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Have you told others about Christ in the past? If so, what role did listening and dialogue play in the interaction? In the future, how might you use these techniques even more effectively?
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Yes. Sharing your personal testimony is a great way to share the power of the gospel. But mostly, it’s listening and building the relationship with the individual and asking questions first. In turn, they will return questions and allow you the chance to speak truth if the Spirit has opened their heart and eyes in that way.
I think asking more pointed questions would help in getting to that gospel conversation quicker.
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Yes, I have told others about Christ. I think that listening is key and it is important to be a listening ear to those who you want to share with. It is important to spend time listening to their hearts and then speaking into it with hope and biblical truth. I have found that knowing the right times to listen and the right times to speak is extremely important. I will use these techniques more effectively after this course for sure
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It’s important to be relational and actually show care for them. It’s also helpful to know what some of their hang-ups might be so that you can spend time elaborating in certain areas if need be. It’s also important for them to understand that there is a required response to this good news.
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Yes, I just recently got into a discussion with a young man of about 27 years of age who happens to be a friend’s son. He wanted to talk about The Book of Eli and all manner of such things that I knew very little about. He was about to embark on a long Hike in a National Forest. I told Him I would pray that God met him there alone in that place as he sought rest. I told him that I may not be able to answer all those questions of his, but that I have come to know that God is right and true, that I can rely on His Word always, and that I have a personal relationship with the God who made me. No one can take that from me ever, I said. I believe if people truly knew God as He reveals Himself in Scripture, they would yearn for Him, turn to Him and want to know Him better.
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Yes. I’ve learned how much I need to grow in listening in interactions. I want to grow also in asking more pointed questions.