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If people can learn how to naturally invite others to special events, and are intentional about making sure they attend, eventually those believers can learn how to naturally invite their friends, co-workers, etc., to Jesus.

The Spirit wants to strengthen and sustain you. The Spirit wants to comfort, advocate and intercede. Yet we often listen to our flesh, and our fears paralyze us so we miss the grander invitation.

Our world desperately needs people who are marked by inner peace, who can carry the shalom of God. It's almost hard to remember somebody in your life who was a non-anxious presence. As we become the kinds of people whose deep rootedness in God in real time is on display, what could happen?