Want to increase the number of spiritual conversations you can have during the ordinary course of life? Quotes from Doug Cecil's book, "The 7 Principles of an Evangelistic Life." My own conversational course is here http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2012/new-dvd-effective-evangelism-conversations/
3. Principle #1
Keep Your Priorities
Straight
There is a great
commandment before
there is a great
commission. You may have
the slickest method, the
slickest presentation, and
be the most silver-tongued
person around; but if your
relationship with Jesus
Christ is out of focus,
evangelism is out of
balance.
4. Principle #2
Evangelism is an Event in
the Process of Disciple
Making
There is a proper time for
cultivation, a proper time
for sowing, and a proper
time for harvesting.
5. Principle #3
Make the gospel clear.
With both biblical and
empirical evidence, Paul
declares the Good News.
The Gospel, the Good
News, is: Christ died for my
sins and arose from the
dead
6. Principle #4:
Evangelism is more
spiritual than
methodological.
The question in evangelism
is not how you can get
better equipped or find the
newest and latest method of
sharing the Good News.
The main question in
evangelism is, What’s
holding you back?
If you have placed your trust
in Jesus Christ, because of
the ministry of the Holy
Spirit in your life, sharing
Jesus Christ is a passion.
7. Principle #5:
Being a good witness
means passionately
pursuing the lost in love.
Being a good witness is being
salt and light in a tasteless and
dark world by living by grace
and truth.
Being a witness is more
involved in cultivating
relationships and sowing seeds
in the process of disciple
making.
Being a witness is passionately
pursuing the lost in love and
being intimately involved with
people.
8. Principle #6:
Evangelism moves forward
as God’s people get
involved in ministry and
service
Evangelism moves forward
as God’s people get
involved in ministry and
service. If I am able to get
my people involved in
service, and they give
themselves away in
ministry, evangelism will
take care of itself.
9. Principle 7:
Disciple, nurture, and
assimilate new believers
into the church
Follow-up is the process of
establishing a believer in the
faith. Notice two things
about this definition. First,
follow-up is a process and
not just an event. We never
arrive in follow-up. Secondly,
the person being followed
up may or may not be a new
believer. There are a lot of
people sitting in our pews
who have never effectively
been followed up.
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12. • Quotes on each principle comes from Cecil’s book.
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