As believers do we labour for Christ out of love, or do we have a job role?

I reflected today on the occasion quite a few years ago when I was made a Deacon at our then local church. After I joined the leadership team of our fellowship, a meeting was arranged with the pastor to go through the specifics of the role. We went through the qualifications for the position of a Deacon that are listed in Timothy 3: 8-12. At the end of our time together he handed me a couple of sheets of paper that laid out in great detail the actual role and responsibilities that I been given. This ensured that there was complete clarity regarding the position bestowed upon me, which was a big help.

Key Point: We should labour out of our love for Jesus

The whole of this book relates in one way or another to witnessing or evangelism. With that in mind I thought it would be interesting to clarify the responsibilities that we, as believers, have to the lost. I am not talking about labouring for Christ as work, because whatever we do for Him should be done out of our great love.

We do need to be clear on who ‘the lost’ are. We are talking about people who the Bible describes as walking “through the wide gate”, whether they realise this or not. They are going in the wrong direction, or they wouldn’t be ‘lost’.

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find it.”

 Matthew 7: 13

We know well from Scripture that the Lord has a desire that everyone would come to know His Son. 

“That the Lord desires that all men be saved: For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3-4 

The incredible thing about this is that He chose us to reach people! Why would God, who is perfect, entrust imperfect people with the message of salvation? His ways are higher than ours as scripture says.  Below I have listed out some of the believer’s ‘job description’ in relation to witnessing. It is presented in a similar way that my responsibilities as a deacon were given to me:

WITNESSING & EVANGELISM:

Part of your role as a believer is to tell others about the message of salvation. Remember that Jesus said: 

"If you love me, you will obey what I command.” 

John 14-16. 

When you obey, the Holy Spirit will be with you and empower you.

Be a Labourer: First and foremost, you are to work as a witness amongst people you know, or come into contact with, always being prepared to share the message of salvation.

“Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest.”

Luke 10:2

Be a Witness: You are to be a faithful witness. You should be able to share your story detailing the account of how you came to Christ, as well as being able to effectively share the reasons why people must be saved.

 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1: 8 

Be a Servant: You will be required to perform the work of a servant of the Lord. We are commanded by the Lord to proclaim the good news – even in the face of adversity and opposition.

This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” Acts 16:17 

Be a Discerning Believer: You will need to walk in wisdom towards people who don’t know Christ, being ready ‘in season and out of season’.  

 “Using wisdom to take advantage of the opportunities to share Christ.” Colossians 4:5 

Be a ready and willing witness: You must always be prepared to share your own story of salvation or be able to share the Gospel in a way that your listener(s) can relate to. 

“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” 1 Peter 3: 15

This is by no means an exhaustive list. You may well have other scriptures that you could use. We know the Lord doesn’t give us job instructions in this way, but we should be willing to carry out tasks like these, not because we have to, but purely and simply out of gratitude for the work of the cross.

I again say that it is clear that we are not all called to be evangelists, but we are all commanded to be witnesses. The Holy Spirit will be with us every time we witness for Christ, plus He will empower and guide us.

Let’s not end up in heaven having hardly ever shared our faith!

 

 

 

 

 

Do we have to change the Gospel so that it becomes acceptable?

Something I have noticed for quite sometime is that some speakers and preachers have started to change their tune when presenting the Gospel. I am not saying that they are heretics or that they are spouting off messages that are contrary to the message of salvation.

We are in a world which is rapidly changing and as a result, we need to change with it. As evangelists and witnesses we sometimes have to come up with different methods to reach a lost world. We need new ideas on how to effectively make Jesus known to the masses. However, when presenting the Gospel, we need to be very careful that we do not change the important message of salvation.

It concerns me that in order to reach people without offending them, some people decide to remove words from preaching such as ‘Hell’ because they don’t want to offend the seeker. Jesus spoke about Hell a great deal. Why would He do that? Perhaps it was because it was quite important. Should we no longer preach on those parts of the Bible? I could write a book on that alone.

