Hope you remembered to share the gospel, after the Lord blessed you with these tickets!  Sounds like the Lord is a Ravens fan after reading this :)

I am reading this at ten tonight. I had a fire going with my nephew and his girl for dinner and firechats about the Lord. We ended up coming inside, too cold. It will be 19 tomorrow here they say. Hope you have lots of hot chocolate at the game.

I bought wood off a man who is trying to support himself selling it so my nephew could enjoy more than just grilled dinner. He wants his girl to be closer to God. He told me tonight that he was inspired by me. He is 19. I had a book to read but decided this was better to do because it is ministry. We spoke of deep things and had a wonderful time. She took pics and I will upload some when she sends them to me. In the end, it was a very spiritual evening, and all I had to do was be hospitable. I bought some steaks, made broccoli, served my famous mint tea from that grown in my garden and sent some fresh mint home with them. I bought wood and ministered to a man's need to support himself and God gives the increase. That neighbor has made a life changing decision asking you to the game. Ha, I love to see God working these things out. 

We have to look for opportunities as Robin said about door to door...and they don't always let you in. I attended a Mary Kay party because a wiccan friend asked me and although I hate stuff like that, I went. I was the only one that showed. I bought some face cream and liked it, surprisingly and gave up oil of olay. I shared Jesus and her director is saved. Seeds planted and I got blessed. 

I had a friend who believed in a tithe of time as well as giving of time. I felt that way yesterday when my nephew wanted to come out to show his girlfriend my camp. I wanted to read a book but....in the long run, the word was shared and it was a tithe of my time and I got blessed. His girl was LISTENING as I put out the gift of hospitality, and loved her soul with all I had. 

Mike, keep us posted and I will soak your neighbor in prayer for salvation. Now off to work....juanita

Christ can be shared even by those who don't know him.  Those who were not His followers cast out demons in His name; He tells us that no one who does a miracle in His name can soon thereafter speak evil of Him.

We are blind to the fact that the cost of discipleship is our very life.  It is not 10% is God's and 90% is mine; it is that 100% is God's and even my very life is His.  Unless we give up (not give away) everything we possess we cannot be His disciple.

If we have truly offered our self-life to God as those who have been put to death in Christ and who are now alive to God in Him; and our bodies as weapons of righteousness then what we do, where we go, and how much we give would never be an issue; we wouldn't need to be making rules and algorithms to give the appearance that we are actually his disciples and He is actually Lord (King) of all that we have and all that we are.

So in my current understanding it isn't that sharing Jesus may cost us, it is that actually being His disciple will cost us...everything.  If it doesn't then we are only deceiving ourselves.

Sincerely,
Craig

"100% is God's and even my very life is His."

Craig, I really appreciate and share this perspective. Nevertheless, although we figuratively put our entire paycheck into the offering plate (it ALL belongs to the Lord, right?), we still must determine/discern how much to literally put into the offering plate.

Not all who are in need of ministry live in poverty, thus some ministers live more comfortably than others. All I'm saying is, the literal cost varies.

Thanks for sharing your perspective, brother!