How are you feeling at this point? Encouraged? Can I remind you of something? You will never convert a single person in your whole life! That's not your job -  it's God's. Our job is to simply scatter seeds. Scatter a few seeds, pray, and let God do the work. I believe with all my heart that if we sow seed, we will see results - either in this life or the life to come.  Why? because God's word is tremendously powerful. Even small amounts of God's word can work miracles. Do you know your Bible? Do you really believe what it says? If we don't really believe that Jesus is unique, we will never cross the pain line of telling our friends. Strangely it's a good thing that many people know little of the Bible because it presents us with a huge opportunity. There is supernatural power in God's word.  We must realise, friends, that  we are in a spiritual battle. Nobody can move someone else one inch nearer to Christ by their own efforts, but God can! So let's get on with it shall we!  God has made each of us different, we all have a different story and different friends and family. What works for me might not work for you. The important thing to remember is that it's the Lord who shines his light and draws people to himself, he's the one who performed the miracles of new birth not us.  Ask for wisdom and the Holy Spirit will guide you. Friends God is at work! May God help you and bless you as you take the first step. May he encourage you as you aim to scatter tiny little seeds of hope in your conversations with friends and loved ones in the knowledge the power lies with him, our sovereign Lord, and in his word. Thankyou @rebeccadavidsonsteel for your summary of chapters 8&9.

"Nay’s own words, a plea to the church to stop fudging things when it comes to women. To be clear in their positions and the pathways for women to thrive within." @perishandfade @ivpbooks

“Prayer is work. Prayer is hard work and it needs to be the engine room of church life. If truth be told, we would rather make plans than pray.” @marydavis4420 & Jeremy Marshall, Scattering seeds of hope. We're nearly at the end of our Book Club and we've loved it!! Here are our last two chapter summaries for you, written by @hemj1.67 Chapter 7 The Power of Social Media, Jeremy looks at how we can use social media to share our faith. He points out the different problems with the internet but also challenges us to think of how we can reach people with the message of the gospel today in a technologically advanced age – is this not something Jesus’ early disciples might have done if it had been available to them? Jeremy outlines some of the positive results he has had from his own social media postings and challenges us to think of how some of our friends might actually be interested in gospel content than perhaps we had realised. He uses the example of how churches could increase their viewing figures by continuing to load evangelistic events on websites. On the flip side it is all too easy for people to post things on the internet that they would never say in person. In chapter 8 The Power of Prayer and the Holy Spirit, there is a challenge to pray regularly and consistently for our friends to come to know Christ. Throughout the book of Acts we see remarkable growth through the work of the Holy Spirit.  Both prayer and the work of the Holy Spirit are needed to see results in this day and age. I love his quote at the start of the chapter which left us with a challenge – “prayer is work. Prayer is hard work and it needs to be the engine room of church life. If truth be told, we would rather make plans than pray.”