A Journey to the Heart of Evangelism: Discover How to Share Your Faith from Your Heart —You DO Have a Story!

By Janice Keats and Jill Briscoe

Have you ever been challenged and stymied when asked where you stand in your faith? Do you ever wonder who is responsible to reach those who have not yet heard the Gospel message? Do you wonder what your role is as a messenger of God's love? Are you filled with questions or have doubts and fears about relationship evangelism? Do you believe that God can release your fears to be a spokesperson for the sake of the Gospel?
This book will enable and equip you to embark on the simple journey of reaching people for Him! You will learn how to prepare your very own faith story by actually writing it out and putting it into practice. It includes thought-provoking questions to prepare your heart as you journey with Jesus. Included are charts to determine where you are in the faith and to help maintain the progress of evangelizing.
Whether you need to actively develop soul-winning skills or simply get back to the basics and refresh your desire to share your faith, this book will equip you to keep your faith story alive and prepare you to be used for His glory.
Get ready for blessings and excitement as you put your faith into action!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Release date: Sep 15, 2009
• ISBN: 9781498274418

Janice Keats

Janice Keats is a freelance writer and speaker. Her passion is developing and teaching workshops on various biblical studies. She is a certified lay pastoral counselor and is presently employed in ministry. She is the author of Poems of Inspiration and Occasion (1998). She is married with three grown children, all of whom are accomplished musicians.

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A Journey to the Heart of Evangelism

Discover How to Share Your Faith from Your Heart —You DO Have a Story!

Janice Keats

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A Journey to the Heart of Evangelism

Discover How to Share Your Faith from Your Heart—You DO Have a Story!

Copyright © 2009 Janice Keats. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

Unless otherwise stated, Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Call—Can God Use Me?

Chapter 2: Duty Calls

Chapter 3: The Message Revealed

Chapter 4: The Results Are In

Chapter 5: Reaching Your G.O.A.L.S.

Foreword

What a great way to help us think through what we believe (or if we believe!) in Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Jan Keats has written a thought-provoking, soul-blessing book, helping us to think through the fundamentals of our faith.

We met in extraordinary circumstances, 9/11 having just happened. I found myself in Gambo, Newfoundland at a Salvation Army church along with the passengers from Flight 929 United! I was attempting to return to Chicago from Russia when the twin towers went down. We were cared for as only the army can, for six days till we traveled back to the States. During those days I watched Jan live out these principles of life in Christ and for Christ among us.

Touching on principles of the Christian life Jan makes the application unmistakable. I like the format as we can take the learning in bite-sized pieces and digest it at our own pace and in our own time. Surely with the world in the turmoil it is in we should get serious about what we believe and why we believe it! The time is short; the days are evil.

I have a theory that people the world over have not rejected Jesus, they haven’t had a chance to hear the Gospel and respond. Let’s give them this chance. After all someone gave it to us! This book shows us how.

Jill Briscoe

Author and Bible teacher

Preface

Have you ever felt stifled when asked, Tell me why I should become a Christian or What difference does Christianity make?

Are you really prepared to answer? Think about it; how would you respond?

I have been faced with that particular challenge. I was asked by my pastor to take his place for an interview with a medical student as he had another meeting to attend. What began as a secular conversation about the community turned into a challenge to be ready in all situations. I surprised myself; I was prepared. I had taken my Bible into the office with me to prepare for my next visit with an elderly lady—not realizing that I would need that actual reference before me. The Scripture that I had selected to read was just what I needed to share with the student.

The medical student with whom I had a meeting that day was Chantal. We engaged in a wonderful conversation about my community. After about ten minutes or so, she caught me off guard and changed the conversation. I like a good challenge, she said, as she stretched her hands back over her head, leaning