Watch above video and Give me a transition question, that takes a conversation to spiritual things.
12 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Well, for me I basically play it casual at school. "Hey what's up?" Ask a few questions bout school then ask "Doing anything Saturday?" and then I invite them to the event. "Nah, you don't have to be Christian or anything to come, just something fun to do on a Saturday night. It's gonna be tight!" Once invited, I let them decide if they want to stay or not. Usually they do, so then I keep bringing them and inviting them. I continually ask them if they have questions and ask them about the messages. They usually speak for themselves though by saying "Wow that message spoke to me.." I let God handle it, really. I'm just inviting. Me and Rachel set up a strategy where I invite, she tours them and makes them feel welcome. This has worked with one of our friends already (Roberto) so we're gonna keep it up ;3. Of course we'll use the Are you a good person thing but our strategy seems to be working now. It's always good to know another one though. I like the praying for people thing. I'm gonna try that. :D
For me, I've already invited two friends to come to church and just check it out, and they said they would which made me feel great! Umm.. one of my friends I gave them a flyer of the Pancake war and they said they would come.. so I think I'm on a good start here, plus I prayed to God about this Monday and I think the prayer is working. One of the questions that I usually ask is "Hey, how's it going? Haven't seen you for a while?" Then after I would say "So do you go to church usually? Because I would like to come visit my church Valley Bible, we do lots of activities and it's opened to everybody! So why don't you come check it out!" Something like that and usually they would say yes. I've actually used that line on some of my friends and none of them said no, so yeah. But I'll keep spreading the Word! and keep inviting them to events! ;) I'll also pray for them, and ask them what's going and stuff!! But this will be a good experience for all of us SWAT TEAM! ;]
Well, I think a good question for me to ask would be: "Hey, how you ever heard of who God is?" Usually, that works as a start, but going from there can get a little rough. At my school, they start to see that i'm trying to spread God's Word to them, and they stop me by saying something like "dude, I'm mormon. I've heard this already." and then they just walk away......but, I think asking them who God is can be a great starter, at least for me. Great video Paul! Mitchell :)
I have alot of stoner friends so i take your advice from suday and go with"what happens when we die?" Usually i get, man thats deep stuff, I dunno but i hope i get heaven, but my stronger athiest friend says "you go in the ground and turn to dirt thats it, none of your fly up to heaven bull crap". either way it always works for a conversation lol-josh
To transition a conversation , I would ask the "Why do you think bad things happen in the world?" Everyone mostlikely has an opinion on this and the conversation can be changed to talk about sin. -Sierra
hey paul my transfer question is "if u wanted to know one thing in this world and i told u right now that there is someone who could answer that question no matter how ridiculous the question is what would you ask?" its kinda like yours but i swithced it up a little bit Mark
What i do is for people that know me well, already know ima christian so i just straight up invite them to an event or to youth group, and sometimes they might not want to go because theyd feel intimidated by going to a place full of christians. The reason they feel intimidated is because they have an image in there minds that christians are judgemental. If thats the problem then i try to convince them otherwise by using examples of what Paul has said before. For people that dont know me that well, I start off just a normal conversation. From there i work the conversation from one topic to another very quickly. Then when im done bringing up different topics, i ask "Hey, are you a christian?" or "Do you go to church?" and usually theyll say something along the lines of "No, i think alot of religion is ridiculous." and "No, church is boring." and from there i tell about how not all church is boring and ill invite them. Then most of the time they say something like "No i dont think i should go cuz im not a christian" and then ill explain that they dont have to be a christian to go. from there i try to convinve them to go. Thats usually how i transition.
i think i that the question "hey man have you ever heard of the ten commandments" then try to get them to accept the fact that they have the disease called sin -Kaitlyn
Most of the people that I've tried talking to absolutely hate the idea of God, considering most of them have had something tragic happen in their life, so talking to them about God is really hard. I usually just ask them how they are, or depending on the person I'll ask them about last night's baseball or something like that. I'm re-starting the Christian Club back at school and when asking people to sign it, I ask if that they have any questions about the club, God, or life in general that they can come talk to me.
I know that every individual is different, hence the title "individual", but my most common tactic that's been successful for me is the emotional approach.
