I firmly believe that every born again Christian is a God called minister. Too often we limit ministry to those on the platform. As a believer, you are the Lord’s minister and the people in your sphere of influence are your congregation. How do you minister to your congregation? Connect with them so you can connect them to God. How do you connect with them? Through similar interests. The pre-Christians in your community are going to be doing what they love to do anyway. Let’s just invite them to come and do it with us. Will they say yes? Of course! They love to do that! Once we connect with them, based on similar interests, and they realize we are genuine in our motive and we appreciate them for who they are, they will let their guard down and real relationship can take place. This is friendship evangelism. Does this sound familiar? It should. This is exactly what Jesus did. He went to them. He met them on their level. He went into their house for a party. Dare we say it? He had fun with them. He connected with them and developed a relationship with them. This gave people an opportunity to get to know Jesus; and you and I know that to know Him is to love Him. That’s what we want. We want people to get to know our Lord. The point of connecting with them is to give them an opportunity to see Christ in us. Not just at church. Everyone acts spiritual at church. They expect that. What about on the basketball court or out riding horses. How about at a ball game, camping or fishing or playing golf? This is where they can see that we are real. Not like their preconceived idea of what a Christian is like, just a genuine person who wants to be their friend.
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