“CONTAGIOUS!”

MeMaw Thoughts

Number 467

March 17, 2020///

As you are aware the goal of our leaders right now is to stop or severely limit the spread of this crazy virus that has interrupted the normal patterns of our life.

We are warned that close contact is the way this is spread.  May I say that we can walk in Faith and not Fear in the middle of this entire craziness. However, that is not what I want to address today

Today I want to compare the spread of this virus to the spread of the Love of Jesus Christ.  What if we as Christians had so much of the Love of Jesus Christ flowing through us that it was contagious!!!

What if everyone we came in contact with was in danger of catching the truth of the greatest story on earth and experiencing a transformation that changes them from the inside out!!

I like to call it the Contagious Gospel.  If we were so in Love with Jesus that we could not keep it to ourselves, this earth would be filled with the Glory of the Lord God Almighty!!

Just as this virus is caught without a person being aware at first, what if in every place we found ourselves we prayed silently for all those around us to be open to the Love Jesus declared on the Cross!

What if, as they continued in their daily activities, your prayers began to open them up to God’s Truth.  The possibilities are endless just as the possibilities of the spread of the worldwide virus are endless.

John 8:12 (KJV)
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

We spread that light by our lives, our prayers, our contact with others.   When we are full of Jesus, we are full of light and light dispels the darkness everywhere it shines!

Our Light should be more contagious than the coronavirus, the flu, the measles, and all the diseases of the world.

Matthew 5:16 (KJV)
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

As we allow the Contagious Gospel to show forth in our lives and in all we do it will affect all those around us.

We can change our situation and our world as we walk with so much Love of Jesus that people cannot escape it.  God Loves all people and we should too!!

Now do not misunderstand this next comparison. I appreciate all our leaders are doing to protect us.  I am referring to our spread of Jesus.

As this virus is causing isolation the enemy of your soul, the devil, would love to isolate you from spreading the Contagious Gospel! He wants us to isolate ourselves from being the example and praying for all we meet.

The devil encourages us to act and think like the world and we spread nothing.

But the apostle Paul give us the directions our lives should take:

Acts 20:24 (KJV)
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

May I encourage you to practice spreading Contagious Gospel even in this time of staying away from people.  Even in isolation you can:

• Pray for your family, friends, nation and world
• Make calls to others to encourage them to walk in Faith and not Fear
• If you are on social media use it to spread the Contagious Gospel
• Use the mail: send cards or notes to others to spread the Contagious Gospel

There are symptoms to this deadly virus and there are symptoms of being a real Christian, showing you have the Contagious Gospel.

It is the Love of Jesus so strong in us that it cannot be contained!

May those of us who know the giver of life spread that truth to all we can reach!

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I recommend that you go to “Joshua’s Place Church” face book and listen to our pastor’s sermon from this past Sunday. (IT WILL BE AVAILABLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 3/18/2020) It is titled “WHAT SHOULD WE DO?”

It will help you!!

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Father God, in Jesus name, I ask that you help each of us to spread the Contagious Gospel in any way and any place we can.  The true Gospel is what our world and all who are around us need.  I decree and declare in Jesus name. wisdom for the leaders of our Churches, counties, states, nation and the world.  Wisdom comes from you and you Love your creations!!  Amen

Spread the Contagious Gospel!!   Love, MeMaw