Witnessing
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Do they have email? Then you can do what I do, I send out little devotionals to people, something small and little to start with, say about once a week to them, if they like it and say so, you can then send them something more in-depth. Breaking the ice so to speak, if they don't want it and say so, take them off your peoples list, until they are ready.
This way you will be planting the seeds, the rest will be up to God, as He does the increase.
1Co 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
This way you will be planting the seeds, the rest will be up to God, as He does the increase.
1Co 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
By shining the light of Jesus so that they will see Jesus in you and want what you have is the best way to see them come to Jesus. We plant the seeds by sharing the gospel with them and let the Holy Spirit convict them of their need for Jesus in their hearts.
Just by letting Jesus' love flow out of you should encourage them to want to have Jesus too.
God bless
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Just by letting Jesus' love flow out of you should encourage them to want to have Jesus too.
God bless
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Another thing that you can do is talk about the things that happen around you as they relate to Christ. For instance, if you're listening to the radio news you can comment about how something that was reported was either good or bad, wicked or righteous.
When you make a decision based on Christian principles you can announce the reasoning behind your decision. ("I have to help my mother around the house tomorrow. 'Honor thy father and thy mother'.
Also remember to be ready to talk to them about spiritual matters without going to church. It may be that they are open to Christ, but not Christianity (as they see it).
In Yahweh's Love and Truth,
Christ's Serf
When you make a decision based on Christian principles you can announce the reasoning behind your decision. ("I have to help my mother around the house tomorrow. 'Honor thy father and thy mother'.
Also remember to be ready to talk to them about spiritual matters without going to church. It may be that they are open to Christ, but not Christianity (as they see it).
In Yahweh's Love and Truth,
Christ's Serf
I'd like to piggyback off of ladylovesJesus. Your actions say so much to others. We need to share the Word with others, but if we fail to live according to the messages we are conveying, all is lost. Allow others to 'see' the love of Jesus through you.
Luke 6:43-44
6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Luke 6:43-44
6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
I dissagree with what some of the other folk have said, to a certain extent. At some point you will have to tell your freinds the gospel. Remember faith comes by hearing the word of God. This does not exclude living it and showing love and all that, but the Gospel is a clear vocal message contining propositional truth that can either be accepted or rejected.
You must pray for your friends and when you feel the time is right, maybe when they ask you questions about your faith, prayfully share the gospel with them.
Be as Jesus
Help people.
I don't know anyone who doesn't need some kind of help. We mere mortals may lack the faith to walk up and calmly heal someone's injury with a laying of hands...but you can spend an evening helping a sick friend clean her apartment. We mere mortals may not have the faith to ask for and produce loaves and fishes to feed thousands, but we can invite a friend along with us when we go to a soup kitchen to help feed others. We mere mortals may not possess the strength of conviction to move mountains, but we can spend a saturday on a Habitat for Humanity project (and invite some friends along).
We can listen.
We can pray.
We can advise from a solid scriptural standpoint.
We can be a living example...while none of us are currently completely without sin ourselves (because we are still in the flesh, etc.), we can *still* show others the benefits of a life without excessive drinking, illegal drugs, or other irresponsible and immoral behavior.
We can share those ways God has blessed us, big and small. After a while, there is a pattern of things "just working out" in the life of a Christian that only the most stubborn will continue to ignore.
Help people.
I don't know anyone who doesn't need some kind of help. We mere mortals may lack the faith to walk up and calmly heal someone's injury with a laying of hands...but you can spend an evening helping a sick friend clean her apartment. We mere mortals may not have the faith to ask for and produce loaves and fishes to feed thousands, but we can invite a friend along with us when we go to a soup kitchen to help feed others. We mere mortals may not possess the strength of conviction to move mountains, but we can spend a saturday on a Habitat for Humanity project (and invite some friends along).
We can listen.
We can pray.
We can advise from a solid scriptural standpoint.
We can be a living example...while none of us are currently completely without sin ourselves (because we are still in the flesh, etc.), we can *still* show others the benefits of a life without excessive drinking, illegal drugs, or other irresponsible and immoral behavior.
We can share those ways God has blessed us, big and small. After a while, there is a pattern of things "just working out" in the life of a Christian that only the most stubborn will continue to ignore.