I’m not the first to point this out, but I’ve heard the expression:
“A rising tide lifts all boats.”
Perhaps you’ve heard it too. Perhaps it’s a cliche that is beyond trendy.
But, when one person is excited about evangelism, and doing it, sharing their experiences, and reflections, other people begin to get the idea that perhaps “I can do this too. ”
When you are causing the evangelistic tide to rise, others will rise up and do evangelism.
You keep your evangelistic passion high, others will increase as well.
The Passion Pours out.
When I preached every Sunday, I always had a new evangelism story — a book I was reading, a conversation I had, a prayer that I had with somebody.
People around me began to feel more comfortable doing evangelism, and within a few months, people were telling me their own stories of conversations.
That’s where I learned to love evangelism coaching.
Asking folks to recall the conversation, explore it a little more, think about how to do the conversation differently the next time a similar topic came about — just like debriefing an evangelism conversation.
Asking questions to help sharpen the skills.
As long as my evangelistic temperature was hot, the people around me warmed up to evangelism.
15 Ways to keep stoking the passion for Evangelism
How does one keep the evangelism passion hot?
Let me give you 15 right off the bat. It’s not a linear list and not exhaustive, but here goes:
- Keep your relationship with God strong.
- Read the Scriptures, meditate on them as your day goes on.
- Enjoy noticing God’s activity around you.
- Regularly tell others about God’s work in your life.
- Regularly engage in evangelistic conversations
- Review them as part of your devotional life.
- Read evangelism books.
- Read and comment on evangelism blogs.
- Participate in the evangelism activity of your local church
- Share your evangelism stories with others.
- Join an evangelism coaching group that meets regularly to review conversations.
- Worship deeply.
- Pray regularly.
- Notice the people around you and pray for them.
- Practice explaining the gospel clearly and simply.
Let me ask you this
What would you add to this list?
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Emmanuel Kalonde says
March 5, 2011 at 3:20 pmThanks for the insight on how to keep passion for evangelism.
I just want to hard 3 points
1. Focus on the benefits or rewards God will give to those who win souls.
2. Always thinking on the penalty of sin to those who are still living in sin.
3. Always seen evangelism has a means of quickening the coming of the lord
4. Having a conviction that it only the gospel of Christ men can be saved
5. Remembering that its a command and expectation of that I should bear fruit.
Joan says
March 15, 2011 at 10:48 pmHere is what I would add:
1. Find a method of sharing the gospel that you are comfortable with and practice it. Even if you don’t use that method, it gives you courage to share knowing your bases in advance.
2. Make a list of family and friends you specifically are praying for and pray for their salvation regularly.
3. Develop purposeful relationships with those you are praying for. Meet with them at least monthly, but preferably weekly.
4. As you meet with these people, love on them, ask about their specific needs and struggles, and pray towards those.
5. Inquire about God’s answers to your prayers when you meet again and remember to thank Him for His answers.
Steve says
March 1, 2012 at 6:02 pmRemember that the news of Christ is just as exciting now as it was about 2000 yrs. ago.
Remember how God has worked over the years in yours and others lives.
Knowing sovereign God is in Control always.
Looking for God’s leading in all circumstances.
Being still and knowing He is God.
EvangelismCoach says
March 2, 2012 at 8:39 amSteve, you have added a great one.
When people are seeing God’s work in their life, there is a ongoing desire to share the news about God’s work. This week, I’ve been seeing God work in the teaching that I’ve been doing in Latin America, and can’t wait to tell stories of what God has done.
Chris.