Meet Mr. Jolley…”Jesus is Lord”

Meet Mr. Jolley.

Mr. Jolley is a great friend who has encouraged me tremendously in his passion for Jesus and the Power of God. He graduated from USC in 2000 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business-Entrepreneurship (#1 Program in the Country) and has since founded the ministry HelpAnotherSoul.org, which raises money and awareness for the homeless in LA.

His recent blog post speaks powerfully to a simple way to share your faith with effectiveness and boldness. Please see his post below. I have many stories on how we have used this simple way to share the Gospel and how God responded in Power!

Just use the link below: Jolley’s Blog

I have also copied Josh’s post below for your review. Please comment below on your thoughts.

—————– Bulletin Message —————–
From: Today is the Day
Date: Oct 18, 2007 6:52 PM
What do you think? Jesus is Lord!
Current mood: refreshed

Sharing about Jesus with the Holy Spirit is easy!

Back in April of 2007 I began working with an organization that is filled with followers of Jesus Christ, praise God! Prior to my employment with this new organization I was working in the entertainment and promotional industry getting what work I could here and there. The entertainment industry as most of you are aware or might guess provides opportunity to share Jesus with individuals who know nothing or very little about the Savior of the world – Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Upon beginning this new job I realized that I still had a large appetite to share the good news of Jesus with others who are completely unaware of how great Jesus truly is to each and every one of us.

I began to pray and ask the Holy Spirit how I might be able to share the good news of Jesus Christ? At this time in my life, the only portion of the day it seemed I was not surrounded by other believers was when I would go jogging in the morning. How could I share Jesus with the people I jog by early in the morning I wondered?

The Holy Spirit brought this scripture spoken by Jesus to mind … “proclaim my name to all creation.” Hmm, interesting I thought, what does this mean to, “proclaim my name to all creation?” Immediately this follow up question was answered with, “Jesus is Lord!” Another scripture came to mind, Jesus said, “He who confesses my name before man, I will confess his name before the Father.” Yet more scripture poured out on this topic the demons cannot say, “Jesus is Lord!”

I thought, no it can’t be that easy or can it be? Thoughts began to flow like, I need to talk with the person, have a conversation and really make certain they understand the gospel in its fullness – from Genesis to Revelation (don’t get me wrong this is important to do in the right place and time). However, I just didn’t have time for this during a jog. The Holy Spirit just needs a tiny bit of faith and trust on our part, then mighty things will begin to happen as we become, “doers of the word.”

I began jogging through the neighborhood praying in the spirit and as strangers came into ear shot distance I would say, “Jesus is Lord!” or “Jesus rules!” At first I didn’t want to say this and/or was filled with fear over making such a statement. As I stepped out of my comfort zone for the lover of my life – Jesus Christ my Savior, I began to notice a profound correlation — my JOY would go up one notch each time I proclaimed the name of Jesus. I was given another revelation, “the joy of the Lord is our strength.” Each time a person proclaims, “Jesus is Lord!” their joy meter goes up one notch (at least mine does). Please don’t take my word for it, implement this notion for yourself and see. The first couple attempts are the most difficult, once you get to about the 5th “Jesus is Lord,” everything seems to get easier and easier, joy begins to flow into a snow ball affect.

Why does making the statement, “Jesus is Lord!” work as an evangelistic tool? The Holy Spirit. You see, questions open the door for the Holy Spirit to do the work in the individual’s life. Jesus says, “You have not because you ask not.” When you “Jesus is Lord” somebody, you’re going to get 1 of 3 responses from people.

1. Amen! … or some other positive affirmation which will only encourage that other believer in Jesus.
2. No he’s not! … some people get angered and make some ridiculous statements back to me such as … “Lucifer is lord, satan is lord” or even some people have said, “I am lord.” Sad but true.
3. The last response is the lukewarm response which is typical for the USA unfortunately.

All responses are good in a sense because ultimately we don’t know where that person is in their life, what they’re struggling with, or going through. No matter what the person you proclaim to will ask themselves something along these lines, “Why’s he so stoked/excited about Jesus?” “Who’s Jesus?” “Who do I say is Lord?” These are just a few questions people begin to ask themselves and all of them just opened the door for the Holy Spirit to move over their hearts. Jesus says, “I stand at the door and knock he who opens the door I will eat with and he with me.” Questions are a way in which we invite the Lord into our hearts.

“Jesus is Lord!” Is a statement that cuts to the heart of everything, I repeat everything! It is a statement said as a FACT! It is a FACT! People aren’t really able to argue this statement you’ll soon discover. They can try to argue it but basically this statement stirs the spiritual realms whether being principalities of darkness and strongholds clinging to the not-yet-believer or stirring the Holy Spirit and boldness in the other believer.

Do you ever notice when you ask somebody, “How’s it going?” as in a hello statement people more often than not say, “Good. How are you?” The Holy Spirit showed me another opportunity to, “Jesus is Lord” people. When I see somebody I don’t know I take the opportunity to greet them 1st. “How’s it going?” As I stated they will typically say, “Good. How are you?” My response now is, “Jesus is Lord! I’m doing good because of that.” This response typically catches people way off guard. Yet all of a sudden you’ve brought the realm of the eternal into the other person’s day and they won’t soon forget you.

Another scripture came to mind, Jesus said, “He who confesses my name before man, I will confess his name before the Father.” Yet more scripture poured out on this topic the demons cannot say, “Jesus is Lord!”

The last thing I’ll leave with you. “The joy of the Lord is our strength.” As much as people want to argue some alternative point of view about eternity and/or salvation, there is NOTHING anybody can do to argue against the pure joy we as believers are to radiate. Saying, “Jesus is Lord!” unlocks the joy contained within our hearts and truly becomes our strength because nothing else matters. We will be brought into the love of Christ, the compassion of Christ and the joy of Christ. All fear drops by the wayside. Praise Jesus!

Be bold! Jesus is Lord! Amen and Hallelujah!