What is your biggest fear in sharing your faith with other people?
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My biggest fear in sharing faith with other people is when I'm out of question/ answer. Like sometimes I start talking about my faith but then I feel like they tend to loose interest in the convo because I either can't answer their question because it's hard or I'm out of questions to answer.. but then I invite them to church and hopefully they'll find the answer for themselves.. other than that.. I'm starting to invite people to just come on tuesday or sunday.. whenever their available to come! -Rachel ;D
I feel that with most people, the minute you try starting a conversation about Christ and religion and about going to church, they automatically think that you're gonna try and shove it down their throat. I also think that most people have been conditioned to think that "Christians" are judgmental and abrasive. So they turn a blind eye to the fact that we're actually trying to help them and look at it more like we're soliciting. Another fear is that I'm not going to have an answer to one of their questions, or I'm not going to be able to find the right passages in the Bible that could help me explain certain elements, or why it's not okay to do certain things. Although these fears will dwindle, I think I'm prepared to prove the existence of God without the Bible due to your sermon a couple of weeks ago about probability, etc.
my fear is that if someone asks me a really hard question and i totally answer it wrong because i didnt know it and i totally kill there faith for them i woudld feel horrible... and i wouldnt know how to start the conersation off because if you start it off wrong then some people probably think "oh look hes just going to shove the bible in my face" when i share the gospel i want for the other person to know the truth and what God really did for them and not just them thinking im going to tell them to repene tthen theyll go to heaven.......... other than that really no other fears i would be happy to be known as a jesus follower!
Hey paul its not that im afraid to share my faith but im afraid that ill do what you did and try and start a conversation and just completely screw it up. Im also afraid that ill get rejected. Like i get all passionate about my faith to some stranger and he/she says ok thanks but umm no thats not for me. I would be devistated.
I think that my biggest fear isn't sharing my faith, its sharing it with the wrong people. Some people would come and say their interested, but they're really interested in seeing their boyfriend at church, or their friends, or they just don't have anything better to do. &As soon as people hear the word church, they kind of just loose interest. Their churches are "boring" and "stupid", they don't give any other churches a chance, but the people who have come have said that they want to come again, and they want to hear about God again,but it's harder to keep their interest in these things as we get older, and my biggest fear about my faith,is that I'll loose the people I love most because they're not into God and they'd rather do things that are against the bible then do things that are for the bible. -Olivia
My biggest fear with sharing my faith is getting them to believe in Christianity itself. As soon as I mention Jesus, they say: "Dude, I don't need Jesus. I'm Atheist." I them try to tell them that they REALLY DO need Jesus, but they walk away or change the subject, and I don't want to shove it down their throat. Paul, can you teach me how to evangilise in a soft, but affective way that ANYONE can understand? Thanks
Usually nothing stops me from sharing my faith. A few months back I was posting statuses on Facebook about being excited for church, etc, etc. And I was informed via a text that someone was making fun of me and Rachel for posting these 'excited for church' posts. I never got to see what he wrote but apparently a lot of kids from school supported and liked everything he said. He still has me and Rachel blocked but I guess you could say he slowed me down from posting too many statuses about going to church. So I guess you could say social rejection gets me from coming out with it.
I actually made an announcement about the Strobelight Dodgeball in my class and for people to show up but some of the class snickered when I said it was at my church... I refrained from announcing events again.
I think that's what we're all really afraid of but I know we shouldn't be. Our life is for Jesus not for fitting in in high school. High school will be over in a few years and I'll probably never see half of those people again, and half of those people might never get another chance hear about Jesus Christ. So I'll keep working at it.
