How to Share the Gospel with your Family

1. Confess your sins and repent:

First confess to God the hurts and sins you have done to your loved ones or family in terms of words, deeds, and thoughts in the past.
Get rid of all the indebtedness and guilt in your heart, and ask God to remove the curse of sin , lest Satan come to accuse you.

 

2. Remove psychological barriers:

Through prayer, submit to the Lord all worries of their impossibility to believe, feelings of difficulties, lack of self-confidence, together with all negative past experiences, helplessness, powerlessness, disappointment, frustration, and fear, etc..
Declare by faith that all things are possible with God, firmly rely on the power of the Lord, and replace worry with a heart of thanksgiving and praise.

 

3. Break up the old and new hatred in the relationship:

Family status, forgiveness of family debts and complete release of them.

 

4. Learn about the culture of the family:

Family status, seniority (eg: patriarchal preference ), who has the right to speak and who has the most influence.
Relying on the Lord to leave self-abasement, and speak to them boldly with self-confidence as a grown-up child of God's.

5. Face with practical difficulties:

Less time to meet and meet; distant relationship, previous relationship not harmonious, poor past witness...
Have quality meeting time. Use the testimony of your life to show your family your change.

 

6. Issues of faith:

To believe that nothing is impossible with God, that God loves them more than we do, that we are the blessing in the family, the true light, and the hope. Don't look at them with our thoughts, look at them with the faith that God gives. Always bring them to the throne of God's grace, so that they may live in the grace of God.

7. Fronts of prayer:

Four directions: Confess, fight, bless, declare.

 

8. Importance of persistence:

Always intercede for them , and don't lose faith: don't just see the external problems, have faith in God, and ask God for mercy on their behalf. For example: The woman asked Jesus to heal her daughter (the dog also ate the crumbs that the master fell from the table), and she begged the Lord for mercy with faith .

 

9. Sowing and Pre-Working:

Daily life:

Drink tea and chat, shop and walk together, be happy together and be sad togethr.
Have meals at home and chat.
Casual small gifts, and thoughtful gifts for special days. Don't be afraid of giving too many gifts; the recipients will be happy.
Pray and bless often. Show your care and concern, and pay heed to their needs.
Give loving hugs often, and show loving services sometimes.
Speak words of edification, and think more of their good things

Get hold of opportunities:

Chinese New Year, crisis intervention, celebrations, funerals, major events, birthday, dating, marriage, giving birth, starting school, graduation, new job, promotion and salary increase, new house occupancy ... .
It's a great opportunity to show them love and evangelize. Go the long way to get them.

10. Action speaks louder than words:

Witness the gospel with life, not just through speaking, but through actions.
Love is the most effective weapon. It is the most important attack against Satan, and an invincible tactic.
Love for them can be expressed in a variety of ways, and in ways that they can receive.

11. Ask yourself how much you love your family and how much you want them to believe in the Lord?

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How to Share the Gospel with your Family