do you find it quite hard to get into a
conversation with your family and
friends about the Lord Jesus Christ do
you think it's easy to share it with
strangers but when it comes to your own
home it's very difficult
well if that's you I've got nine ways of
how we can share the gospel with our
family and friends number one
the weekends one of the best questions
that I could ever ask anyone when I
worked in a school I used to work in a
high school and my work colleagues would
say what did you do at the weekend or
I'd say what did you do at the weekend
they say I went out clubbing I went to
the park we went to a bar we were took
the kids out and then if they're polite
they would say back to me
what did you do at the weekend and I'd
say well you know I run this youth meet
and so we had the young people over and
we were talking about God with them and
and talking about why they believe in
God and I don't know why do you think it
is that young people don't believe in
God anymore there's a conversation there
or or I went to church this weekend
and we had a great time we had a Harvest
Festival and would you ever like to come
along for church with me sometime so
that is one of the best questions you
can ever ask or be asked is what did you
do at the weekend because if you are a
Christian that goes to church
you've got ample opportunities to share
what did I do at the weekend number to
admit that you're a Christian now for
the young people who are watching this
the teenagers those of you at school
it's really hard isn't it to admit
you're a Christian I remember when I
became a Christian at 18 but I always
was fond of the Christian faith and
there was a time when I made a
commitment but it didn't last so whether
I got saved then and the Lord kept me
over those five years I don't know but
at 13 years old I became made a sort of
commitment to God and I bought these
bracelets these wrist things I don't
know if people still wearing but you
know the WWJD what would Jesus do
and I was on a treadmill at a gym and
all of these lads what we call champs in
in the UK sort of young rough lads they
all came to the gym and they were the
lads I used to hang around with and I'm
on this running machine and I've got
this this band on my arm what would
Jesus do and I turn around and they've
seen me and I quickly covered it up and
I was so ashamed
an eventually I did come clean I said
I'm not going to swear when I'm at
school I want to be different I want to
follow Jesus but it is so hard because
you do get teased but let me tell you
this if you're a true Christian really
there's no such thing as a silent
Christian unless you're in a country
where it's so dangerous that you could
be killed for your faith there isn't
really such a thing as a silent
Christian the Bible says this if you're
ashamed of me in this life well I'll be
ashamed of you when the angels will come
so do your best and know it's hard but
do your best young people work
colleagues to just tell people you know
I'm a Christian I follow the Lord Jesus
Christ that's the most important thing
to me get crucified and do that if you
can young people and if you need some
help with this and please put all of
your concerns in the comment box below
number three try and find a tract which
relates to that person so say you and
there's a grandma watching this now
wonder if there's any grandmas or or
grandpas watching this this video now
and you've got some grandchildren and
you love them to pieces and you know
your grandchildren are very interested
in American football well if you can try
and get a tract that's all to do with
American football or you know that your
grandchildren are very interested in
films or movies try and get one with a
movie on or something they're interested
in and by doing that you're showing them
that you've taken extra thought extra
care to get the Christian message out to
them and they'll be more likely to read
it number four run an event
that they would like so I've got a
friend and I know he likes board games
so we invite him over and we play all of
us Christian lads where few of us will
come together and we'll play board games
or we'll have a table tennis night or
run a curry night try and run an event
that you know your friends would like we
once did one our young life group where
we had a nails and Naturals night where
girls who were into nails and doing
their makeup they did that try and think
what would my friends really like what's
an event that they would come along to
and then invite them there and then get
a gospel speak again an evangelist who
someone who's gonna not mince his words
and he's gonna give the gospel clearly
but gently but lovingly get them to come
along so they can hear the gospel that
way number five hospitality now I'll be
totally honest with you this is
something Mia never particularly
struggle with because we're so busy we
don't have the neatest of houses and we
get a little bit embarrassed to invite
people over we really need to be
inviting people over and one of the best
ways you'll be amazed at building
connections particularly with your
neighbors and families would you like to
come over for dinner tonight would you
like to come for lunch would you like to
have breakfast invite them into your
home and have a meal with them and
sometimes you can even get someone over
you know somebody might be already