My biggest fear is, what if I say somthing without thinking and I offend that person. then this person will base Christianity on what they saw in me and blow off evrything I said. thats about it. -Weston
My biggest fear when sharing my faith with others is when i know exactly what to say but not how to say it. what i mean is i don't know how to say it so they don't think i'm trying to force my faith on them.i don't want to seem like i don't care or i care too much that it seems over done. i don't want people to think that i'm pushy or worse that i don't care at all about their future and bringing them to God that i'm just giving myself good work to look better with God -Kaitlyn
I think my biggest fear in sharing my faith is mainly not really knowing what to say. I mean I know how to start telling someone about Jesus but I'm not so sure what to do after that. And because of this I don't want what someone has to hear about Jesus to be confusing and not make sense, then they think it's stupid and nobody knows what they're talking about. I'm just scared I will ruin someone's opinion on Jesus and Christianity. - sierra
I guess my biggest fear with sharing my faith with other people is wondering whether or not they already know Jesus Christ. I mean my school is very big and all my close friends i know, knows Jesus so going to other people out of my comfort zone i guess is my fear. I know at church im known to be the loud one everyone knows but the people who i dont know and dont really want to know are the people who probably dont know Jesus so stepping out of my comfort zone and talking about my faith about Jesus Christ is really something i will need to work on. - Kimaree
My biggest fear would be telling somebody about the Gospel and them not understanding anything you said or arguing against what I believe (which I know will happen) and you just ruin their whole experience of loving God. Like if you tell your best friend or family member and that conversation with them doesn't go right and ruins your relationship with them and between them and God.I guess that is my biggest fear about telling people about God. -Teia
My fear in sharing the gospel is that I don't always live it out myself, and I feel like a hypocrite telling others about something that I sometimes take lightly. I'm also afraid of not knowing how to lead into the conversation and of people treating me differently because I tried to share my faith.
My biggest fear...Possibly not being able to get through anyone about God. I've never actually talked to anyone about God, I have posted some verses from the Bible over Facebook, and a majority of people 'liked' it. But that's all they want to hear about it. I don't really know why else I'm afraid, maybe because I haven't fully given my life to God and I'm just in the middle.
my biggest fear is that I'll lose them entirely as a friend. I'm not embarassed but I don't wanna come across as shoving down there throats. My friend is a huge athiest and anytime religion is brought up i get cussed out and whatnot. I don't know how to tell him about it without alienating myself. If i try to talk it seems like all i say is just brushed aside as what he says is "religious lies and conspirisy". maybe i should just keep going? or find a different aproach?- josh
My biggest fear in sharing my faith is definitely the fear of not being accepted. I have always been a very self-conscious person. I always want to know peoples opinions of me so that i can change them to thinking something good about me. However being accepted by alot of people and being an open christian dont always work together. I find it hard to invite people whos approval i seek to church. This makes it especially hard to invite close friends or people who i talk to alot. That is definitely what scares me most.
For me, the hardest thing used to be not knowing all the answers up until this year actually. I've led people to Christ and have had a whole SPECTRUM of responses. The worst being:the loss of a friend, a hysterical, overreaction scene, a failure..
I've totally blown too. But just (semi-)recently, in April, I led my dear friends Amber and Octavia to Christ. The problems with that were the conversation was a 2:1 ratio and had full potential to go wrong. Another dilemma was they asked all these questions I didn't know, but also many questions I DID know but I couldn't remember the Bible verses to back me up. But God worked in favor of me and I'm currently going through James 1 with them and have made Christian mix cds for them and am close as family with them, etc.
However, since then I've spent much more time in my Bible and have found a deep dedication to answering their questions, and God has blessed me.
Over time now, I've noticed my new fear is not sharing my faith, but the impact it has on my faith when I fail. I've realized that I am very comfortable, overjoyed even, to talk about God and attempt to evangelize, but when I can't answer a question or I'm unable to encourage someone I really tried hard to encourage or I'm shut out, etc., it discourages me immensely.
Most time it isn't even the ridicule but when I'm the flame trying to ignite wet candles, eventually I tire. And instead of bringing fellow Christians or non-believers to my Spiritual High, I'm dragged down to their Spiritual low and it's hard to build up the passion and courage to try again..
