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“That’s a huge honor,” Tebow said. “I see it as a great responsibility to be a role model for future generations. That’s something I care about more than winning football games. What I want to do with my life is impact lives. When a kid in a hospital is fighting for his life and I’m trying to win a football game, what really matters? This game isn’t as important as a lot of us make it out to be. If I can give him a little bit of hope, I can do something that matters. That’s what I want my legacy to be about. That’s how I want to be remembered.”

To impact lives for time and eternity is what it’s all about. Money doesn’t last. Fame doesn’t last. The praise of men is fleeting and fickle. But a single life brought into relationship with the Creator of the universe will last forever. How do you want to be remembered?

FRANCE — In art class, Jae-hun filled his canvases with vibrant colors, yet his own life seemed hopelessly dark. Each day after class he returned to his dorm room alone because, as an international student, he spoke very little French and had no friends. But soon, even his “Asian artist persona” of thick-rimmed glasses and a black ponytail couldn’t hide his growing loneliness.

At the invitation of a fellow classmate, Jae-hun left his dorm room one Sunday to go to church. There he met Ray, a Crossworld worker.

“Every Sunday we have students over for a meal at our house after church,” Ray said. “Why don’t you come too?”

Jae-hun agreed, and one dinner turned into many as week after week he and Ray became friends. They talked, hiked, ate and even began to study the Bible together. I can’t believe he would take time to be my friend, Jae-hun thought.

One week as they were reading the Bible, Ray asked him, “Have you ever trusted Christ for forgiveness of your sin?” Jae-hun shook his head. “This week, think about what we’ve studied in the Bible and whether you want to give your life to Christ.”

The next week they met again and Jae-hun’s eyes were visibly brighter. “Ray, I trust the Lord as Savior!” he said, a smile breaking across his face. “Thank you, thank you for reaching out to me.”

Since trusting Christ, Jae-hun exudes joy, making friends wherever he goes and reaching out to other students the way Ray reached out to him. He has now returned to his home country, where he is attending church and growing in his new faith.

Jae-hun understood God’s love after Ray took the time to be his friend. Is there someone in your life who needs Christ but may need a friend first?

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Italicized names were changed to protect identities.

Every human who has ever lived has been given the exact same amount of time each day — 24 hours — to do what needs to be done. How odd that some seem to have so much of it and others so little.

Having time for people is indispensable when it comes to our disciple-making task. The story “No Facades” illustrates this so well. “I can’t believe he would take time to be my friend,” said the desperately lonely man who recently came to faith.

In a world where time has become an increasingly rare commodity, it is sadly true that when someone takes time for us, we’re often surprised — even amazed. Yet the level of trust and relationship that creates fertile soil for truth cannot happen without taking time
for people.

Do you want to amaze someone? More importantly, would you like to see God open doors for disciple-making? Take the time to show people they’re important.

The next time you check out at the grocery store, try looking the cashier in the eye and sincerely asking her how her day is going.

When you’re out to a restaurant, stop the waiter and ask him if there’s something you could pray for him about.

Invite your co-worker out for lunch. Ask your neighbor if he’d join the summer bowling league with you.

Slow down enough to give another human being the precious gift of time. You too may be amazed at what God does.

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For 40 years, those who shared the gospel with Vicente had no idea he had believed. Read the story.

Eternity will certainly hold some incredible surprises for those who refuse to quit.
Vicente’s story should encourage us to keep going even when we see no visible fruit. Though not seen by those faithful witnesses who shared the gospel with him 40 years ago, God was at work through the gospel seed that had been planted in his heart. And today, 40 years of unbroken faithfulness amongst this tribal people has borne fruit, not only in Vicente, but in hundreds of others like him.

I’m reminded of a story that came out of the 1989 Armenian earthquake that killed 30,000 people.

Moments after the deadly tremor ceased, a father raced to an elementary school to save his son. When he arrived, he saw that the  building had been leveled. Looking at the mass of stones and rubble, he remembered a promise he had made to his child: “No matter what happens, I’ll be there for you.” Driven by his own promise … he began to pull back the rocks. Other parents arrived and began sobbing…. “It’s too late,” they told the man. “You know they are dead. You can’t help.” Even a police officer encouraged him to give up.

But the father refused…. Finally, after thirty-eight wrenching hours, he pulled back a boulder and heard his son’s voice…. “Dad, it’s me!” Then the boy added these priceless words, “I told the other kids not to worry. I told them if you were alive, you’d save me, and when you saved me, they’d be saved too.’”*

Perhaps in your efforts to rescue souls with the life-giving message of the gospel, you find your strength waning and your hope running dry. Let me urge you to not give up. Keep loving. Keep praying. Keep sharing. Keep hoping. God is at work. The gospel is His power. And He has promised: “So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).

*Story taken from Max Lucado, When Christ Comes, (Nashville: Word Publishing, 1999), 21-22.

Vicente tells his story of 40 years of faithfulness to God as a “forgotten” disciple.

Vicente’s 40 years of faithfulness inspires others.

BRAZIL — Vicente stood in the center of the crowd, bracing himself like the warrior he is. Small in stature, large in presence, he barked out each statement in chanting cadence.

“I remember when I was young, the missionaries came. They carried a new talk about a true God. We were ignorant about this God, but He was not ignorant about us and the bad we do. I was afraid to meet Him when I died. I would surely fall into that great hot fire. But they told us about the One who can snatch us back onto the right path. Most were not ready to hear this new talk. They were still warring and calling on spirits and doing bad all the time. The missionaries left, but I did not forget what the missionaries had said. I held it in my chest and taught it to my children because I believed what they said was true. Many years have passed and I have gotten old, but I still have not forgotten. Still I carry God’s talk.”

Vicente looked around at the crowd. They had traveled miles, some even days, for this conference for indigenous church leaders. Many had been discipled by Crossworld workers, but Vicente had been “forgotten.” More than 40 years ago, Crossworld workers had left his hostile village, unsure who, if any, had truly grasped the gospel. But here stood a man whose life had been transformed, full of joy and passion all these years later.

Vicente’s harsh chant slowly morphed into a sweet ballad. “Jesus, about Him my spirit is happy. That’s the One I love. I have taken in Jesus. The spirits I have thrown away. Inside my chest, God’s Spirit is living. My many bad things He has thrown away. My chest has now been cleaned.”

The room erupted in spontaneous cheers and praises to God.

As the conference went on, the people continued to worship God, admiring His work, studying His Word, singing, dancing and encouraging each other in faith. At the end of the conference, Vicente, along with 31 others, were baptized to proclaim their faith.

For 40 years, the people who shared God’s truth with Vicente had no idea his life had been transformed. Will you continue to share the gospel, even when you don’t see the fruit?

Italicized names were changed to protect identities.

• Pray for Vicente and those who attended the conference to take their enthusiasm for God’s Word back to their own villages.
• Read Crossworld President Dale Losch’s response to this story.
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