interested in the Christian faith and
you've already shared the gospel with
them and they're very interested and say
why don't you come over for pizza
tonight or come over we'll make you a
lovely big lasagna my wife makes the
best lasagna and we'll do a Bible study
that's a tremendous way to get people
into your home and to show the love of
Christ by giving them a meal so what did
the Pharisees what were people the
Sadducees they were always accusing
Jesus of something they were always
accusing him of being a glutton why was
that because Jesus often sat down and
ate meals with with prostitutes and tax
collectors that was one of his best ways
of evangelizing was eating meals with
people so just kind of think about that
share meals with people share your life
with people and you'll find that it's a
great way to build connection
and to build bridges and to share the
love of Christ with lots of different
people
number six pray for opportunities let me
be brutally honest there's one person in
the world who I stroll to share the
gospel with as the Evangelist said I am
I share it with hundreds of people every
year maybe even thousands of people hear
the gospel on the streets but there's
one person I struggle to share the
gospel with more than anyone and that's
a family member and often I can triangle
into a gospel conversation with them or
a conversation about God and they'll get
aggressive and he won't end nicely and
it'll ruin the whole day and there is a
danger of us just pushing pressing
always pushing forward and trying to
shove a door which is already closed and
ultimately there is nothing I can say
there was nothing convincing I can do to
save that person it's a work of the Holy
Spirit it's the work of God so if
there's a family member if there's
someone you're praying for do not give
up be like that persistent Widow who
came before the judge coming all the
time will you give me justice will you
give me justice and we need to keep
praying and praying please save them
please save them please give me an
opportunity because ultimately it is the
Lord's work so pray for opportunities
number seven be kind now there's a young
couple which you've just recently joined
our church in the last year and they
literally just shine forth the Lord
Jesus that the lady has become really
good friends with Anna and she'll make
meals for us she'll bake food for us
she'll do wonderful lovely things and
you just see that the godliness of
Christ pouring out through her and she I
have no doubt in my mind that when she
goes into a workplace when she's with
friends when she was with family she's
the same person if you're a kind person
if you're a gracious person if you're a
loving person
eventually this question will come out
why are you so nice to me why are you so
kind to me now if that's not an
opportunity to share the gospel with
friends and family I don't know what is
I'm only nice because God has been first
been nice to me I only love because God
first loved me and sent His Son Jesus to
die on a cross for a wretched horrible
person that I am he died there in love
for me and that's why I love other
people because that lovers touch my
heart and I want to share it with the
rest of the world so be nice be gracious
be lovely people be salt and light in
this world that we may be beacons of
light for our Savior God number 8 be
holy our wonderful God said be holy as I
am holy one of the greatest witnesses to
the world is if you are a holy person if
you are staying pure that will witness
to the home and your family home that
will witness louder than anything it
will witness at work at school why is it
you don't laugh at rude jokes why is it
you don't get drunk why is it you don't
swear why is it you go to church every
Sunday why are you so kind why are you
so gracious if you're a holy person if
you practice what you preach that will
speak loud volume to the world and then
the questions will come and then when
the questions come there is an
opportunity to share the love of God and
to share the gospel and lastly number
nine be brave Matt Chandler that
wonderful preacher we've all that
passion of all that zeal he was saved
through one man on his football team
saying to him hey I want to speak to you
about the most important thing to me God
when are we gonna do this he grasped the
nettle and from it Matt Chandler became
a Christian sometimes there's no easy
way around it sometimes we can come over
all these different ways and all these
methods but the most important thing is
that we just grasp the nettle we do the
hard thing we crucify ourselves we take
courage we pray about it and we just say
I'm going to share the gospel with you
today we're going to have this
conversation I really want to talk to
you about this I care about you so much
I love you to pieces
my Bible say there is a judgement after
death could I just share this important
message of Jesus Christ and sometimes
friends that's the only way to do it is
to be brave and just get on with it as
Naik says yeah let's just do it so I
hope some of these methods have helped
you hope some of these things that have
made you want to share the gospel but
let's just do it let's get on with it
okay get out there and share the gospel
with as many people as possible with
your friends with your family leave it
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