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Sharing Your Jesus

Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven. But everyone who denies me before people, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

—Matthew 10:32-33

Probably most of us are comfortable sharing our faith in those settings where such discussions are natural and easy. We can talk about Jesus freely at church or at our weekly Bible study, but what about those unexpected places? What about talking about Jesus with your new friend over coffee at Starbucks or with your old friend at the football stadium?

It’s hard in the same way that getting up in front of a crowd of people and making a speech is hard. It’s hard because we’re suddenly feeling almost naked as we reveal something about ourselves that those people might not have known about us before. We are suddenly vulnerable to their ridicule or to their assertion that religion is a private matter.

The truth for us is that God wants us to talk about him. He wants us to share the incredible gift we have in him, our future in heaven, our present opportunity for forgiveness, our sense of well-being because we have a great relationship with him.

Be willing to talk about God with others when you have the opportunity to do so.

It’s okay to talk about the love of your life. You have an open invitation to do so.

RENEWED FOR A PURPOSE

Lord, you are the love of my life and I am awed by all that you do for me. Help me be willing to share what I know about you any time a good opportunity comes my way. Amen.