No 4

(How to Break the Silence)

You're sitting around a table with some unsaved friends either at work in the cafeteria or at school at lunch break and you say to yourself: "How can I break the silence and talk to these people about Jesus?" You know that your testimony to them will change the opinion that they have about you and you're afraid of failure and ridicule but you also know that they need to hear the Good News of the Gospel; the Good News that you have!

So what is a person to do? It has happened to me several times and do you know what? I get goose-bumps every time but they soon disappear when I "push it a bit". What do I mean?

After having prayed silently and asked the Lord for guidance you just say something about the Lord or the Bible; anything! You'll see the eyes and ears of your friends perk open and, from that point on, the Lord will take over; He will fill your mind with Bible verses. This is where the four basic principles of witnessing come into play; do you remember? They are: GOD SIN JESUS REPENTANCE. You just make sure that the verses you use, even if you don't have a Bible, cover these Four Spiritual Laws and your job is done.

As we said before, the Lord is the one who saves and He uses us as instruments in His hands to direct unsaved, sin-sick people to Divine bliss and contentment. He operates miracles in people's lives and He lets us be partakers in the joy of seeing someone become a child of God. The Bible says in John 1:12: "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name". There is no greater an experience for a Christian than to be used by God in His wonderful work of reconciliation.