KEY SCRIPTURE: John 17:12 KJV “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.”

We continue with the Lord’s prayer for His disciples. He said He has been able to keep or preserve them through the Father’s name. This is a very important lesson for all pastors, church workers as well as every soul winner. Most of the souls won are easily allowed to go back into the world. Most churches would have been very large if they had been able to keep most of the souls if not all of them. God the Father is the one that adds these souls to the churches. Some churches have devised very efficient systems to track and follow up these souls.

The Lord Jesus was very good at following up on the disciples. Just consider the night He left alone to pray. (Matt 14: 23-31) At the fourth hour, which was about 3 a.m. He walked on the water to meet with the disciples, who were having a very tough time with the waves and the storms. He came to them at that odd hour. He kept visiting the disciples over a period of forty days before He left for heaven. He also prayed much for them. The Lord never approached His work in a casual way. He gave every task, His best attention.

Every soul is very important to the Father, and every church must give everything it takes to keep them, and not lose any. The very first requirement is love for the souls. Love would always go to any length to fulfill what it seeks to do, no matter the cost of it.

Always make sure the new soul is visited within the first forty-eight hours of his or her visit. If she or he can be visited because of distance, then make contact through your mobile phone.

Let a church member maintain a consistent follow-up, at least once a week, as he or she is encouraged to come to church.

Get him or her baptized into the Holy Spirit and water baptism, as soon as practicable.

THOUGHT:  SOULS ARE VERY PRECIOUS, DO EVERYTHING TO KEEP THEM.

FURTHER STUDIES

Mat 16:26 KJV” For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

Phi 4:1 KJV” Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.”