As you all know, I love writing. And as you all also know, I love reaching out with the gospel to people with my writing.
Have you ever found sharing the gospel difficult? Have you ever found it difficult to share the gospel to a friend or someone you always see around for the fear of how they would react? After all there is strong hostility in the world towards Christianity, and an interesting form of hostility is growing in America.
Well, if you are having these problems, don't worry. They are easy to solve. It is all a matter of wisdom, confidence and strategy.
Back in the day, I used to just walk out of my Mum's house and introduce myself to strangers and talk to them about Jesus Christ. I led a lot of people to Christ that way. Sometimes, I would talk to a hundred people in one day, but that was only when I wouldn't talk much but would hand them tracts I made myself. I just gave them the tracts last and not first. If I offered to give them the tracts first, some of them would have past right by me, while others would have thrown the tracts away when they taught I wasn't looking.
I didn't approach people like I was a preacher. I wasn't always on fire for the Lord so I know from my past feelings that not everybody would love to talk to a preacher. I approached them like a stranger would who wasn't interested in preaching the gospel. My bible was small and always hidden in my pocket. The tracts were hidden in my back pocket. They never knew I was going to preach to them. They always thought I approached them for another reason. Probably to ask the time, or for directions or something.
I also never began the conversation with Jesus. I would talk about something else then when they respond and the atmosphere had become friendly I would use something they had said to add the word God into it and trust me you can bring God into any subject and when God is brought into a subject, Jesus can be brought in too.
For example if I say, "Hey, that's a nice jersey. Do you play football?", and then they go, "No", I would be like, "Me neither. I suck at it. I guess GOD did not have football in mind when he was creating me."
You see. You can bring God into every topic because God is everywhere and his influence is everywhere, even though he doesn't directly control every event otherwise mankind might as well be called robotkind. Mankind is responsible for events in this world but God's influence is still present and can be felt and seen everywhere.
Of course there are times when God directly controls events, but that's when we use the word: SUPERNATURAL. It means out of the ordinary. A Miracle. Do you get it now?
And even at that, God has delegated Christians with the authority to perform some kinds of miracles but not all. The gift of healing for example.
Understanding these things and revising my strategy has helped me overcome my brick wall in soul winning.
Now I focus on writing and I'm reaching out to way more people than I could reach by only walking about.
One key strategy I have learnt to implement when you are writing articles online that people particularly Americans would read is; Don't tell them what to do, just show them the proove of what you've discovered to be the truth.
There are different kinds of brick walls to soul winning. They change through time as times change, but with the Holy Spirit, soul winning can be easy and Fun like A,B, C's.
Thanks & God bless.
Alfred Benjamin King.
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If you’ve been touched by what you just read and you’ve never given your heart to Jesus before but now want to become a Christian, please say this prayer and mean it with all your heart.
“Oh Lord God, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ. Your word says, ‘… whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved’ (Acts 2:21)
So now I ask Jesus to come into my heart to be the lord of my life. I receive eternal life into my spirit and according to Romans 10: 9, ‘That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved’ , Therefore I declare that I am saved; I am born – again; I am a child of God! I now have Christ dwelling in me, and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world! (1 John 4:4). I now walk in the consciousness of my new life in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah!”
PRAYER FOR THE RETURNING BACK SLIDER (ONLY):
“Oh lord God, I ask for your mercy and forgiveness for turning my back on you. I come back to you today in total sincerity and like the parable of the prodigal son, I thank you for receiving me back with Joy and Gladness.
I confess that Jesus Christ is the lord of my life and God the father is my Daddy. Hallelujah!”
PRAYER TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT:
“Oh Father, I thank you now for making me born again. For making me your child.
I ask that you give me your Holy Spirit to live in me and with me. For your word says that you would freely give the Holy Spirit to all those who ask. I open my heart and receive, and I know by faith that you have given me your Holy Spirit. Thank you Father. In Jesus name. Amen.”
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE NOW A CHILD OF GOD. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alfred Benjamin King is a full time writer & illustrator who obviously loves writing and drawing with all his heart.
He also loves music and so makes songs in his bedroom every once in a while.
He lives as though he’s retired early and retired rich. His bread comes from the fact that he is a business investor who God has blessed with wisdom.
He is one of the leading Christ – Minded writers in both fiction and non – fiction today.
His contribution to literature is extra ordinary. He created two new genres of literature namely, “D.I.P” and “S+C.S”
His literally works and special projects have gone spiral on the web; wheeling in an ever increasing number of views per post.
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