Have a LYNTYS Week

Todd Robertson, Associate Pastor, Missions, at Walnut Street Baptist Church, Louisville, KY, provided the following post. Todd is a dear friend, and he his wife Kim, along with their three sons, live LYNTYS. You can email Todd at trobertson@walnutstreet.org.

His post will also appear in his church's monthly publication. You'll benefit from his practical tips below.

I would like to offer you a challenge. Get a piece of paper and make a short list for me. I want you to write down some names of those that you know who are unchurched. Write one who lives within a block of you. Write one who is a family member. List one who works with you. List another who you see at least weekly in your typical travels. Finally write a name of someone new that you have just met. Great job. Now, “What’s next?” you’re asking.

I want you to make this list a prayer guide for the next week. Each day I want you to pray for those on your list. Pray specifically that God will help you to see how you might show a tangible expression of Christ’s love to them or meet a particular need. It may be something very simple or more profound, but make it something that you do motivated by your love for them and your love for God.

I am confident that at least one of the folks on your list is someone that you have known for sometime and that you have sought to help on many occasions. Hopefully, this person is someone that has already found you to be genuine and caring. I want you to look for an opportunity to share your story with them in the next week or so. What I mean is to share with them how Christ has been at work in your life. Tell them the good news of how Christ changed your life and continues to work in you daily. Remember, the most loving thing we will ever do for someone is to share the good news of Jesus with them.

So, there’s your LYNTYS challenge this week. We’ll be talking more about LYNTYS and how to develop this kind of lifestyle, but for now, let’s just keep it simple. I know there are a lot of “Big Gives” out there, but what we do has no cash prize at the end, only the eternal Kingdom reward of loving like Jesus loves.

Todd Robertson