In recent times I have heard that the word ‘Sin’ in some cases is being replaced by the word ‘Mistakes’ and ‘Lord’ is being replaced by the name ‘Manager’. Though similar in some ways, when looking into the real meaning of the words there are some major fundamental differences, which are extremely important. It has been said that these words are either replaced or removed because they are old fashioned so people of today won’t understand them.

Over time, language evolves and in some instances, a word has a totally different meaning nowadays than in years gone by - such as the word ‘wicked’ which once described something evil, to today’s generation is an indication of approval!  However, if the words are read and followed by an explanation of their meaning, then the message is made clear. I don’t believe that Jesus died for (my own our ‘mistakes’ and I certainly didn’t make Him ‘manager’ of my life. He is Lord!

The word ‘mistake’ can cover many different things, such as an error in calculation, doing something wrong through ignorance, poor reasoning or carelessness and a lack of knowledge.

Doesn’t it say in Hosea 4:6 “My people perish from a lack of knowledge”?  

Key Point: We must not forget that sin has a power, whereas mistakes do not

However we read in scripture in Romans 6:6 that sin has a power. We also learn that people come become slaves to sin. Do mistakes have a power? No, Jesus broke the power of sin in our lives through His sacrificial death on the cross.

Three scriptures sum it up:

For He made Him who knew no sin (Mistakes) to be sin (Mistakes) for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21

Therefore, just as through one man sin (Mistakes) entered the world, and death through sin (Mistakes), and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned. (Made mistakes) Romans 5:12

Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, (Mistakes) but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord (Manager). Romans 6:11

A manager generally means a person responsible for planning and directing the work of a group of individuals, monitoring their work and taking corrective action when necessary.

The term ‘Lord’ is described as Master, Owner, Supreme Despot (there are both good and bad despots), King and someone who possesses supreme authority. I could give many more definitions.  

Consider the following three scriptures, which I believe give the answer. The first connects ‘Lord’ with deity.

And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord (Manager) and my God!” John 20-28

And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, (Manager) if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Matthew 8-2

“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord (Manager) and Christ.”         Acts 2-36

If we change important words we risk watering down the Gospel message, by making it easy to say something like “Jesus, I have made a few mistakes, give me a new start and be my manager”? (I It is very different from being convicted of our sinful nature by the Holy Spirit and genuinely making Jesus the supreme authority of our lives, letting Him get involved in our thoughts, money, marriage and relationships.

We all make mistakes don’t we? Oh and dare I say it, we sometimes sin as well. The good news is that if we have made Jesus Lord of our lives, we become sinners saved by His grace. I thank the Lord for this scripture:

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9

Should we stick to the words that may jolt or perhaps even offend occasionally, or should we change them so that they are pleasing to the ears?

What do you think?

How many times should a man hear the Gospel before making a decision for Christ

Ever heard it said that a person needs to hear the Gospel a certain number of times before they give their lives to Christ? Do you believe that it is true? It is something that I have heard quite often of late and I have even said it myself in the past. I have heard figures explaining that to reach the heart of a man it will take anything between seven to eighteen times before they decide to make a commitment and it has been on my mind for a while now. So here are my thoughts.

Studying scripture, I can’t find anywhere in the New Testament where Jesus, Paul, Phillip the evangelist or any of the apostles preached the Gospel seven to eighteen times in order for someone to accept Christ. I agree that there would have been people who left having heard the message of salvation but who decided not to believe it, maybe as many as twenty times over.

My point is that the Gospels say that many people’s hearts were changed immediately, the very first time they heard the message. The Holy Spirit convicted them of their sin, and the people realised that they needed a saviour and the important fact that there is only one who could rescue them. I don’t believe that it is any different today. For example, when Reinhard Bonnke holds a crusade in Africa sometimes with crowds of over a million people, many have never even heard the gospel, but when it is preached many thousands come to Christ and huge numbers are healed in Jesus name.

It is very common to have statistics like this today. Having looked closely at the examples we have in scripture, plus the examples of evangelists preaching both today and in the past, my opinion is that the statistics suggested don’t quite measure up. How many people were used in the test and over what period?

My old Pastor, a gifted evangelist, would typically retort that such figures were ‘Baloney’, and ask what would the preachers of the Gospel today in the underground church in China say?  The truth is, many thousands of people are converted every day in Asia, Africa, Argentina! God’s Kingdom is growing!

