The Greatest Calling On Our Lives

LIVING YOUR FAITH OUT LOUD

Ten years ago, Babbie had an epiphany. For forty years, she had spent most of her time pursuing her career goals. She had recorded chart topping singles and several music projects. She won music industry awards and performed for millions. However, she felt like there was something missing in her personal walk of faith. She had an epiphany: “The years behind me were more than the years in front of me. I wanted my life, my faith, and the rest of my years to really count. As a follower of Christ, I wanted to live my faith out loud, with more boldness, more purpose, and more intention.” She prayed out loud, “Lord, will you give me more opportunities to share my faith with others, even when I’m not onstage? Everywhere I go – to the post office or the grocery store, to the doctor’s office or the airport – help me share the love I have for you with a contagious joy and a confident faith. If You open a door, I’ll shine my light, share my faith, and walk through it. Amen.”

Almost immediately, God began placing Babbie in situations to share her faith. She says, “God began to show up and show out in incredible ways as He placed me in the path of people who needed a light to shine on their hopeless circumstances.”

HOW TO EVANGELIZE

The reason Babbie shares her faith is, “I recognize the biblical reality that people the Lord allows me to influence can actually have their names written in the Book of Life if I tell them about Jesus.” She offers the following advice on how you can share your faith with those around you:

• Shine in a world where we are surrounded by darkness. One night Babbie was asked to sing in a restaurant she was visiting. As she sang, the people in the restaurant were moved by the message of hope in her music. The chef came out and shared how she often felt so low and struggled to get out of the bed and feed her children. Hearing Babbie sing, encouraged her, and reminded her that God does still hear her prayers.
• Share the good news of Jesus with enthusiasm one person at a time. In the New Testament there were no cell phones, internet, or televisions. The only way to spread the gospel was by sharing with one person at a time. This method is still effective. “He uses people like you and me to evangelize the whole world and spread the gospel like a wildfire…each one can reach one,” shares Babbie. Mary Magdalene – accompanied by other women went to tend to the body of Jesus at His burial while the disciples were hiding out in fear for their lives. She discovered the empty tomb that morning, had an encounter with Jesus at the garden tomb, and spread the news with the disciples. Mary was tenacious, courageous, and expeditious.
• Live a surrendered life yielding your power, your will, and your way over to God. Let God have His way in your life. Seek God’s will for your day-to-day agenda or your decisions. Jonah – A prophet from the Old Testament did not want to surrender to God’s will. God instructed him to go to Nineveh to prophesy destruction and preach repentance. Jonah did not feel these evil people deserved a chance for repentance so they could know God. He felt they deserved God’s judgement. So, he ran in the opposite direction of Ninevah. When Jonah finally surrendered to God’s will and preached the Word of the Lord in Ninevah the people repented and were spared God’s judgement.
• Be intentional in sharing the gospel. One day in Piggly Wiggly, Babbie remembers humming to herself while waiting to check out. The man in front asked her to sing something for him when he found out she sang for a living. Babbie began singing Amazing Grace. Suddenly, the store’s sound system went mute, the manager stepped out of his office and began to worship the Lord. The grocery clerk shared with Babbie that
• Amazing Grace was her grandmother’s favorite song, but she was currently sick from cancer. Babbie offered to pray for her grandmother. When Babbie left the store and headed towards her car a single woman stopped her and asked her to pray for their family.
• Let kindness define your lifestyle. Take time to be kind and share Jesus with those around you. A kind act or word can heal a broken heart. “When people respond to kindness, they may share personal details that otherwise would remain hidden,” reveals Babbie. A holy moment can develop when God invites us to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to do a specific work. Your part is to yield yourself and step into the moment by obeying the Holy Spirit’s guidance.
• Put Christ first in everything you do and obey the call He has on your life. One evening Babbie was invited to attend a local songwriter’s group in Atlanta. To her surprise, the meeting took place in a bar. The group’s president called Babbie onstage with him to sing a gospel rendition of Amazing Grace. After they finished, they got requests to sing more worship songs to the Lord for the next thirty minutes. One woman asked, “How is it that you, a gospel singer, came to a bar tonight?” Babbie revealed that she had been invited, but also felt God had sent her to let people know if they have a need Jesus can help them. A few minutes later, the young woman asked Jesus into her heart.

ABOUT BABBIE

Babbie is a two-time Dove Award winning singer, songwriter, author, and speaker. She is also host of the television talk-show Babbie’s House. She is the recipient of The Golden Scroll Award for authors, as well as nominations from the Gospel Music Association for Female Vocalist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.

Growing up, Babbie was a pastor’s kid who saw her parents’ faith in action. At eight, she made a profession of faith. Her musical talent was discovered early on by her parents when they realized she was able to play a few chords by ear. By age nine, she became the church pianist and choir director. Since then, her music has traveled across the globe, to churches, conferences, and corporate conventions, on television, and radio. She has shared the stage with three American presidents, Carter, Ford, and Bush and appeared, at numerous venues worldwide, with Billy Graham Crusades, Women of Faith Conferences, Carnegie Hall, and Bill Gaither Homecoming events.

As a gifted recording artist and songwriter, Babbie has 26 recordings, two ASCAP Awards, and ten number one radio singles for her songs such as, All Rise, With All My Heart, Each One, Reach One, Trust His Heart, Standing in the Gap, God Will Open Up The Windows and Love Is The More Excellent Way. Her songs have been published in over 25 languages. Artists such as CeCe Winans, Albertina Walker, Larnelle Harris, Helen Baylor, New Song, Steve Green, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, and many more have recorded her compositions. In fact, many of Babbie’s compositions are considered modern-day church classics.

She hosts The Inner Circle, a weekend music conference where she and her husband, Charles mentor and minister together to those desiring to enter the music ministry and business. She shares her global platform with independent singers, songwriters and authors who wish to share their music, books, and God-stories with the world. In addition to singing, she also teaches students serving as Artist In Residence and adjunct professor of songwriting at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, Lagrange College, Lagrange, Georgia and her alma mater, Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan.

For more information On Babbie Mason check out her website!  as well as www.estherpress.com

CREDITS

Author, latest, Each One Reach One, (Esther Press, 2024); Two-time Dove award winner, Grammy nominated recording artist and songwriter; Host of the television show Babbie’s House; Married to Charlies; Two grown sons