Welcome to this training on how to initiate and transition any conversation, with anybody, to be a conversation about Jesus!
Hi, my name is Jay Moore I'm the founder of the group The Ordinary Christian and the author of the powerful new book, THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE: A Journey Into Missional Living.
I have been training ordinary Christians for over 30 years how to share Jesus to others powerfully as a youth pastor, pastor and church planter. Today I want to share with you this simple but powerful training.
Shining the Light of Christ is not just a good thing for Christians to do it is the mission that Christ has left us to pursue. We are to "Go Make Disciples." That's the commission! That's the command! This simple training will help tremendously to prepare you for being that bright light that shines Jesus. This training is about:
Take a few moments and watch this video!
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I am going to share with you four simple steps on how to move any conversation into a spiritual conversation without sounding plastic or fake. Before I get started I want to remind you that the most important word in this title is “CONVERSATION!” You need to remember that you are in a conversation with a person. This means there is both “talking” and “listening”. You talk some and you listen some. You are not having a conversation if you are doing all the talking. And I need to add that the listening part of any conversation is just as important, if not more important, as the talking part.
So with that in mind let’s get started!
If you can remember the word FIRE, you can remember the four easy steps:
F stands for Family;
I stands for Interests;
R stands for Religious background; and
E stands for Exploratory questions.
At this point I need to let you know that I didn’t develop this strategy. I learned it, many years ago, when I was taking the witnessing course, Evangelism Explosion, developed by Dr. James Kennedy and I find myself still using it today, but I use it now more naturally than I did at first.
STEP 1: Talk About Their Family: As you begin a conversation with someone, whether you’ve never met them before or not, ask them questions about their family.
STEP 2: Talk About Their Interests: After you finish talking about their family begin to ask them about their interests and hobbies.
You probably don’t have much time to share it so this needs to be the shortest version of your testimony that you have. Every Christian needs to know and be able to communicate both a long version and short version of how they came to faith in Christ.
STEP 4: Ask Some Exploratory Questions. These questions are designed to help you understand where the other person is spiritually. You are trying to find out if they have experienced salvation that comes from faith or are they still caught up in the works mentality of salvation. Here are the questions:
Hi, my name is Jay Moore I'm the founder of the group The Ordinary Christian and the author of the powerful new book, THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE: A Journey Into Missional Living. I have been training ordinary Christians for over 30 years how to share Jesus to others powerfully as a youth pastor, pastor and church planter. Today I want to share with you this simple but powerful training.
Shining the Light of Christ is not just a good thing for Christians to do it is the mission that Christ has left us to pursue. We are to "Go Make Disciples." That's the commission! That's the command! This simple training will help tremendously to prepare you for being that bright light that shines Jesus. This training is about:
HOW TO TRANSITION ANY CONVERSATION INTO A
CONVERSATION THAT TALKS ABOUT JESUS.
Take a few moments and watch this video!
NOW TAKE A FEW MOMENTS & READ OVER THE TRAINING!
One of the biggest questions that many Christians have is, “How do I initiate a spiritual conversation without sounding weird?” I must say, that is a really good question! Why? Because the most effective way to share Jesus is when it is natural and doesn’t come across as if we are some kind of spiritual used-car salesman.
I am going to share with you four simple steps on how to move any conversation into a spiritual conversation without sounding plastic or fake. Before I get started I want to remind you that the most important word in this title is “CONVERSATION!” You need to remember that you are in a conversation with a person. This means there is both “talking” and “listening”. You talk some and you listen some. You are not having a conversation if you are doing all the talking. And I need to add that the listening part of any conversation is just as important, if not more important, as the talking part.
So with that in mind let’s get started!
If you can remember the word FIRE, you can remember the four easy steps:
F stands for Family;
I stands for Interests;
R stands for Religious background; and
E stands for Exploratory questions.
At this point I need to let you know that I didn’t develop this strategy. I learned it, many years ago, when I was taking the witnessing course, Evangelism Explosion, developed by Dr. James Kennedy and I find myself still using it today, but I use it now more naturally than I did at first.
STEP 1: Talk About Their Family: As you begin a conversation with someone, whether you’ve never met them before or not, ask them questions about their family.
- Are you married?
- Do you have children/grandchildren?
- What does your spouse do for a living?
STEP 2: Talk About Their Interests: After you finish talking about their family begin to ask them about their interests and hobbies.
- Because my wife really likes to eat at nice restaurants I like to ask people if they know of any really good or fancy places to eat.
- If they are wearing some sports apparel, you can ask them who their favorite sports team is.
- If you see they have a book out you can ask them who their favorite author is and what genre of books they like to read.
- Growing up did you and your family go to church or some place of worship?
- Are you still active in it today?
- What’s it like being part of that particular religion or denomination?
You probably don’t have much time to share it so this needs to be the shortest version of your testimony that you have. Every Christian needs to know and be able to communicate both a long version and short version of how they came to faith in Christ.
STEP 4: Ask Some Exploratory Questions. These questions are designed to help you understand where the other person is spiritually. You are trying to find out if they have experienced salvation that comes from faith or are they still caught up in the works mentality of salvation. Here are the questions:
- Have you ever thought what’s going to happen to people once they die?
- So, do you believe in a heaven or hell?
- What would you say to God if He asked you why He should allow you into His heaven?
After you have asked the questions and heard their responses and it has become pretty clear that the person doesn’t understand salvation by faith in Christ’s death, burial and resurrection this now becomes the prime opportunity to share with them the Gospel, or Good News, of Jesus. You’ve already shared your testimony but understand that your testimony is not the Gospel. Your testimony is what has happened to you as a result of the Gospel.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is sharing with someone that Jesus died on the cross for their sins, was buried in a tomb for three days and on the third day arose from the grave alive and well and now offers forgiveness of sins to all who by faith believe and submit themselves to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is sharing with someone that Jesus died on the cross for their sins, was buried in a tomb for three days and on the third day arose from the grave alive and well and now offers forgiveness of sins to all who by faith believe and submit themselves to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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