• Titus 2:11-14
  • Visit the dead.
    • John 11:32-35
    • Ecclesiastes 7:2
    • Hebrews 9:27
  • Write a monthly report of your spiritual work.
    • If we had to make an account of our spiritual work every month, maybe it would cause us to take more initiative in doing the work.
    • Matthew 25:24-30
  • Remember that the same lame excuses have been around forever.
    • Exodus 3:4; 4:10-13 – Moses makes excuses for himself
    • “I don’t have time” – This is nothing new!
    • “People lust for worldly things” – Amos 6
    • “People are hostile” – Hebrews 10:32
    • “I’m not up to the task”
    • “Religion is for suckers” – Acts 4:13
    • “I don’t know what to say”
  • Imagine Christ hanging on the cross.
    • I Peter 2:21
    • Hebrews 12:2
    • John 18-19 – Jesus’ crucifixion