"One More"

Last night, I heard a great message on reach "one more." My goal as a follower of Jesus is to introduce one more person to the life-giving freedom that is only found in Christ. That was the point of the sermon... I heartily agree.

So, while I am standing at the altar praying for God to enable me to reach "one more", I believe God brought a rather unique verse to my mind. In Matthew 23:15, Jesus told the Pharisees that "You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are."

I realized that if I want to win people, I don't want to win them to be "sons of hell." I want them to have freedom, life, blessing, hope, etc...

So, my answer was a prayer: God, please take the the "hell" out of me, so I won't destroy the "one more." Jesus, please cleanse my heart, my mind, my life... so when I reach the "one more" they can have LIFE!