Prayer for Youth - Living Proof - Be A Witness

I Tim 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

When we allow the Bible to transform our lives, we become living proof of God's grace and power, and it will have a saving influence on those around us.

Acts 1:8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

We are to BE witnesses; not just to DO witnessing. What's the difference? Well, DOing witnessing requires me to clean up my act long enough to go out and present the gospel. BEing a witness requires me to live a transformed life all the time.

The difference in BEing a witness and DOing witnessing is sort of like the difference in KEEPing house and CLEANing house. My Mom was always a houseKEEPer. She KEPT the house clean day by day. When she walked through a room and noticed something untidy, she would tidy it up right then. Anytime we walked into our house, it was pretty tidy. We didn't have to clean up before we invited people over because the house was KEPT clean - always ready for guests.

On the other hand, I had some friends whose Moms were houseCLEANers. They didn't deal with the untidy every time they walked through a room. So the untidy would pile up higher and higher day after day. From time to time, they would have a massive and grueling CLEANing campaign to make the house fit for guests.

I noticed that houseKEEPers are glad when people drop by; houseCLEANers are not - they're mostly embarrassed for people to see their mess. So it is with BEing a witness and DOing witnessing. The BE'ers are glad when people drop into their lives unannounced - they're ready. The DO'ers are not - they're mostly embarrassed for people to see the mess of their lives.

BEing a witness requires me to KEEP my life fit for Christ's use 24/7/365.