"I started coming recently because _________ invited me. I've never been a church person but I really like what you guys do here so I keep coming."
Two things stick out here.
1. God seems to keep giving us favor with the people we started this church for.
2. Invites are powerful! When we have the courage to ask a friend to come with us to check out our church statistics say they are more likely to say yes than to say no.
This is why we have committed to fast together every Wednesday. We are acting in faith that God will continue to use our church to reach the people we already know with His love, and to do it through our lives.
Simple prayer today as you fast until dinner is -- God please use me and use Paradox to reach the 250!