Witnessing for Wimps

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Witnessing for Wimps

• Evangelism for Introverts

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• Preach the gospel everywhere you go, and, if
  necessary, use words.
• St. Francis of Assisi

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Use Words
Declare
Confess
Testify
Preach
Proclaim
Tell
Witness
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How Does God Communicate?
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How God Communicates
Prophets
Creation
Scripture
Incarnation
Witnesses
Dreams Visions
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Communicatingthe Message

• Through The Five Senses

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Touch
Sight
Smell
Hearing
Taste
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Hearing and Seeing

• We proclaim to you the one who existed from the
  beginning, whom we have heard and seen.
• 1 John 11a

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Touch

• We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with
  our own hands. He is the Word of life.
• 1 John 11b NLT

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Seeing

• This one who is life itself was revealed to us,
  and we have seen him. And now we testify and
  proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal
  life
• 1 John 12 NLT

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Smell

• But thanks be to God, who always leads us in
  triumphal procession in Christ and through us
  spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge
  of him.
• 2 Corinthians 214

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Taste

• Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys
  of those who take refuge in him!
• Psalm 348

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Hearing

• But how can they call on him to save them unless
  they believe in him? And how can they believe in
  him if they have never heard about him? And how
  can they hear about him unless someone tells
  them?
• Romans 1014 NLT

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Speech

• Let your conversation be always full of grace,
  seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to
  answer everyone.
• Colossians 46

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Speech

• But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.
  Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone
  who asks you to give the reason for the hope that
  you have. But do this with gentleness and
  respect
• 1 Peter 315

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What is the Message?
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The Message

• If you cannot preach like Peter,If you cannot
  pray like Paul,You can tell the love of
  Jesus.You can say He died for us all.
• There is a Balm in Gilead Negro Spiritual

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A Link in the Chain

• You might be the first link (in someones
  conversion). You might be the second link. You
  might have the privilege of being the last link,
  but my dear friend, make sure you are not the
  missing link. read the story

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