I Wish I Would've Shared My Faith | Herbert Cooper - Audio

1. The trap of busyness  <br><br> John 4:4 Now he had to go through Samaria. (NIV) <br><br> Mark 16:15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. (NIV) <br><br> 2. The trap of rejection <br><br> John 4:7–9 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) (NIV)  <br><br> 3. The trap of not knowing enough  <br><br> John 4:11-12 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” (NIV) <br><br> John 4:20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” (NIV) <br><br> 5 Life Giving Ways To Share Your Faith <br><br> 1. Don’t judge people love people  <br><br> Romans 2:4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? (NLT) <br><br> 2. Initiate a conversation not an argument   <br><br> 3. Talk about something you have in common  <br><br> 4. Find an attractive way to talk about Jesus <br><br> John 4:10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” (NIV) <br><br> John 4:13–15 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” (NIV) <br><br>