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1 | IM PREACHING ON SUNDAY.................. | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 119360 | ||
CDBJ I have found the best witness tool is relationship. The more you know about a person the more you have to work with. I think too many walk up to people and try to witness, when they should first try to establish a relationship then try to witness. It doesn't have to be a deep relationship just some common ground you both stand on. EdB |
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2 | IM PREACHING ON SUNDAY.................. | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 119371 | ||
Ed, in line with your post about establishing relationships in connection with witnessing to others -- and I certainly have no problem with that proposition -- there is a fragment of a quote running through my mind, a quote that I heard or read some time ago. It goes roughly like this: "Share the gospel with your friends, family and associates. Use words when necessary." The point of course that the author of the quote was making is that our own lives speak louder than our words. Do you, or does anyone reading this page, happen to know the source of this quote which I have reproduced as accurately as I can recall it? --Hank | ||||||
3 | IM PREACHING ON SUNDAY.................. | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 119392 | ||
Hank, This quote, "Preach the Gospel always and if necessary use words", is often attributed to St Francis of Asissi. Whether the attribution is accurate I do not know. Emmaus |
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4 | IM PREACHING ON SUNDAY.................. | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 119440 | ||
Emmaus: The quote does have a Franciscan ring to it. I did a little research this afternoon which confirmed what you said, that St. Francis of Assisi is the likely author. ..... It is for his simple prayer that he is perhaps most remembered. I've always thought it to be one of the most beautiful prayers in the world outside of Scripture. I love it so much that I've decided to share it on this page with anyone who may not be familiar with it: THE PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI -- O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace! ... Where there is hatred, let me sow love ... Where there is injury, pardon; ... Where there is discord, harmony; ... Where there is doubt, faith; ... Where there is despair, hope; ... Where there is darkness, light, and ... Where there is sorrow, joy. ... Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life." --Hank | ||||||