it.\u00a0 So this morning before you go out into the world pray and ask God to show you who He would like you to invite into His kingdom and how He wants you to go about it.<br \/>\nAsk Him to give you the words to say and the courage to speak them.<\/p>\n<p>Then, as you wait for His answer prepare yourself by making sure you have materials on hand that you might need, for instance, a bible in your car or on your phone, tracts on salvation or favorite scriptures on salvation written down and refresh yourself on your testimony of how you came to Christ.\u00a0 Then, go out into the world with an expectant heart, looking forward to any divine appointment God may bring you to.\u00a0 Remember, if God brings you to it, He will give you the strength and wisdom to do it, just trust Him.<\/p>\n<p>If you want some free Salvation Printables that you can download and print to share , visit this link on our website.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smilegodlovesyou.org\/romansroad.html\">Romans Road Printable Pocket Cards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SGLY Ministry @2025<br \/>\nwww.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 15\u2014Invite \u00a0\u201cAnd I tell you,\u00a0everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge\u00a0before the angels of God,\u201d Luke 12:8 ESV Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Invite Today we will be planting our spiritual seeds in people we meet who don\u2019t know the Lord, people we know as un-believers.\u00a0 Jesus is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2906],"tags":[3,2970,2968,2912,2907,954,2969,182,30,1849,32,2911,1013],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-divine-appointment","tag-invite","tag-january-2025","tag-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-pray","tag-romans-road-pocket-cards","tag-salvation","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-share-the-gospel","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-spiritual-seeds","tag-un-believers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Invite-Luke-12_8.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1936,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-10-gospel\/","url_meta":{"origin":1952,"position":0},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 10\u2014Gospel","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 10\u2014Gospel How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? 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