The way I typically execute my witnessing is a mixture of them all but it always ends as a emotional appeal. It truly depends on the situation, but say the scene is neutral, a friend/acquaintance and I are sitting, joking about something, maybe speaking about school or a new song on the radio, etc.
I eventually ask them about their family or, more importantly, anyone that is especially close to them. And quickly find common ground on a personal level. I go deeper and deeper into their feelings about this person asking why they're so special, what that person has been to them in their life, and so on.
Before asking my final question, I would switch up the game and mention how devastated I might be if I lost my special person but lighten the mood by saying well at least I know they'd go to heaven.
Depending on who their special person is, whether it be a little sister or a grandmother or a lover, etc., determines how I start my final question.
Again to lighten the mood, I would ask a pre-question, potentially starting like "Well I know you'd kill any fool who brought harm to your (g-ma, little brother, etc).. but for fun what might you do?"
Get's them in a joking, light-heart mood.. then I'd pound in the question and mention a scenario that's inescapable for their special person, like a car crash for instance. Then I'd immediately pound in the question.. "Sometimes we truly can't do anything about it, I'm not trying to upset you, but I presume your (special person) was a good person, considering how much you love them, if they died do you think they'd go to Heaven?
and then "How can you be sure?" or "How do you think you get to Heaven?" etc. might follow til I eventually ask, "Well if you're so sure/unsure about your (special person), then what about you? You think you're going to go to Heaven when you die?"
A long process but it's worked for me just about every tiiiiiime :D
For me, I would start the conversation like this:"Hey, how are you? Have you ever went to church? Well my church is having an event Saturday night you should come. Everybody's invited and it will be fun. ITs a friendly place so I Hope you come.
Hey Paul sorry for such the late response on all the homeworks my internet has been down and school has had me so busy but anyways i think my transition question would be " Do you know what sin is?" And then i would go on to say that sin is something that you do everyday without knowing if you havent asked God into your heart and turned away from your sins. I would then go deeper into the conversation with the 10 commandments. -Kimaree
12 comments:
Well, for me I basically play it casual at school. "Hey what's up?" Ask a few questions bout school then ask "Doing anything Saturday?" and then I invite them to the event. "Nah, you don't have to be Christian or anything to come, just something fun to do on a Saturday night. It's gonna be tight!" Once invited, I let them decide if they want to stay or not. Usually they do, so then I keep bringing them and inviting them. I continually ask them if they have questions and ask them about the messages. They usually speak for themselves though by saying "Wow that message spoke to me.." I let God handle it, really. I'm just inviting. Me and Rachel set up a strategy where I invite, she tours them and makes them feel welcome. This has worked with one of our friends already (Roberto) so we're gonna keep it up ;3. Of course we'll use the Are you a good person thing but our strategy seems to be working now. It's always good to know another one though. I like the praying for people thing. I'm gonna try that. :D
-Livi
For me, I've already invited two friends to come to church and just check it out, and they said they would which made me feel great! Umm.. one of my friends I gave them a flyer of the Pancake war and they said they would come.. so I think I'm on a good start here, plus I prayed to God about this Monday and I think the prayer is working. One of the questions that I usually ask is "Hey, how's it going? Haven't seen you for a while?" Then after I would say "So do you go to church usually? Because I would like to come visit my church Valley Bible, we do lots of activities and it's opened to everybody! So why don't you come check it out!" Something like that and usually they would say yes. I've actually used that line on some of my friends and none of them said no, so yeah. But I'll keep spreading the Word! and keep inviting them to events! ;) I'll also pray for them, and ask them what's going and stuff!! But this will be a good experience for all of us SWAT TEAM! ;]
-Ray
Well, I think a good question for me to ask would be:
"Hey, how you ever heard of who God is?" Usually, that works as a start, but going from there can get a little rough. At my school, they start to see that i'm trying to spread God's Word to them, and they stop me by saying something like "dude, I'm mormon. I've heard this already." and then they just walk away......but, I think asking them who God is can be a great starter, at least for me. Great video Paul!
Mitchell :)
I have alot of stoner friends so i take your advice from suday and go with"what happens when we die?"