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My biggest fear in sharing faith with other people is when I'm out of question/ answer. Like sometimes I start talking about my faith but then I feel like they tend to loose interest in the convo because I either can't answer their question because it's hard or I'm out of questions to answer.. but then I invite them to church and hopefully they'll find the answer for themselves.. other than that.. I'm starting to invite people to just come on tuesday or sunday.. whenever their available to come!
-Rachel ;D
I feel that with most people, the minute you try starting a conversation about Christ and religion and about going to church, they automatically think that you're gonna try and shove it down their throat. I also think that most people have been conditioned to think that "Christians" are judgmental and abrasive. So they turn a blind eye to the fact that we're actually trying to help them and look at it more like we're soliciting.
Another fear is that I'm not going to have an answer to one of their questions, or I'm not going to be able to find the right passages in the Bible that could help me explain certain elements, or why it's not okay to do certain things.
Although these fears will dwindle, I think I'm prepared to prove the existence of God without the Bible due to your sermon a couple of weeks ago about probability, etc.
-Alesis.
my fear is that if someone asks me a really hard question and i totally answer it wrong because i didnt know it and i totally kill there faith for them i woudld feel horrible... and i wouldnt know how to start the conersation off because if you start it off wrong then some people probably think "oh look hes just going to shove the bible in my face" when i share the gospel i want for the other person to know the truth and what God really did for them and not just them thinking im going to tell them to repene tthen theyll go to heaven.......... other than that really no other fears i would be happy to be known as a jesus follower!
-jAred
Hey paul its not that im afraid to share my faith but im afraid that ill do what you did and try and start a conversation and just completely screw it up. Im also afraid that ill get rejected. Like i get all passionate about my faith to some stranger and he/she says ok thanks but umm no thats not for me. I would be devistated.
Mark
I think that my biggest fear isn't sharing my faith, its sharing it with the wrong people. Some people would come and say their interested, but they're really interested in seeing their boyfriend at church, or their friends, or they just don't have anything better to do. &As soon as people hear the word church, they kind of just loose interest. Their churches are "boring" and "stupid", they don't give any other churches a chance, but the people who have come have said that they want to come again, and they want to hear about God again,but it's harder to keep their interest in these things as we get older, and my biggest fear about my faith,is that I'll loose the people I love most because they're not into God and they'd rather do things that are against the bible then do things that are for the bible.
-Olivia
My biggest fear with sharing my faith is getting them to believe in Christianity itself. As soon as I mention Jesus, they say: "Dude, I don't need Jesus. I'm Atheist." I them try to tell them that they REALLY DO need Jesus, but they walk away or change the subject, and I don't want to shove it down their throat. Paul, can you teach me how to evangilise in a soft, but affective way that ANYONE can understand? Thanks
-Mitchell :)
Usually nothing stops me from sharing my faith. A few months back I was posting statuses on Facebook about being excited for church, etc, etc. And I was informed via a text that someone was making fun of me and Rachel for posting these 'excited for church' posts. I never got to see what he wrote but apparently a lot of kids from school supported and liked everything he said. He still has me and Rachel blocked but I guess you could say he slowed me down from posting too many statuses about going to church. So I guess you could say social rejection gets me from coming out with it.
I actually made an announcement about the Strobelight Dodgeball in my class and for people to show up but some of the class snickered when I said it was at my church... I refrained from announcing events again.
I think that's what we're all really afraid of but I know we shouldn't be. Our life is for Jesus not for fitting in in high school. High school will be over in a few years and I'll probably never see half of those people again, and half of those people might never get another chance hear about Jesus Christ. So I'll keep working at it.
-Olivia
My biggest fear is, what if I say somthing without thinking and I offend that person. then this person will base Christianity on what they saw in me and blow off evrything I said. thats about it. -Weston
My biggest fear when sharing my faith with others is when i know exactly what to say but not how to say it. what i mean is i don't know how to say it so they don't think i'm trying to force my faith on them.i don't want to seem like i don't care or i care too much that it seems over done. i don't want people to think that i'm pushy or worse that i don't care at all about their future and bringing them to God that i'm just giving myself good work to look better with God
-Kaitlyn
I think my biggest fear in sharing my faith is mainly not really knowing what to say. I mean I know how to start telling someone about Jesus but I'm not so sure what to do after that. And because of this I don't want what someone has to hear about Jesus to be confusing and not make sense, then they think it's stupid and nobody knows what they're talking about. I'm just scared I will ruin someone's opinion on Jesus and Christianity.
