Whether one attributes the current crises in geopolitics to conspiracy or ignorance, never before has the inherent sinfulness and human imperfection of our leaders been more evident.īut the psalmist goes beyond this simple analysis to the deeper spiritual reality of things. Increasingly, one would be hard-pressed to find anyone who does not agree: the nations are “raging,” and the power structures of the world are plotting, scheming, and wringing their hands. God’s Word has a supernatural ability to diagnose the world’s ailments. “Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, ‘Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.’ He who sits in the heavens laughs the LORD holds them in derision.” (vv. Be encouraged by this selection of Bible verses and Scripture passages for evangelism-some being especially relevant in a time of worldwide economic and health crisis.
One of the best ways we can prepare ourselves for evangelism is through Bible memory. We need every bit of equipping and empowerment from the Spirit of God. The reality is, proclaiming the good news is still a challenge to our flesh. All of this adds up to give believers worldwide a multiplicity of opportunities to witness.īut this does not mean that sharing the gospel has become easy. Many of us are seeing our neighbors more often than ever-some for the very first time. According to Google, there was a 170 percent spike in searches for Psalm 91, and Pastor Greg Laurie’s Palm Sunday worship service online drew more than a million viewers. Record numbers of individuals are searching for keywords related to prayer and hope. 21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?" 22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot.It is true that the current global circumstances have opened doors for spiritual conversation in a variety of ways. 20 All go to the same place all come from dust, and to dust all return. All have the same breath man has no advantage over the animal. 19 Man's fate is like that of the animals the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. 17 I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed." 18 I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment-wickedness was there, in the place of justice-wickedness was there. 15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before and God will call the past to account. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. 13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God. 12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. 9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men.
Bible Gateway Ecclesiastes 3 :: NIV Ecclesiastes 3 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.