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Susie Larson Live

Seeing people and sharing the good news of Jesus with David McIver

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7689 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Most Christians don’t know how to talk about Jesus. They know they ought to share their faith, but evangelism methods feel awkward and pushy. Feeling guilty and discouraged, many believers simply avoid the subject altogether. But what if there was a simple, normal way to introduce people to Jesus, without sounding like you’re selling something? David McIver shares from his book "Looking for the One: Stories of Seeing the Lost, Lonely, and Broken Through the Eyes of Jesus." Find out more about the Salvation Poem here. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: click here

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thank you for listening to Susie Larson Live. Faith Radio podcasts are only possible because of your support. So thanks for giving and thanks for sharing with a friend. Welcome to sing so the black row is you glide.

0:22.3

Because walking just won't do dance.

0:24.8

You don't have to know how to ever since, ever since we've got you left.

0:29.6

Welcome to Susie Larson Live.

0:32.1

Always so honored to get to spend this time with you.

0:35.2

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully

0:39.4

inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens

0:44.8

your awareness of his very real presence in your life.

0:48.3

You know, when it comes to sharing the love of Jesus, I don't know, maybe it's just me,

0:52.4

but I think we complicate things.

0:54.3

We put pressure on ourselves to be someone we're not.

0:57.2

We berate ourselves for not having the evangelism gift.

1:00.6

And then we constantly deal with that sense of being a substandard Christian,

1:03.8

unless you do have the evangelist gift.

1:07.2

You know, maybe you don't struggle that way, but the rest of us do.

1:13.0

Would you say that this is an accurate portrayal for many of us Christians? Would you say you do this where you put pressure on

1:16.9

yourself to be someone you're not when it comes to sharing Jesus? Do you berate yourself for feeling

1:22.0

like you don't have that gift of evangelism? But what if it's not as complicated as we make it out to be? What if we just start

1:29.8

looking for the one person that God wants to put in our path? I mean, what if we really did,

1:35.3

get present with the Lord and just say, Lord, I'm going out today. Show me the one. Who's that person?

1:42.5

And what do you want me to give to them? What do you want me to say to them?

1:45.8

How can I pray for them? What if we took our cues from the Holy Spirit and just did the next thing

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