- sierra
I guess my biggest fear with sharing my faith with other people is wondering whether or not they already know Jesus Christ. I mean my school is very big and all my close friends i know, knows Jesus so going to other people out of my comfort zone i guess is my fear. I know at church im known to be the loud one everyone knows but the people who i dont know and dont really want to know are the people who probably dont know Jesus so stepping out of my comfort zone and talking about my faith about Jesus Christ is really something i will need to work on.
- Kimaree
I fear that I wont have all the right answers. I also fear that it might be akward if I dont know how to start the conversation.
-zhane
My biggest fear would be telling somebody about the Gospel and them not understanding anything you said or arguing against what I believe (which I know will happen) and you just ruin their whole experience of loving God. Like if you tell your best friend or family member and that conversation with them doesn't go right and ruins your relationship with them and between them and God.I guess that is my biggest fear about telling people about God.
-Teia
My fear in sharing the gospel is that I don't always live it out myself, and I feel like a hypocrite telling others about something that I sometimes take lightly. I'm also afraid of not knowing how to lead into the conversation and of people treating me differently because I tried to share my faith.
-Rachel
My biggest fear...Possibly not being able to get through anyone about God. I've never actually talked to anyone about God, I have posted some verses from the Bible over Facebook, and a majority of people 'liked' it. But that's all they want to hear about it. I don't really know why else I'm afraid, maybe because I haven't fully given my life to God and I'm just in the middle.
my biggest fear is that I'll lose them entirely as a friend. I'm not embarassed but I don't wanna come across as shoving down there throats. My friend is a huge athiest and anytime religion is brought up i get cussed out and whatnot. I don't know how to tell him about it without alienating myself. If i try to talk it seems like all i say is just brushed aside as what he says is "religious lies and conspirisy". maybe i should just keep going? or find a different aproach?- josh
My biggest fear in sharing my faith is definitely the fear of not being accepted. I have always been a very self-conscious person. I always want to know peoples opinions of me so that i can change them to thinking something good about me. However being accepted by alot of people and being an open christian dont always work together. I find it hard to invite people whos approval i seek to church. This makes it especially hard to invite close friends or people who i talk to alot. That is definitely what scares me most.
-Lucas
For me, the hardest thing used to be not knowing all the answers up until this year actually. I've led people to Christ and have had a whole SPECTRUM of responses. The worst being:the loss of a friend, a hysterical, overreaction scene, a failure..
I've totally blown too. But just (semi-)recently, in April, I led my dear friends Amber and Octavia to Christ. The problems with that were the conversation was a 2:1 ratio and had full potential to go wrong. Another dilemma was they asked all these questions I didn't know, but also many questions I DID know but I couldn't remember the Bible verses to back me up. But God worked in favor of me and I'm currently going through James 1 with them and have made Christian mix cds for them and am close as family with them, etc.
However, since then I've spent much more time in my Bible and have found a deep dedication to answering their questions, and God has blessed me.
Over time now, I've noticed my new fear is not sharing my faith, but the impact it has on my faith when I fail. I've realized that I am very comfortable, overjoyed even, to talk about God and attempt to evangelize, but when I can't answer a question or I'm unable to encourage someone I really tried hard to encourage or I'm shut out, etc., it discourages me immensely.
Most time it isn't even the ridicule but when I'm the flame trying to ignite wet candles, eventually I tire. And instead of bringing fellow Christians or non-believers to my Spiritual High, I'm dragged down to their Spiritual low and it's hard to build up the passion and courage to try again..
-Janessa Yessssssssssssssssa
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