My Fresh Attitude and Perspective Regarding Personal Evangelism

The Truth

For the last several weeks at church, the topic of the services has been personal evangelism. As I told my life group last week, this is hands-down, my biggest weakness as a Christian. Give me a Christian who needs to be ministered to, and I am ready! Give me someone who does not know Christ, but it is openly seeking information/direction/help,and I am ready! But place me in front of someone who has not yet been introduced to Jesus, and I am very uncomfortable. Of course, I want them to know the Lord, but the process of discussing it is very difficult for me. It probably sounds odd that I feel this way, since I am such a passionate person, I am married to [drum-roll please…] an evangelist, and I enjoy helping other people. Deep in my spirit I want nothing more than to see them come to Christ, but my uncomfortable, busy, little self gets in the way…

As I continue pondering the importance of me sharing the gospel with others, I become more and more resolved to work on this weakness, challenge myself, and obey the Lord! A few simple points I have heard at church have stuck in my head and helped me out in this area.

Fresh Perspective

• Engage with the person. Meet a need or have a discussion first. An opportunity to share Christ will come.
• Share my testimony. I can speak confidently about what I know.
• Sharing the gospel takes practice just like anything else. Keep doing it, and I’ll get better at it.
• Have the mentality, “I’m going to share the gospel and minister at the grocery store today, and while I’m there I’ll pick up some groceries.”
• I won’t reach everyone, but there are some people that God wants me to reach. He has given me my personality and my mix of gifts, so I can be the one to reach particular people.
• If I don’t take the opportunities God gives me to share Him with others, I am prolonging their salvation.
• And onto all that I added this: If I have a medical kit, and a stranger needs it, will I let them have it? Of course! If I know the Savior, and a stranger needs salvation, will I introduce them?

Acts of Obedience

So, after a heart-change and praying, I have been looking for opportunities to share Jesus and to bless others. And the opportunities have come… sitting down to lunch with a hungry lady, praying in person with our pediatrician, inviting neighbors to our church, stepping in to help a little girl, and if I will continue being on the look-out, there will be more. I have to be available and obedient. God will do the rest.