James 1:19-27
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Romans Road
Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9-10

4 Spiritual Laws
4 Spiritual Laws
1. God loves you and created you to have relationship with him.
2. Man is sinful and separated from God.
3. Jesus Christ is God’s only provision to be set free from sin and have relationship with God.
4. We must individuals receive Jesus Christ as our savior.

10 Steps to Peace With God

Big Idea: Sharing my faith requires listening to God and to other people.

John 10:1-5
“Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

John 10:14-16
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

Sharing my faith requires that I listen to Jesus.

Pay Attention Prayer:
Jesus, help me see what you see.
Help me listen to the world around me.
Help me hear your voice and follow your lead.

Next Step: Practice Pay Attention Prayer

Acts 17:16-17
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.

Sharing my faith requires that I pay attention to the culture around me.

Acts 17:22-23
Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.

Sharing my faith requires that I listen to the questions people are actually asking.

Proverbs 18:13
To answer before listening—that is folly and shame.

“The best evangelists are not the attention getters but the attention givers.” - Leonard Sweet

James 1:19
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

Next Step: Memorize James 1:19

Keys to Listening in Evangelism
1. Listen for clues of God at work.

Next Step: Become a follower of Jesus.

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