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I know people that are very gifted and bold and spirit filled evangelists meaning they have a gift of preaching the world of Jesus and being bold in thier faith and through the Holy Spirit they lead others to Jesus and that is awesome.

I on the other hand do not have this gifting. I am an encourager and my husband is an exhorter and also has the gift of Mercy as well (I do too). I love the Lord Jesus and I am not ashamed of the gospel I pray all the time for others and write encouraging letters to people and I dont like seeing people excluded or left out of things.

My question is this How can I be a witness and a light with the spiriutal gifts I have even though I am not forward about it the way some are able to be?

For those of you that use your spirirutal giftings how do you share the love of Christ?

Thank you in advance for your answers and a Very Merry Christams to all of you.

2006-12-23 06:16:05 · 12 answers · asked by encourager4God 5 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

12 answers

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

Some people will argue for their religion, fight for it, die for it, anything but actually live it.

Just live it.

2006-12-23 06:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by Honest Opinion 5 · 1 0

Go door to door like Jesus instructed true Christians should do.

Matt 10:11 “Into whatever city or village YOU enter, search out who in it is deserving, and stay there until YOU leave. 12 When YOU are entering into the house, greet the household; 13 and if the house is deserving, let the peace YOU wish it come upon it; but if it is not deserving, let the peace from YOU return upon YOU. 14 Wherever anyone does not take YOU in or listen to YOUR words, on going out of that house or that city shake the dust off YOUR feet. 15 Truly I say to YOU, It will be more endurable for the land of Sod´om and Go·mor´rah on Judgment Day than for that city.

Also Jesus and his apostles never celebrated X'mas. The truth is ver important to Jesus.

M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia says: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source.”—(New York, 1871), Vol. II, p. 276.

Luke 2:8-11 shows that shepherds were in the fields at night at the time of Jesus’ birth. The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus states: “The flocks . . . passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”—(New York, 1962), Henri Daniel-Rops, p. 228.

The Encyclopedia Americana informs us: “The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the ‘rebirth of the sun.’ . . . The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.”—(1977), Vol. 6, p. 666.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges: “The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”—(1967), Vol. III, p. 656.

2006-12-23 14:21:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Oh, dear little sister~
You are such a beacon! Your devotion and love are your witness, those qualities shine through you onto the world around you. There are people who see you, meet you, who observe the kind of person you are, and are recieving their witness about Jesus, simply by your conduct. You don't always have to even speak, our actions are so much more meaningful.
Ask for the blessing of awareness and self-acknowledgement so you can appreciate the things about yourself that Jesus loves.
Keep up your loving acts.
God bless.

2006-12-23 14:26:17 · answer #3 · answered by Zeera 7 · 0 0

Just so long as you are not in Texas it should be okay. The people there are so intolerant that when someone tried to open a mosque the neighbors opened a pig farm. Try talking to more educated people, like san francisco, new york city or los angeles

2006-12-23 14:19:10 · answer #4 · answered by rasmalai001 3 · 0 0

i sympathize with you .i have the same issue .the way i deal with it is by getting out of my way . i do this by saying a prayer before spreading gods word and let him do the work .i believe it is in acts ch. 4 where the disciples prayed before entering the temple and spreading the gospel.also Luke 12:11-12 also encourages us in this matter.remember this is what we were commission to do(mathew28:18-20)

2006-12-23 14:29:07 · answer #5 · answered by zachary b 2 · 0 0

IMHO the best "witness" is to live a decent life and observe the golden rule. People will notice and it will mean more than anything you can say. Actions speak MUCH louder than words. Don't foget that how we live is more important than what we believe.

2006-12-23 14:46:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

by example ;by giving of your talents; you don't have to preach it ; just live it; I am very careful of following so called evangelists? look to the past to predict the future; you have to follow just God and his message , they are not difficult; obey his commandments; accept his son as savior ; do unto others as you would have done unto you; plain and simple ; no other hidden messages out there ; read the bible it tells you to beware that many will come in my name but are not sent ; if you are raking in the dough; if I don't see you out there in the soup kitchen; standing up for rights of the poor, abused, elderly , animals , neglected and just see you say hallelujah , something is wrong with this picture; the only one that God has sent to follow was his son; look to who you put your trust and faith in ; Satan takes many forms; so many of the so called evangelists have been uncovered as frauds; that is what happens when you look to man and not God; you don't need an evangelist to have a conversation with God ; he is there ; he listens to you; cut out the middle man go directly to God.

2006-12-23 14:26:35 · answer #7 · answered by sml 6 · 0 0

Let you light shine forth and be seen, wherever you go, by whomever you meet...they will see the love of Christ through you.

You could also try wearing Christian based T-shirts/sweatshirts...let them do your talking for you.

2006-12-23 14:22:12 · answer #8 · answered by JohnC 5 · 0 0

that is not a good idea what you want to do makes the christians the most hated on the planet by forcing there religion on people and countrys

2006-12-23 14:21:37 · answer #9 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0 0

You can tell them how wonderful Paganism is. How Jesus died and appeased the Gods, and it was a glorious fulfillment of Pagan lore.

2006-12-23 14:38:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Encourage people who need encouragement the most. Homeless, ppl in prisons or mentally ill - would get my vote :)

2006-12-23 14:17:44 · answer #11 · answered by Laptop Jesus 4 · 1 0

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