Dear all

Its Friday again! Most certainly hope your week has been good! :)

It was great last Sunday hearing you share your struggles and convictions in prioritizing God in your life and also in sharing the gospel with those around you. below are some meaningful points raised from the 2 groups last week and I hope you’ll take your time reading through it. Indeed it is so cool learning from each other. We realize we are very much the same, albeit in many different ways.

Alright now, I’ll cya all next Sunday. Until then, I trust you to be well in Christ. Most blessed week ahead!

Love

Rachel

Sharing and application

In sharing Christ others – has to begin with action. Our lifestyles are most evident to the people around us and how our actions are by themselves lifestyle evangelism. There is a need to walk the talk – in showing love and encouragement, however hard and futile this may seems at times.

But the gospel has to be verbalized as well. Few ways of sharing Christ with friends:

– Try to talk shop first before slowly easing the conversation towards the Gospel. If the other party wants to share about his religion be open to hearing and finding out about what makes him believe in his religion. (Marcus)
– Share one-on-one. Write cards to encourage her non-Christian friends, putting in Bible verses.(Felly)
– By logical arguments and reasoning.

Observation: Important to order our thoughts. It’s alright even if our friends do not appear too receptive or enthusiastic to hear more, as long they remain open that leaves a door open for us to re-visit the Gospel message with them.

Also, when it comes to sharing logical arguments, there is a need to understand that logic can only help a person see and understand up to a certain extent. Logical arguments strengthen our faith but we should never depend on them as a sole mean for sharing the gospel. Prayer and intercession are essential in reaching out to those yet unsaved.

What is/are the most difficult thing/s about showing love in your life now?

– Don't feel like showing love at that moment in time, i.e. feeling tired, etc.
– Having the expectation that you will be loved in return or see some change in the other party you are trying to love
– Difficult to make the first move. Some friends care too much about your appearance first, before they even bother about receiving or appreciating the things you do for them.

Observation: Feeding on the Word constantly helps us with our desire to show love; God works in us even in our will. We will come to that later in Philippains.
The part about appearance is very true, and there is no easy way around it but to keep in mind that what we do, we do for God.

+ AMEN