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Day 7: Achieving Maximum Impact

As you journey along in your Christian life, the road will become more familiar and you’ll build stronger relationships with God and those journeying beside you. But one of the most loving things you can do as a Christian is to invite others to join you.

When you do that—when you introduce someone to Jesus and invite them to give their life to Him—you are making the biggest possible impact on another human being imaginable. 

I know I may have lost you. The whole idea of talking about your faith to someone else is beyond awkward for you to even think about. 

But I want to make the case that this is what matters most in terms of impacting other people. I want to remind you that every life on this planet, no matter what the circumstances of their life might be, would be better if they had Christ at the center of it. Every life would be better if they could experience real liberation from guilt and shame that comes through even a single drink from the well of grace Christ offers and experience the forgiveness of sin. 

Let’s say you’re in. The core dynamic of evangelism is investing and inviting. 

Investing in someone is simply about building a relationship. Getting to know them, spending time with them, entering into community with them. Only within the confines of a relationship will there be the trust to be authentic and to have conversations about what matters most in life. 

But if you’re going to make an impact on them for the cause of Christ, you have to be intentional about those relationships. You have to invest in them as someone who is on mission for them and their life. Pray like mad for them. Pray for your time with them. Pray for openings to talk about spiritual things. 

Then comes the invite part. Along the way, they’ll have good, fair, honest and reasonable questions. They may want to explore, and they may be intrigued by your life. They may see something in your life that they don’t have themselves. Invite them to come and see, come and hear, come and explore. 

Don’t let evangelism scare you or put you off. It’s one of the most important and rewarding investments you can make—not only for your own spirituality, but for the spiritual lives of others in our world. 

Think of the people you have in your life who do not know God. What steps can you take to begin investing in them? Begin praying for them now and for opportunities to talk about spiritual things.