I speak a lot about the huge numbers of people and salvations NewSpring Church has. But it is not the mass of numbers that is important. It is one changed life. EACH person has the potential to make a difference in the lives of others.
The apostle Paul was one person who met Jesus and helped change the entire world as he planted churches all over Asia and the Middle East.
Billy Graham is one person who decided in 1934, as a teenager, to attend Mordecai Ham's revival meetings near his home and there committed his life to Christ.
Elisabeth Elliot is one person who chose to forgive those who murdered her husband and his friends in 1956 and helped change a whole tribe of people in South America from head-hunters to Christ followers.
My pastor, Perry Noble, is one person who believed God was calling him to plant a church in 1996 and 3 years later, NewSpring Church was begun in a living room with 15 people.
My friend, Sherry, is one person (and NewSpring member) who invited her favorite waitress to a holiday service last year and got to witness her give her heart to Jesus.
One life at a time, Jesus makes a difference in the lives of people who then make a difference in the lives of others. We don't know which, if any, of the 713 salvations will be the next Billy Graham or Perry Noble. More likely she will be the next Sherry who invites her friend to church so she, too, can meet Jesus.
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