Being a good witness

Today at work I was talking to one of my Coworkers about handing out tracks and how I felt that is a ineffective way of witnessing to people. Here why I feel tracks are ineffective

• You do not have a friendship or relationship with the person and most people do not follow up on the track they just handed out.
• When a track is handed to a person, how do you know it really going to be read. I know when I am handed a tract I do not read it normally it finds it way to my garbage can. I believe my husband is he same way.
• We are to disciple people and giving them a tract does not allow for  a whole lot of discipling unless you stay in contact with the person.

•  Sometimes “so called” Christians become violent when trying to hand out tracks. If someone says no thank you they don’t take that no, instead they hurl insults and become threating toward the person.

So how do we witness to people. We become their friends, we become invested in the person we are dealing with, get to know them and what they want. Get to know what they need and if you can meet that need then do it. Often times we would rather just do a simple thing and not something that require work and discipling and building relationships and trust takes time, and work.

You want to win someone to the L-rd love the person first for who they are, don’t tell them everything that is a sin or isn’t right in G-d eyes, because Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither do we change in a day. Sometimes people can change in aday but that doesn’t always happen. So your unsaved friend or family member should not be given the guilt trip about what they have done or what they choose to do.

At work, I have started to get to know a few people, I have started to understand why they do what they do. Do I agree with their actions no, I do not. But I understand, that what some of them are doing is out of hurt and not wanting to let anyone in and sometimes it easier to well do things that are dislikeable by believers, because they may never have to get to know someone.

Listening works good and asking questions. Find out why they believe how they do and knowing other faith out side of our own is important and is a useful tool. When we know what we are talking about it helps us be able to minister to others. It helps us be able to answer their questions. Today I was asked a question, I understand it in my brain but I do not know how to express it in a coherent thought, so I will probably go and ask my Rabbi how to better explain it, because my hubby isn’t sure how to better explain it, and since I am at a place of knowing but not knowing how to explain it be good to talk to someone who knows how to explain.