Manila love to talk Today I am in Manila

Manila love to talk

Today I am in Manila.
The Philippines are considered the “text capital of the world.” Every day 35 million people send approx 450 million text messages. This is more than the total number of daily text messages sent in the US and Europe together!
Do you love to talk? To text? To tweet? Message? Who do you connect with? What do you write about?
Try and have something to say, focus on the right person to speak to and commit to be an influencer.

John 1:35-42

Andrew had something to say: We have found the Messiah! v35-39.
As a disciple he had begun to expect the coming Messiah, he had heard on at least 2 occasions John declare, “Look the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” Andrew had stayed in the home of Jesus. That invitation by Jesus was for Andrew to come and see him as He really was. Andrew had something to say because he had been somewhere.

Andrew had someone to go to, v40-42.
He shared a fishing business with his brother Simon.
Andrew had made a radical decision to follow a man who wore clothes of camels hair and who ate locusts and wild honey.
He had gone to this man to be baptised in the Jordan river, confessing his sin.
All the time of his radical discipleship he was working with his brother fishing.
His discipleship didn’t take him from people, he stayed connected.
Staying connected to people not of our beliefs is important.

Andrew had the ability to influence, v42.
There are only 3 times in the gospels when Andrew is brought to the centre stage. This time. The 5 loaves, 2 fish story and at the time of Lazarus’ resurrection.
Being influential didn’t mean Andrew became dominant. He never made it to the inner circle of disciples. Many remember Simon Peter not Andrew. He was willing to take second place to the people he had influenced.

Now go on make that text message, make it good.