P.L.E.A.S.E.
1. What If all Churches and all Believers Partnered for Regional Evangelism?
What If, instead of churches working independently of one another, all of the churches agreed to work together to embrace all or some of a simple, yet compelling strategy for training and mobilizing all believers to often show and share Jesus with others?
The Apostle Paul wrote the following words: “Apart from such external things there is the daily pressure on me of concern for ALL the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:28). The apostle had concern for ALL the churches and so should we. When ALL the churches, and not just some of the churches, are reaching and discipling many with the gospel message, then, and only then, can the community as a whole be transformed.
2. What If all Churches and all Believers Practiced Relational Evangelism?
What If all churches encouraged their members to build relationships with those around them, people who do not follow Christ? What If they encouraged them to genuinely love and spend time with lost people and then look for opportunities to influence their friends, neighbors, co-workers, and others to trust in Jesus?
The Apostle Paul strove to please all people, both lost people and believers, in order that they might be saved or strengthened in their faith. In I Corinthians 10:32-33, Paul wrote these words, “Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I try to PLEASE everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they might be saved.”
What if all churches simply used the acronym P.L.E.A.S.E. to communicate a few significant and habitual actions that all believers can take to show and share Jesus with others?
What if all of us were to P.L.E.A.S.E. others by ...
— We should consistently pray for family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers who do not have a personal relationship with Jesus.
— We should follow the command and example of Jesus to love everyone the way He loves them.
— We should enjoy spending time with the lost people we love through hospitality, hobbies, entertainment, and activities.
— We should follow Jesus’ example to look for opportunities to serve lost people that we know.
— We should prayerfully and intentionally share the story of our salvation and the story of the Gospel with others.
— We should plant many Gospel seeds by asking thought-provoking, spiritual questions in our everyday interactions.
