Sharing My Faith With Unsaved Friends

I have a question. I've prayed to God to help me witness to people, but I haven't got the courage yet. What should I do if I don't have enough courage to speak up?


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Thanks for your question!

I would encourage you to ask God how He might want to use you to reach your friends and be able to share your faith with them. It's a difficult thing to do...I know from personal experience!

I never felt like I really had the courage to share my faith until I read a book that really impacted me in this area called "One Thing You Can't Do in Heaven" by Mark Cahill. And as you might guess...that one thing you can't do in heaven is share your faith to your unsaved friends and family.

You can listen to the audio version free at: http://www.markcahill.org/listen2.html (just scroll down to the bottom) If you are able to listen to this or get the book, I highly recommend it!

One thing in the book that really encouraged me was that he said you really can't lose when you share your faith. Either you share and they accept it (WIN), you plant a seed in their life (WIN) or they reject the message (WIN). I used to think that if someone rejected the message of my faith that they were rejecting me and if felt like it was bad and I was losing. But, then Mark pointed out this scripture:

I Peter 4:14, "If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you."

Did you catch that? If we are insulted or rejected because of Jesus and our faith, then the glory of God rest upon us! Mark says, "If you could have the glory of God shine in your life and be reflected onto others, would you want that? We all want that as much as possible! One way that will happen is if we are rejected in the name of Jesus."

So, I just want to encourage you that you can't lose when sharing your faith! If you want to feel more equipped about what to say, then listen to or read Mark's book! It has helped me a lot!!

~Shelley