I have been very fortunate to spend time with some proven evangelists over the years and have noticed they all have one thing in common – whether they give the Gospel on a one to one basis or are preaching to a crowd they all do the same thing. What is their secret? What do they do that most people don’t do? The answer is simply that they expect people to make a decision! 

They don’t give the message thinking “I wonder how many times these people have heard the gospel? Perhaps they will have heard it enough times today.” They just believe that the Gospel will do its work.

Key Point: Always expect a decision when you share the Gospel

Daniel Cousins, one of the most gifted evangelists I have ever seen at work, wrote this recently.

“At a conference some years ago the speaker before me said, and I quote, “It takes eighteen times for a man to hear the Gospel before he can make a decision”. I followed him and thanked him for his remarks as said that “Whenever I preach I presume that it is the nineteenth and it’s time for a decision.”

This is the faith that the evangelist has and it is a faith that we should all have!

I am not talking about positive visualization here, like the golfer who is 100 yards from the green and makes a picture in his mind of a perfectly chipped shot bouncing on the green with the ball rolling into the hole before actually making his golf stroke. We must have expectancy, believe the word of God, believe in the power of the Gospel and that through what we share that the Holy Spirit will then do His work.

As one of my favourite scriptures says:

“For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes” .Romans 1: 16

It is God who gives the increase. What we must do, is to obey the commands of Jesus and go and tell people what Jesus did for them at Calvary.

“Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creation.” Mark 16:15.

If we obey, many people will realise that they have a serious problem that can only be solved through accepting Jesus. When they accept this and understand the truth, the good news that you have to tell them really will be good news!

Expect a decision when you share the Gospel; God’s word does not return to Him void. It will always accomplish its purpose.

Does my responsibility end when I lead someone to Christ?

This is a question I have been asked a number of times when doing evangelism training. It’s also interesting to see what some people do with a person once they have had the honour of leading them to Christ. Some of what I am going to say may be obvious, but I am sure it won’t come as a surprise to any Pastors that may read this, because I am sure that they have seen what can happen more than I have.

I genuinely believe that effective follow up on a new believer is one of the essentials that is greatly lacking in the area of sowing, reaping and the really vital point of keeping. When we have won a person to the Lord, it’s very important that every one of us should have a desire to do our own follow-up work. It should bring us great joy when seeing those people we know, or have met and won for Christ coming to church. At Gospel One To One we believe in keeping things simple. As a sales trainee and then a sales trainer we were told to K.I.S.S. our listeners. In other words to ‘Keep It Simple Stupid’. Actually, the ‘stupid’ part is directed at the trainer, speaker or writer. Oh! That’s me isn’t it?

My eldest daughter and her husband who were not following the Lord at the time, decided one day out of the blue to go to church. At the meeting they accepted Christ and gave their address and phone number to one of the leaders of the church. The following week they had a visit from one of the leadership who amongst other things brought a bank direct debit form with him and asked them to complete it to pay their tithe. I believe in tithing, but I think that perhaps it was a little early to be doing that, and it’s not the type of follow up I am going to talk about today.

Key Point: The truth is that your responsibility and care never really ends

I suppose the truth is that your responsibility and care never really ends as the new believer should always be in your heart. Anyway, here are a few pointers that I think are important.

The points are basic. KISS.

