EVANGELISM FOR THE REST OF US

Discovering How God Can Use You to Move People Toward Him

 

 

Pastor Jeff Summers

Evangelical Free Church of Mount Shasta

 

EVANGELISM FOR THE REST OF US

WEEK 3

 

ACTS 26

 

THE WAGES OF WINS

 

You can move someone toward Christ by…COUNTING WHAT MATTERS!

 

1)  Wait for _______________________________

           

Wait for an __________________________

 

By ________________________

 

 

2)  Be                                                        

 

Boy Scout motto: “__________________________”

 

To share                                                   story (45 seconds or less)

 

To share                                                 story

 

 

3)  Don’t worry about “________________________”

 

Don’t push…______________________

 

Don’t take _________________________

 

Know how to _______________________ them

 

 

THIS WEEK:

1)     Be able to share your story in 100 WORDS OR LESS.  Write out your story this week. This will help you clearly communicate the significance of Jesus in your life. 

2)     Count CONVERSATIONS not conversions.  Begin to count the conversations that might be moving people toward Jesus.

3)     Allow GOD to work through you.  Don’t worry if people don’t cross the starting line of a relationship with Jesus—trust that God will do what He has promised and will draw them to Himself.

EVANGELISM FOR THE REST OF US

WEEK 3

 

ACTS 26

 

THE WAGES OF WINS

The greatest ever—evaluating a player’s greatness.

 

What’s the right score card?

 

You can move someone toward Christ by…COUNTING WHAT MATTERS!

 

1)  Wait for PERMISSION

Wait for an opportunity

            Don’t manufacture an opportunity…allow God to provide one

 

By Invitation

Invitation to be a spiritual advisor

 

 

2)  Be READY

 

Boy Scout motto: “Be Prepared

 

The Scout Motto is BE PREPARED, which means you are always in a state of readiness of mind and body to do your DUTY.

 

Be Prepared in Mind by disciplining yourself to be obedient to every order, and also by thinking out beforehand any accident or situation that might occur.  Develop the habit of asking yourself "What could possibly go wrong in this situation?" so that you know the right thing to do at the right moment.

 

Be Prepared in Body by making yourself strong and active and able to do the right thing at the right moment, then do it.

 

The Traditional Handbook (Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, 1908)

 

1 Peter 3:15 

 

To share YOUR story (45 seconds or less)

            Doesn’t have to be dramatic…it has to be real! 

 

Dangers:  Long-windedness, Fuzziness, Religionese, Superiority;

 

Keys: Brevity, Clarity, Simplicity, Humility

 

To share HIS story

 

 

3)  Don’t worry about “the prayer

 

Sharing Jesus with others is about movement, not arriving.

 

Don’t push…OFFER

Hold the privilege of sharing with an open hand

 

Don’t take OFFENSE

This is what makes sharing hard—rejection.

 

Know how to HELP them

Do you know what to do?

 

 

THIS WEEK:

1)     Be able to share your story in 100 WORDS OR LESS.  Write out your story this week. This will help you clearly communicate the significance of Jesus in your life. 

2)     Count CONVERSATIONS not conversions.  Begin to count the conversations that might be moving people toward Jesus.

3)     Allow GOD to work through you.  Don’t worry if people don’t cross the starting line of a relationship with Jesus—trust that God will do what He has promised and will draw them to Himself.


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