Today's message is a gripping tale one with... Think of a book that has sold millions of copies worldwide, keep that in your mind. Don't we all love a good story just like the book you are thinking about. How do you tell people about Christ, this is one to do just that? I was thinking about his at church last night and thought about during prayer worship and reading the word, so I thought I share it. Instead of preaching you're going to hell unless you repent and come to Jesus, which is good but a bit strong and can put some people off. Some may need that, and you can discern if that is the right way to go. But the method I'm talking about is telling them a story. Simply ask them if they like to hear a story, who doesn't like a good story right? I know I do and reading the bible there are many stories that are quite gripping. some of the Old Testament bible reads like a soap opera. it's quite good. To start with before you ask people you need to pick the story you are going to tell them. You do not need to tell the story word for word, for who can remember every word, maybe there are some but that's not the point. after you ask the person, and they say yes tell them the story. After the story is over tell them where it came from and tell them there are many others in the bible just like this one and that is the God that I serve. personally, I would not pick Noah, in that story He wipes everyone except Noah out the earth, but you can discern in the moment the story you will use. 3 Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the [a]west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. This a start to a great story of Moses and the people of Israel in Egypt. Hopefully by you telling this story it starts a conversation and that is all it takes.
the steps in order so it easy for you to remember and use this effective tool to bring people to Jesus.
1. Pray about it (I did not mention that above) but I always mention prayer and we should do it with everything we do.
2.Select the story or stories you want to tell people
3. Ask people if they want to hear a story but do not tell them where it came from until you are finished
4. Tell them the story
5. Tell them where the story came from and the God you serve
6. Hopefully that start a conversation
Those are the six steps in a nutshell.
Hopefully this becomes and effective to tool for you to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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