Outreach promises are Bible verses in which God affirms he can use you to reach his lost children.  Hundreds of these promises are found in both the Old Testament and New Testament.  Outreach Promises are a major biblical tool for motivating Christians to share their faith. 

In the 1990s, I devoted several years to identifying, studying, and writing about these promises.  Here are my major works on the topic.

1. Outreach Promises: God's Encouragement for Sharing Your Faith -- a 96-page book.
2. God's Mission Promises -- 150 brief messages on individual Outreach Promises.
3. Time to Reflect -- An Advent devotional booklet and witnessing primer.
4. The Third Tool -- A theological paper on Outreach Promises.
5. Your Family Destiny -- A story based on Genesis 12:1-3
   
6. To Populate Heaven -- A Sermon for All Saints Day or any day.
   
7. Praying for Boldness -- A sermon based on Acts 4:1-31

Examples of Outreach Promises

Why Use Outreach Promises?

Here are reasons to learn outreach promises and trust in them.

1. In the same way that gospel promises contain the power to produce faith in Christ and save you, so God's outreach promises create faith that God will carry out His mission through you.

2. "Promise" and "missionary" come from the Latin word mittere, meaning "to send." A missionary is one who is sent. A promise is a message that is sent forth. God won't send you ten feet or ten thousand miles without promises to sustain you.

3. Since God is faithful to His promises, you have the right to claim outreach promises and pray for what they offer.

4. You aren't trapped at your present level of witnessing skill. Outreach promises are solid ground for expectations of growth.

5. God's mission is not stuck at its present stage of expansion. Despite obstacles and setbacks, God promises ongoing advances.

6. Aristotle said, "A vivid imagination compels the whole body to obey it." When we tune in to outreach promises, God's vivid imagination compels the Body of Christ to act.

7. Business literature advises company executives to cast a vision of what they want their companies to become. God has practiced this all along, casting His vision so you will see and accept your personal role in His global mission of mercy.

8. George Santayana said, "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it." Likewise, Christians who don't remember the future may miss out on it. How can you remember the future? In outreach promises God describes the future growth of His church and calls you to participate in it.

9. You don't have to feel like an uncoordinated kid waving anxiously hoping God will choose you to play on His team. The Lord hasn't reluctantly picked you last. From the beginning of time, He chose you to play on His outreach team.

10. Like snowflakes and fingerprints, each outreach promise is distinctly different, because the Holy Spirit gave each promise in a unique historical context. Also, the insights you and I gain from a particular outreach promise vary according to the unique situations in which God has placed us as His witnesses.

Christians who ignore God's outreach promises are like harvest workers who fail to eat hearty. When the work gets demanding, they run out of oomph. Feed your heart and soul with the energizing power of outreach promises.