The document contains excerpts from the Bible encouraging Christians to: 1) Devote themselves to prayer with an attitude of thankfulness, praying for opportunities to spread the word of Christ. 2) Speak to outsiders with wisdom and grace, knowing how to respond to each person. 3) Make the most of opportunities and speak God's word clearly.

1. Monday
December 24
4:30ish pm
6:00ish pm
7:30ish pm
There will be no Kids’ Church or child care,
as families are encouraged to enjoy these
services together.

4. Nothing
PLUS
So when they had come together, they
were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at
this time You are restoring the kingdom
to Israel?”

5. Nothing
PLUS
He said to them, “It is not for you to
know times or epochs which the Father
has fixed by His own authority; but you
will receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be
My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and even to the
remotest part of the earth.”

6. Nothing
PLUS
And after He had said these things, He
was lifted up while they were looking
on, and a cloud received Him out of
their sight.
--- Acts 1:6-9

7. Nothing
PLUS
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping
alert in it with an attitude of thanks-
giving; praying at the same time for us
as well, that God will open up to us a
door for the word, so that we may
speak forth the mystery of Christ, for
which I have also been imprisoned;

8. Nothing
PLUS
that I may make it clear in the way I
ought to speak. Conduct yourselves
with wisdom toward outsiders, making
the most of the opportunity. Let your
speech always be with grace, as though
seasoned with salt, so that you will
know how you should respond to
each person.
--- Colossians 4:2-6

9. Nothing
PLUS
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping
alert in it with an attitude of thanks-
giving;
--- Colossians 4:2

10. Nothing
PLUS
THANKFUL In Prayer
BE
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping
alert in it with an attitude of thanks-
giving;
--- Colossians 4:2

11. Nothing
PLUS
THANKFUL In Prayer
BE
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping
alert in it with an attitude of thanks-
giving;
--- Colossians 4:2

12. Nothing
PLUS
FOR Opportunity
PRAY
praying at the same time for us as well,
that God will open up to us a door for
the word, so that we may speak forth
the mystery of Christ, for which I have
also been imprisoned;
--- Colossians 4:3

13. Nothing
PLUS
Clarity CLARITY
CLARITY
that I may make it clear in the way I
ought to speak.
--- Colossians 4:4

14. Nothing
PLUS
Clarity CLARITY
CLARITY
“You figure out whether he was the son
of God raised from the dead, then
homosexuality, in some ways, is the least
of your worries. Jesus is going to change
everything and we can talk about
homosexuality when the time comes.”
--- Tim Keller

15. Nothing
PLUS
Clarity CLARITY
CLARITY
For I determined to know nothing
among you except Jesus Christ, and
Him crucified.
--- I Corinthians 2:2

16. Nothing
PLUS
TREAT NON-CHRISTIANSWell
Conduct yourselves with wisdom
toward outsiders,
--- Colossians 4:5a

17. Nothing
PLUS
TREAT NON-CHRISTIANSWell
I wrote you in my letter not to associate
with immoral people; I did not at all
mean with the immoral people of the
world, or with the covetous and
swindlers, or with idolaters, for then
you would have to go out of the world.
--- 1 Corinthians 5:9-10

18. Nothing
PLUS
Opportunities
TAKE
making the most of the opportunity.
--- Colossians 4:5b

19. Nothing
PLUS
WITH Grace
SPEAK
Let your speech always be with grace,
as though seasoned with salt,
--- Colossians 4:6a

21. Nothing
PLUS
WITH Grace
SPEAK
Let your speech always be with grace,
as though seasoned with salt,
--- Colossians 4:6a

22. Nothing
PLUS
HOW To Respond
KNOW
so that you will know how you should
respond to each person.
--- Colossians 4:6b

23. Nothing
PLUS
HOW To Respond
KNOW
Be diligent to present yourself approved
to God as a workman who does not
need to be ashamed, accurately
handling the word of truth.
--- II Timothy 2:15

24. Nothing
PLUS
HOW To Respond
KNOW
And he entered the synagogue and
continued speaking out boldly for three
months, reasoning and persuading
them about the kingdom of God.

25. Nothing
PLUS
HOW To Respond
KNOW
But when some were becoming
hardened and disobedient, speaking
evil of the Way before the people, he
withdrew from them and took away the
disciples, reasoning daily in the school
of Tyrannus.

26. Nothing
PLUS
HOW To Respond
KNOW
This took place for two years, so that all
who lived in Asia heard the word of the
Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
--- Acts 19:8-10

27. In Prayer
BE THANKFUL
Opportunity
PRAY FOR