… sharing your faith
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… sharing your faith. Sharing our Faith…. What Comes to Mind…. Why Don’t Some People Share their Faith…. It’s Not Really Theirs. Fear. These Can Become Barriers. Barriers and Openings…. We Talk about What Excites Us and What is Important Too Us. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
… sharing your faith
Sharing our Faith…
What Comes to Mind…
Why Don’t Some People Share their Faith…
These Can Become Barriers
Barriers and Openings…
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
(Lk. 6:45 )
We Talk about What Excites Us and What is Important Too Us
…let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth
(1 Jn. 3:18)
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead
(Jas 2:17)
How We Live and What We Say Both Carry Weight…
“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. Mt. 7:13-14
Live and Saying…
The Copout…
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
(Eph. 2:8-9)
Be Transparent and Honest…
Do you like being sold something ???
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mt. 9:11-13)
What Jesus Understood…
Results of Not Being Transparent…
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. 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, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.(1 Pe. 3:15-16)
Your Testimony (Story)…
Elements of Your Testimony (Story)…
Before…During…After…
Do You Have the Faith to Share???
Will You Share it ???
Is it Important to you?
Is it what you say AND how
you live ?
Are You Transparent ?
What’s Your Story?