Here are some ways you can begin to gather that relationally brings the gospel to others.
BLESS
Pour into another. Find small ways to bring encouragement and gratitude to a neighbor or friend's life that helps foster a relationship of honesty and trust. Remember, to love others well means we will be inconvenienced. But if we want to relationally share the gospel with others, let’s start by serving them. After all, this demonstrates the truth of what Jesus has done for us.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18
EAT
Gather at the table. Take time to sit and be with people. Share a meal and get to know their story. Food brings us together in many ways; allowing us to bond and be vulnerable with each other. It creates opportunities for giving and receiving to be experienced. Jesus shared meals with many.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20
LEARN
Be molded in Christ Together. Discipling another in their faith can feel daunting. You may think you're not enough of an expert. The truth is, that by engaging in “Bless” and “Eat” you're already doing it. You have been leading with your authentic faith, expressed in building a relationship with them. So, invite them to learn with you as you continue to mature in your faith. Invite them to study the Bible with you; making time to explore questions they may have. Allow Christ to use your desire, to know Him deeper, to testify to the faith Christ is forming in them. We should take joy in our faith and how much of a witness we are to what God has done.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us
Hebrews 12:1
Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
Psalm 66:5
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20
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