Last night we enjoyed supper and an evening of fellowship with friends. One of our friends said, with a big happy smile, that she was… “addicted to sharing the gospel with people.” A few weeks ago she had mentioned that her hands were getting arthritic and sore but she wouldn’t stop using her keyboard to reach others with the Gospel.

Her obvious ‘being chosen’ reflects her love to serve the one who called… The Lord Jesus Christ, and thus the desire to sacrificially give of herself to serving Him. We are blessed for knowing her.

“I pray that that you too can say that the Lord has heard your prayer and has chosen you as a place for Himself as a temple for sacrifices. Amen.” 2 Chronicles 7:12

By Alec Niemi
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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you for a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and reverence. 1 Peter 3:15

We got on the elevator on the 14th floor on our way to breakfast. It stopped on the 10th floor. A tall handsome man got on. Now it was the three of us. We looked at him and then looked at each other. Could it be? We determined it was, and I said “Good morning, Dr. Graham.”

The doors closed and I realized that I had ten floors of descent to engage in a jeweled conversation with Billy Graham. I reached in my coat pocket and pulled out a New Testament and asked for him to sign. He wrote “Billy Graham, Philippians 1:3…. I thank my God every time I remember you.”

By then, we were on the ground floor and the doors opened. We shook hands and went our separate ways. What an experience with a man I so deeply admired.

They call it the ”elevator speech.” It begs the question of what you would say about the philosophy you profess or the product you sell if you only had an elevator ride to do it. It also reminds us that we always need to be prepared to speak in the limited time we are fortunate to have, no matter how short.

1 Peter 3:15 tells us to be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you for a reason of the hope that is in you. Are you always prepared to share your faith at the time you have, even how short the opportunity?

What is your Christian elevator speech and are you always prepared?

by John Grant
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