My zone leaders called a few nights ago and asked me to give a short devotional on how to invite more people to be baptized. I spent the next few hours thinking, "well...if there was a magic solution, I would probably know it". In reality, there is nothing magic about sharing the gospel; just hard work and a whole lot of help from the Lord.
Each time an individual partakes of the gospel through baptism it is a miracle, and miracles only come from one source: God. Unfortunately, He doesn't just hand out these mircales like Halloween candy. From my limited experience, He expects us to show our faith in Him before He blesses us, but then He does so freely. We don't earn or secure miracles for ourselves and we definitely don't "deserve" them, but what we can do is qualify for them.
Seeking creative and coming up a bit short, I did my best to churn out an alliteration:
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