• Make sure you have accurate contact details: Make a point to explain that they will be contacted by someone from the church.
• Tell your pastor or church leader about the person you have just won to Christ: Your leader should encourage you and get the news around the rest of the leadership and the church prayer team.
• Make sure you pray for the person every day by name.
• Check that your church sends out a welcome letter signed by the Pastor within the first seven days. If they don’t do that, handwrite one yourself.
• Contact them on Saturday to remind them about Sunday services.
• For their first Sunday visit, make sure that you either bring them along yourself, or wait at the door for them until they arrive.
• Give them a church welcome pack on arrival.
• Introduce them to the Pastor / leaders of your church.
• Introduce them to positive joyful Christians. For example saying “Hi, this is Bill. He accepted Christ last Friday”. The positive Christian will reinforce the life changing decision the new believer has made.
• Make sure you sit with them during the meeting, unless you are involved in some other ministry. You will be surprised that some people will find the new believer a seat and then leave them alone and go and sit somewhere else. It’s very likely that they have lots of questions for you to answer.
• Invite them to midweek meetings, talk about what happens in these services and be excited about them, but don’t pressure them.
• Contact them as before on the Saturday to remind them about the next Sunday services and arrange to either pick them up or meet them at the door for the next day.
• Arrange to informally meet them for a coffee or chat.
• Check that one of the church leadership has arranged to meet with them; perhaps you will be able to go along as well. The leader will deal with tithing, baptism and church membership at the right time. This could be during a new converts class or similar.
• Continue to maintain contact with them
• Continue to pray for them
• Let them know you are available if they need help
• Remember that we are not responsible for changing them. The Holy Spirit does that.
• Encourage them to tell others about the decision they have made.
• As I said earlier, the points I have made are very simple. They should help to ensure that we keep as many new Christians as possible. My wife and I are still in contact with the people that were responsible for telling us about Jesus. The responsibility never really stops does it?
• You may have some other “Do’s” or even “Don’ts”. Let me know.

 

 

 

 

Does street preaching make you cringe?

A few weeks ago I asked what you thought when you saw someone preaching the Gospel on the street, perhaps with a microphone or a megaphone. I have done this quite a few times over the years myself (without a megaphone). A while ago my wife and I joined a great team of people from the School of World Evangelism for a day of outreach. We positioned ourselves in a very prominent place in the Town of Caerphilly, near Cardiff on a sunny Saturday afternoon as part of an evangelistic open air. I know that some people call this type of event “Cringe Factor Evangelism”. I do have to admit that at times I have felt the same when I have been out shopping and heard someone shouting at the top of their voice about hell, sin and condemnation.

I have to say though, that if this type of evangelistic endeavour is done well, people do come to Christ through it. But much more importantly than that, being led by the spirit to do it makes a huge difference; after all it is God who gives the increase. I fully appreciate this type of evangelism is not everyone’s cup of tea. I have a friend that went on the streets every Saturday for three years without fail, initially with a colleague, and eventually ended up carrying on alone. People do need to hear the gospel somehow.

In his book “Evangelism By Fire” Reinhard Bonnke says “Meanwhile people are dying. Isn’t that enough reason to preach the Gospel”? I know Christians that love evangelising in this way right through to others who are vehemently against it. When I think about it, my mind is always drawn to the scripture: 

“For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe”. 1 Corinthians 1:21. I am certain that some of the passer’s by that day thought that we were indeed foolish.

For a period of the outreach I stood handing out leaflets and chatted to people as they passed by. It is true to say that some people definitely did not like what was going on as the name of Jesus was lifted up through preaching, testifying and worship songs. For the 90 minutes or so that we were there we received a varied number of reactions and responses. First of all, lets go through some of the reactions. A few people shouted abuse as they went by, some laughed while others pulled confused expressions on their faces. A young man was on his mobile phone as he walked by and shouted to the person on the phone “Can you hear that”? laughing as he walked off. Others looked a little irritated by it. Quite a few people looked stunned because they had not seen the like for many years.

Before moving on, motivational speaker and Christian Zig Ziglar gives a simple explanation of the difference between a reaction and a response. If you imagine for a moment that a person was very sick in hospital and they were being treated by a medical team who were administering some form of medicine or drugs. A close and worried relative is in attendance and asks the Doctor in charge how things are going. If the reply the relative received was “The patient is reacting to the treatment” it generally means that is it not a good thing and something is wrong. However if the reply was “ The patient is responding to the treatment”, it means that it is a good thing. Based on that, you may well think that the reactions we got were not good. Well, I will cover that shortly.

Getting back to the outreach. Some of the responses we had were really encouraging. Quite a number of people stopped to listen, a few for a minute or two, while others stayed for much longer. Some people were prayed for on the street as they needed healing in their bodies. Others came to an evening outreach meeting as a result of being invited on the street. One lady heard the preaching while she was in her garden, and came to the church with her friend. They had both previously had followed the Lord and had fallen away, they asked for prayer and recommitted their lives to Christ, had prayer for healing and literally bounced out the church full of joy. They returned that evening as well. On the street a young lady who desperately needed to be set free from the bondage of drug addiction gave her life to Christ and is now in the process of joining a Christian drug rehabilitation centre. At the evening service the Lord moved powerfully and touched many lives.

