Helping Our Friends See a Different Christmas!
this was the theme for our last LM of the year.. yeap. we played a little game involving bidding for presents which evan prepared.. point? was that we all place a value on each of the presents and decided how much we are willing to give up to bid for the presents. how much value do we place on the gift of our Lord Jesus Christ this Christmas? how much value do our friends place on Him? How do we help our friends to see a different Christmas from the "pagan" celebrations?3 things
Curiosity - ask them questions that will pique their curiosity, e.g. why would God let His Son be born in a manger? What do u like abt Christmas? What does Christmas mean to u?
Authencity - let us be authentic friends, not a Christmas friend (i.e. we only call our friends once a year to ask them to come for some church outreach programme during Christmas) yes, Christmas is a wonderful opportunity to reach out to friends, but first we gotta be the friend who is willing to spend time wif them, not with the objective of "converting" them, but rather to just BE their friend.
Tell - many ppl advocate "lifestyle" evangelism, let our lights shine, let our lives be a testimony to the living God. yes indeed we shud, but if we do not tell them abt Jesus, who will? Romans 10:14 says "How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?" so brothers and sisters, let us not just be content with living a just another "good" life, let us also share the reason behind that good life. but then again, conversely, if ur lifestyle is not really showing wat u preach, then dun! God knows how many ppl have renounced the faith simply bcos they have seen much more hypocrites in the Christian church than elsewhere.. ;p
well... Merry Christmas in advance! will u use this opportunity to share the good news wif the ppl on ur GoFish card? start praying and looking out for a divine opportunity now! :)
posted by krys @ 9:54 pm
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