So a lot of people I have talked to seemed to have put off their requirement to complete 15 Christian service hours, including yours truly. So I thought I would do a service for my fellow Christians (although this post will unlikely count as a Christian service) and compose a blog of an easy speedy act of Christian service that people can do who need to rack up some hours fast.
I call it $pread the Go$pel. This idea came from riding in a car with a friend of mine. As we started driving I started looking around all the trash he had in his car, but among it all on the ground he had a billion dollar bill on the floor of his pt cruiser. Upon closer examination the bill actually had text which described accepting Jesus as a billion dollar decision. When I asked him about it he said that it was something his youth group would use to spread the gospel. They would go around to random stores shops and restaurants, dropping these bills for the observant eye to pick up and read about the importance of accepting Jesus in their lives. And that is how the idea spread the word was born. By printing off some of these bills (im sure you can find some on google), and taking a drive anywhere, you can throw these bills on the ground all along the way and rack up a Christian Service hour anytime you go into town. It is also efficient because it is a clever and eye-catching way to share your faith with others. Usually talking to strangers ends in getting the cold shoulder, but this allows and encourages other people to read about Jesus by their own free will. Even an unsuspecting atheist who would hear the gospel no other way will be just as likely as anyone else to pick one of these up.
So for those of you who are in a hurry to get more Christian service hours, feel free to use this or your own adaptation of it. Even if you are not in a hurry and did not procrastinate, feel free to use it. I find it to be a rather clever and efficient way to $pread the Go$pel
Christian service to me is the act of serving the unfortunate, poor, homeless, physically and mentally handicapped, elderly, atheists, and even Christians. It is also an act of forgiveness in my opinion. To forgive somebody for their wrong-doings, I think that would be considered a Christian service act. Praying, serving food to homeless people, donating money towards organizations for cancer, helping an old lady across the street, or even visiting people in jail are just some examples of Christian service acts. I believe that picking up garbage or cleaning someone’s car is an example of a Christian service act as long as you are doing it willingly and without question. If you do things for other people unwillingly, then that shows that you don’t really want to do whatever it is you are doing. People should start caring about giving to people in need and doing things for other people unselfishly. I, for one, need to start giving more money to the homeless. I give leftover fries from McDonalds or a coupon book to them every 4 months maybe. The littlest things help. I know an organization called Active Water where if you donate just ten dollars, it will give a family water for a week. For a couple grand, they can build a well so that people can get water whenever they please. Christian service is something, I think, should be taken more seriously in this world. We are called, by God, to do his will and be missionaries to other people. Everybody needs it. We, as Christians, need to go out into the world and multiply His kingdom. If we give up on Christian service, then we are giving up on God and we are not following His command. Just think what the world would look like if nobody did a service for another. It would be chaos. It would be a world full of hate where families would be torn. Every human being would live alone. We need to be vigilant and ready for when an opportunity strikes to evangelize. Ultimately, I believe, evangelism is Christian service.
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