Sharing Your Faith
THE EVANGELISM HABIT
Living a Life of Sharing Christ
For most people, engaging naturally in evangelism will take a paradigm shift. we need to see that we don't do mission, but that life is a mission. Evangelism is about sharing Jesus as a habit-like drinking coffee in the morning. What if communicating the love of Christ was that natural - like the coffeemaker on? Imagine church bodies coming together and rejoicing because we can share Christ- rather the saying "Do we have to do this?" We get burned out on the doing when the reality is that evangelism is about being.
In Acts 1:8 Jesus says, "You will receive power the Holy spirit comes on you; and you will be my witness" (NIV). The power to witness comes from Jesus in you. You just need to be you and look for God-given opportunities. Jesus was with sinners-tax collectors, a prostitute a woman caught in adultery. The restless pursuit to be where sinners are and to love them no matter what, like Jesus did-that's the kind of lifestyle that needs to be in vogue.
Witnessing starts with common ground. Jesus didn't ask people to come to Him; He went to where they were. And the Apostle Paul, in his strategy, also went to where people were. He sent to the synagogue, to the marketplace and to where people were congregating.
What do you already love to do? What you already involve in? What excite you? What are you passionate about? Do those things for the glory of God by finding people who like to do those things and loving them.
Pray something like this, "God give me the time and the resource to get engaged in this activity, and I will find people who didn't know You and establish common ground." Pray bold prayers.
Be inspired by Acts 11:20-21:" Some of them , however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believe and turned to the Lord" (NIV).
What kind of fresh vision is waiting for you if you ask God to break your paradigm, to break your way of doing things? What kind of ministry is waiting for you if you'll open yourself up to the Spirit of God?
God in heaven, break us from mind-sets that are old and stale. Break us from traditions that are meaningless. Break us from barriers we've raised to those who are not yet Christians. we ask You this in faith, believing that You will stir us as You stirred the early Church. Amen
Mr. Sunny
THE EVANGELISM HABIT
Living a Life of Sharing Christ
For most people, engaging naturally in evangelism will take a paradigm shift. we need to see that we don't do mission, but that life is a mission. Evangelism is about sharing Jesus as a habit-like drinking coffee in the morning. What if communicating the love of Christ was that natural - like the coffeemaker on? Imagine church bodies coming together and rejoicing because we can share Christ- rather the saying "Do we have to do this?" We get burned out on the doing when the reality is that evangelism is about being.
In Acts 1:8 Jesus says, "You will receive power the Holy spirit comes on you; and you will be my witness" (NIV). The power to witness comes from Jesus in you. You just need to be you and look for God-given opportunities. Jesus was with sinners-tax collectors, a prostitute a woman caught in adultery. The restless pursuit to be where sinners are and to love them no matter what, like Jesus did-that's the kind of lifestyle that needs to be in vogue.
Witnessing starts with common ground. Jesus didn't ask people to come to Him; He went to where they were. And the Apostle Paul, in his strategy, also went to where people were. He sent to the synagogue, to the marketplace and to where people were congregating.
What do you already love to do? What you already involve in? What excite you? What are you passionate about? Do those things for the glory of God by finding people who like to do those things and loving them.
Pray something like this, "God give me the time and the resource to get engaged in this activity, and I will find people who didn't know You and establish common ground." Pray bold prayers.
Be inspired by Acts 11:20-21:" Some of them , however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believe and turned to the Lord" (NIV).
What kind of fresh vision is waiting for you if you ask God to break your paradigm, to break your way of doing things? What kind of ministry is waiting for you if you'll open yourself up to the Spirit of God?
God in heaven, break us from mind-sets that are old and stale. Break us from traditions that are meaningless. Break us from barriers we've raised to those who are not yet Christians. we ask You this in faith, believing that You will stir us as You stirred the early Church. Amen
Mr. Sunny
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