FALL 2024
BLESS Revisited

BLESS is an approach to prayer and evangelism that we first looked at a few years ago and we'd like to reintroduce to you. It’s less about downloading information or memorizing scripts, and more about loving our neighbors well. It helps us get “unstuck” and practice evangelism more effortlessly. BLESS is an intentional pathway for persons of all ages who follow Jesus to become like Jesus and join the mission of Jesus
God’s way of reaching and restoring the world has always been through blessing. These five missional practices make up the acronym BLESS and are a way to participate in the strategy God gave Abraham to reach the world. “And I will bless you… and you will be a blessing” (Genesis 12:2). As we engage these practices daily, we partner with God’s Spirit to bless those who do not know him.
  • BEGIN with prayer – Pray for people in your life who are far from God. Ask God, “How do you want to use me to bless the people in my life?”
  • LISTEN with care – Pay attention to people’s dreams and pain. Listen for evidence of God’s work in their lives.
  • EAT together – Share meals and life with people in your life who do not know God. Listen for evidence of God’s work in their lives.
  • SERVE with love – Be attentive to opportunities God provides you to care for people and attend to their needs.
  • SHARE your story – Once you build relationship and earn trust, look for ways you can share the story of how Jesus is transforming your life and the world.

Join us through the Fall season as we learn more about applying each of these missional practices,
About BLESS: A Letter From Beth Seversen

I’m excited to introduce you to a new way of thinking about evangelism. We know that God has always sought to reach and restore the world through blessing. Since the time of Abraham, God has blessed his people so that we might bless those who do not know him.

I invite you to practice these five simple practices with those in your spheres of influence—friends, relatives, acquaintances, neighbors and colleagues—the people outside of God’s family—with the hope that we may help them travel further in their journey toward making faith commitments to Jesus.

As we seek to authentically BLESS others daily in the midst of your deepening relationships with the people in your life, I believe God will use each of us to bless our world with Christ.

For his glory and kingdom,
Beth Seversen
Director of Evangelism
Make and Deepen Disciples