I was taught that there are many ways to reach people with the Gospel, and I am a believer that sometimes people come to Christ through things like friendship evangelism, while others need to be confronted with the Gospel. It was certainly true in my own case. Being told straight that I was lost and was headed to hell really affected me. In fact when I was told that, I reacted to it. I got angry and wanted an argument. But the thing was that the seed was sewn in my heart. It took a while to germinate, but I am glad that I was spoken to in that way. My point is that the Holy Spirit guides us when we witness one to one or in a group as we were that day in Caerphilly. He brings scriptures to remembrance and He can tell us how to communicate the message. You may think it is a cliche when people say the God isn’t interested in our ability, but rather in our availability.

If we make ourselves available to God, pray for boldness and do what we perhaps fear. Be that street preaching, handing out tracts through to witnessing one to one. It can be a bit nerve wracking.

My boss used to say “When you do what you fear, the fear will disappear. My heart always beats a little quicker when I am handed a microphone on the street. But then I remember what Paul said in Romans 10 : 14: How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

You may agree or disagree with what I have said. In either case I would love to hear from you.

God can use a young Christian to win a man for Christ.

This is an excerpt from my new book " A Fall From The Top" which should be available this Autumn. This short piece shows how God can use a young Christian as a witness for him. I hope it inspires you to do the same.

I must say that during my life I believe that I have only met one or two real atheists. I have met a number of people who say they are athiesitic, but in fact the truth is that they are really agnostics. In other words, they are not really sure what they believe, or sometimes they even avoid talking about eternal matters such as life after death because of fear. I heard someone say some time ago that a true atheist is a person who reads and studies the Bible, and does the same with books on evolution, Darwinism and other theories, after which, they make a solid decision to not believe Gods word. The people I am speaking of may have read 'Chariots of the Gods' or similar books but have not taken the time to read the bible. You can in my opinion only become a true atheistic person by thoroughly reading and studying the scriptures and then many of the opposing theories. This would then be followed by making a reasoned decision on what they choose to believe.

In our first couple of years as christians my wife’s parents had some married friends that they used to meet with. The wife was a follower of Christ, whereas the husband actually was a real atheist and had done all of what I have already stated. In fact, he had read the bible from cover to cover on a number of occasions. He had a strong interest in science and was well versed in writings on evolution and similar theories. Although our beliefs were very different we got on well.

Through our conversations I learned that he had experienced a difficult childhood. A tragedy occurred when his twin brother died in a house fire while he managed to escape. His mother eventually left the home as she was unable to cope. This made him very hard and he would attempt to disprove the gospel at pretty much any opportunity. We met a number of times over the period of about a year or so. Always within a short time we would be in deep discussions and debates. On a couple of occasions these debates got quite heated with raised voices.

We would have a verbal tennis match where he would say things like “There is no evidence that God exists”. I would reply “Just look at creation” and give lots examples of how the world had to be designed just like the seed example I gave earlier in this book. I would say, “Take for instance the human lung, I have read that if you were to lay one out with all its parts and sections it would fill a tennis court”. He would agree that it was right but would put it down to the big bang theory or something similar. He would say that “God doesn’t exist”. I would explain “Well the bible says you are a fool”. Proverbs 14.1 The fool says in his heart there is no God (NIV).

These types of heated exchanges would often go on for ages. It is quite amusing when I think back about it because we actually used to look forward to meeting so that we could have another go at each other.

One day we were in my mother-in-law's kitchen having another very heated discussion, when he said confidently, “Do you know that there is only chromosome less in a monkey than there is in man”? I answered “Yes I do”. He carried on “So that must prove the apes evolved into human beings”. I thought about what he had said for a few seconds and replied “I will tell you why there is one less
chromosome in a monkey. It is because God made it that way”. He stared at me and said nothing for a few moments and we then carried on our talking.

