First steps
in Faith Sharing

If you find it hard remembering to pray every day, God’s Call to pray without ceasing may seem overwhelming, if not impossible. But praying without ceasing becomes effortless, the moment you take your eyes off of yourself and on to those who don’t know the Lord. You’ll automatically pray for those you’re about to meet, or as you meet them and while you’re talking to them and after you’ve talked with them. Sharing your faith begins and ends with prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to direct your words and actions to move the unsaved closer to Jesus, as He opens their eyes to respond.

Jesus said:  They will know you’re my disciple by your love.  People love people who love them.  And while we see ourselves as lovers of people, the world sees us quite different and is largely rejecting Christ because of us.  We have to change that!  With almost everyone starving for love today, loving on people quickly sets you apart from everyone else.  And when they see that your love is actually God’s Love flowing thru you, you’ll move them closer to Jesus.

The first step in faith-sharing is being generous with your time and resources.  Every person in the service industry will tell you that Christians are the worst tippers.  Christians flood restaurants on Sundays, stay longer, make more demands and tip the least . . . moving their servers away from God.  Even worse, are Christians who are not generous with their time in showing interest and concern for every person they meet.

When people know you care, they care about what you say, including those who are watching you.  The stories are endless of conversions that were birthed by the Spirit Lead Generosity of a Christian’s time and finances.

Most Christians believe that sharing their faith is being a good person and that receiving awards for doing good things confirms their righteousness.   But receiving accolades for doing good without giving God the Glory, is self-righteousness!  Being good doesn’t get you or anyone else into Heaven.  The world is full of good people doing good things having nothing to do with salvation.  Let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so everyone will praise your Heavenly Father. (Matthew 5:16) That will move everyone watching you, closer to Jesus!

When deep-sea fishing, the fastest way to get a bite is to chum for hungry fish.  Slowly throwing small edible fish (chum) into the water from the rear of your boat, leads the larger, hungry fish to begin taking the bait and come up your chum line to your hook and you have them.  We’re fishers of men and the same rule applies.  In every conversation with non-believers, throw out some chum . . . a short story or reference to God’s Goodness and say nothing more.  If or when they are hungry, they’ll take the bait and come to you.

All of us know what the nudge is!   You’ve felt it and dismissed it more times than you can count.  You should call this person or visit this person or pray for this person or ask this person if you can help them.  And we have a million excuses like you might offend them, you don’t want to meddle, you don’t have the Bible Knowledge or you don’t have the time.   But that’s all they are . . . excuses!

God directs our steps and the steps of unbelievers into Divine Appointments that will explode your faith and prayer life.  When you resist the nudge, you’re resisting the Holy Spirit and missing the best and most rewarding part of being a Christian.

In the public arena, you’re surrounded by unbelievers.  And every unbeliever is on a journey that will require multiple contacts with Christians to adjust. So every encounter with an unbeliever is an opportunity for you to be one of those contacts for God.  As a Christian, everything you do and say is moving everyone watching you closer or further away from God.  Whether you like It or not, you’re in full-time ministry and God is holding you accountable.