Usually i get, man thats deep stuff, I dunno but i hope i get heaven, but my stronger athiest friend says "you go in the ground and turn to dirt thats it, none of your fly up to heaven bull crap". either way it always works for a conversation lol-josh
To transition a conversation , I would ask the "Why do you think bad things happen in the world?" Everyone mostlikely has an opinion on this and the conversation can be changed to talk about sin.
-Sierra
hey paul my transfer question is "if u wanted to know one thing in this world and i told u right now that there is someone who could answer that question no matter how ridiculous the question is what would you ask?" its kinda like yours but i swithced it up a little bit
Mark
What i do is for people that know me well, already know ima christian so i just straight up invite them to an event or to youth group, and sometimes they might not want to go because theyd feel intimidated by going to a place full of christians. The reason they feel intimidated is because they have an image in there minds that christians are judgemental. If thats the problem then i try to convince them otherwise by using examples of what Paul has said before. For people that dont know me that well, I start off just a normal conversation. From there i work the conversation from one topic to another very quickly. Then when im done bringing up different topics, i ask "Hey, are you a christian?" or "Do you go to church?" and usually theyll say something along the lines of "No, i think alot of religion is ridiculous." and "No, church is boring." and from there i tell about how not all church is boring and ill invite them. Then most of the time they say something like "No i dont think i should go cuz im not a christian" and then ill explain that they dont have to be a christian to go. from there i try to convinve them to go. Thats usually how i transition.
-Lucas
i think i that the question "hey man have you ever heard of the ten commandments" then try to get them to accept the fact that they have the disease called sin
-Kaitlyn
Most of the people that I've tried talking to absolutely hate the idea of God, considering most of them have had something tragic happen in their life, so talking to them about God is really hard. I usually just ask them how they are, or depending on the person I'll ask them about last night's baseball or something like that.
I'm re-starting the Christian Club back at school and when asking people to sign it, I ask if that they have any questions about the club, God, or life in general that they can come talk to me.
-Alesis
I know that every individual is different, hence the title "individual", but my most common tactic that's been successful for me is the emotional approach.
The way I typically execute my witnessing is a mixture of them all but it always ends as a emotional appeal. It truly depends on the situation, but say the scene is neutral, a friend/acquaintance and I are sitting, joking about something, maybe speaking about school or a new song on the radio, etc.
I eventually ask them about their family or, more importantly, anyone that is especially close to them. And quickly find common ground on a personal level. I go deeper and deeper into their feelings about this person asking why they're so special, what that person has been to them in their life, and so on.
Before asking my final question, I would switch up the game and mention how devastated I might be if I lost my special person but lighten the mood by saying well at least I know they'd go to heaven.
Depending on who their special person is, whether it be a little sister or a grandmother or a lover, etc., determines how I start my final question.
Again to lighten the mood, I would ask a pre-question, potentially starting like "Well I know you'd kill any fool who brought harm to your (g-ma, little brother, etc).. but for fun what might you do?"
Get's them in a joking, light-heart mood.. then I'd pound in the question and mention a scenario that's inescapable for their special person, like a car crash for instance. Then I'd immediately pound in the question.. "Sometimes we truly can't do anything about it, I'm not trying to upset you, but I presume your (special person) was a good person, considering how much you love them, if they died do you think they'd go to Heaven?
and then "How can you be sure?" or "How do you think you get to Heaven?" etc. might follow til I eventually ask, "Well if you're so sure/unsure about your (special person), then what about you? You think you're going to go to Heaven when you die?"
A long process but it's worked for me just about every tiiiiiime :D
-Janessa.. maaaaan
For me, I would start the conversation like this:"Hey, how are you? Have you ever went to church? Well my church is having an event Saturday night you should come. Everybody's invited and it will be fun. ITs a friendly place so I Hope you come.
-Zhane
Hey Paul sorry for such the late response on all the homeworks my internet has been down and school has had me so busy but anyways i think my transition question would be " Do you know what sin is?" And then i would go on to say that sin is something that you do everyday without knowing if you havent asked God into your heart and turned away from your sins. I would then go deeper into the conversation with the 10 commandments.
-Kimaree
Post a Comment