Lost Sheep and Devouring Lions

Evangelism is different, and often harder, than it used to be. People who don't go to church today often went to church in the past and chose to leave God and leave Church. So it's not enough for us to invite them, to wait until they have kids, or wait until their lives bottom out. Because for many of them, they are quite comfortable away from Christianity. And yet Peter warns us that Satan wants to devour us like lions. When people isolate away from church they are living in the lion-filled wilderness. If the church is ever going to reach these "leavers" we must begin to pray that God will help us SEE the lost, HEAR their stories, and SPEAK to them with love and truth.