A few weeks later I heard that he had actually started attending church with his wife and had become a Christian. I didn’t put it down to anything that I had said, and just rejoiced in the wonderful news. We lost contact with him for a while, until one day he turned up on our doorstep with a colleague from his church. He was now involved in an evangelistic team working in the Welsh valleys and was sold out for God. Fantastic I thought. We sat in my lounge and I asked the question “Tell me, what happened to make you want to go to church and accept Christ”? He replied, “Do you remember the time when we were in your mother-in-law's kitchen and I talked to you about the chromosome difference between a man and a monkey”?. “Yes” I replied. He continued, “Well, what you said about God designing a monkey wouldn’t go away. So that evening at home I got out my bible and started to read it within a short time I realised that the Bible was true and I gave my life to Christ”.

Talk about make my day! God used me with my inexperience, my conviction and a few simple scriptures that reached this mans heart. It still amazes me that God uses me. The great news is He can use you too.

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Should I witness for Christ in my workplace?

Do you witness where you work? I know some people who do so on a regular basis and others who never do. This question often comes up when I conduct one to one evangelism training sessions. It is quite a big subject, so what follows is a brief summary.

Key Point: We are employed to do a job and not use our employer’s time to witness

There are many reasons why we should be keen to witness on the job. In the case of where we work though, there is a very important consideration. As employees, we basically promise to give our employers our best efforts for the times we are employed. It is only right that Christians should keep this commitment.

I must confess though, that there have been times when I haven’t done that in the past. In fact I couldn’t wait to get amongst people so I could tell them about Jesus. As Christians, we should be model employees  because when we work wholeheartedly it adds credibility to our words when the opportunity to share arises. Please remember the following four points in regard to being a witness for Christ.

Jesus commanded it: During Jesus’ last moments on the earth after He was resurrected, He could have said anything. There was great importance to what He did say because He told the disciples that they were to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. That is a command for us as well. Jesus also said in the Gospels,

“If you love me, you will obey My commands.” John 14: 15

We must remember that it’s our duty: We have been redeemed by Christ, which means we have been given something that is not our own. Without God’s amazing grace we would be lost for all eternity. It’s probably likely that most of us came to Christ because someone shared with us or invited us to church. Apparently, over 90% of professing Christians came to faith through a personal witness, or by simply being invited to church by someone they knew. How can we not do the same for others?

Real gratitude should move us to: An attitude of gratitude is what marks a true believer in Jesus Christ. As we recognise how great the forgiveness that was and is extended to us, the more we are thankful to God for redeeming us. One very simple way that we can thank God is to explain to others about His great love and mercy.

Time is extremely short: Jesus’ return to the earth is imminent. We don’t know the day or the hour; we just know He could be here any minute, as we are reminded in the story of the ten virgins; only some of them were ready with their lamps trimmed and with plenty of oil so that they could wait for the bridegroom. Like them, we must be ready as well, but we can’t forget the ones who aren’t ready, or the ones who don’t know that they need to be ready for anything.

How many people really know about Christ’s return to the earth? Who is going to tell them?

Do you make an effort to witness in your workplace?

How do we witness at work? Well, there is the “quiet” testimony. It is the one that speaks volumes, with no words at all. It involves being a loyal and faithful employee, not bad mouthing our company, bosses or our co-workers.

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” Colossians 3:23

If you have a Christian boss, you may be allowed to witness on the job. It is a truly great thing when you are able to lead a co-worker to Christ.

Another way is our ability to handle work stress and treat others with kindness and patience, which will make us stand out from others. When others notice our attitudes, they will often comment on it, giving us the opportunity to explain whom we really serve and how He has impacted our lives. In other words, we need to “walk the walk” in order to “talk the talk.”  To share our faith, we must always be ready to give an answer when we respond to their comments.

"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." 1 Peter 3:15

We need to understand the importance of this scripture:

 “Let the Word of God dwell in (us) richly in all wisdom.” Colossians 3:16

Finally, pray for God to open up opportunities to share Christ with others, also pray for boldness and words in season. You will then discover those “divine appointments” with people whose hearts have been prepared by the Lord to receive the good news from us.