“My Life Message”

“Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you; but do it with gentleness and respect. -1 Peter 3:15b-16 (TEV)

“God made you to be a member of His family; a model of His character; a magnifier of His glory; a minister of His grace; and a messenger of His good news to others.” -Rick Warren in The Purpose-Driven Life, p. 295.

“God wants to say something to the world through me.” -Warren, ibid. p. 296.

M My life message, uniquely mine,

Y Yielded to God, a gift divine.

L Life’s lessons learned, I gladly share

I Insights and wisdom gained through prayer.

F Finite, this message is to be shared on earth,

E Encouraging others to seek the new birth.

M Message, meant to be shared, to be told,

E Essential for a Christian who must be bold,

S Stating how God has worked in a life,

S Showing how God leads through triumph and strife.

A Always telling the good news again,

G Goal: To get others a new life to begin;

E Expressing gladness as the message goes out;

Helping others to believe and not to doubt.

A Prayer for Sharing My Life Message:

Lord, Make me available to people and their needs.

Rekindle my passion for souls so that I can witness to Jesus’s saving power.

As David of old, I pray: “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and uphold me with Thy Spirit.

Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto Thee.”

Yes, Lord, “Renew a right spirit within me.” Amen. (-Psalm 51:10; 12-13)

-Georgianne ETHELENE Dyer Jones

Composed February 6, 2004; revised Septemberr 28, 2019

(After reading Chapter 37, “Sharing Your Life Message” in Rick Warren’s book, THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIF. Nashville: Zondervan, 2002.)