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LOVE
WORKS
Step one: Pray & Identify
Prayer
is a critical aspect of any Christian
endeavor, especially reaching out to those who do
not know Jesus.
Read
Matthew 9:37-38, John
4:34-38 7 Ephesians 2:8-10. Here we see Jesus
saves and Jesus sends. Ask God that He would
send you.
Identifying
people you can reach for the Gospel is
not tricky, but it takes courage. LoveWorks is about
connecting with people you directly or indirectly
influence. As you are praying that God would send
you, start thinking of people you serve and share
the Gospel with. Write their names down, and pray
for them. (Examples given of Direct/Indirect people
you influence.
You
Co-workers
Family
League/club
Barber
Coffee Shop
Neighbor
Direct
Indirect
Store
Hobby
Committee
Friends
LOVE
WORKS
Step one: Pray & Identify
Prayer
is a critical aspect of any Christian
endeavor, especially reaching out to those who do
not know Jesus.
Read
Matthew 9:37-38, John
4:34-38 7 Ephesians 2:8-10. Here we see Jesus
saves and Jesus sends. Ask God that He would
send you.
Identifying
people you can reach for the Gospel is
not tricky, but it takes courage. LoveWorks is about
connecting with people you directly or indirectly
influence. As you are praying that God would send
you, start thinking of people you serve and share
the Gospel with. Write their names down, and pray
for them. (Examples given of Direct/Indirect people
you influence.
You
Co-workers
Family
League/club
Barber
Coffee Shop
Neighbor
Direct
Indirect
Store
Hobby
Committee
Friends
LOVE
WORKS
Step two: Choose an idea
Scouting
is key to many
endeavors. Here are some
ideas to connect with your
direct and indirect spheres
of influence. By connecting
and seeing people you will
better determine what you
can do to see a need and
then meet the need:
Focus:
Being present in
your community.
•
Eat with other people
•
Be a regular
•
Join what’s going on
•
Leave the house in the
evenings
•
Serve your neighbors
•
Share your hobby or
interest
•
Hang out with your work
colleagues
•
Walk and connect with
neighbors
•
Prayer walk
Serving
is key to connecting
with people. As you are
present in your community
you will see ways to serve
and encourage.
Focus:
What CAN I do?
•
Give
a
gift card
•
Pay-it-backwards at a
drive through
•
Deliver a pie to a neighbor
•
Shovel someone’s
driveway
•
Offer to babysit for free
•
Fill candy dish for co-
workers
•
Buy
/bring a meal for
someone
•
Bring doughnuts
to break
room
•
Send some flowers
•
Visit an elderly person
•
Deliver a bag of groceries
•
Host a free garage sale
•
Write encouragement
notes regularly
•
Be creative, can be costly
or free. Have fun!
LOVE
WORKS
Step two: Choose an idea
Scouting
is key to many
endeavors. Here are some
ideas to connect with your
direct and indirect spheres
of influence. By connecting
and seeing people you will
better determine what you
can do to see a need and
then meet the need:
Focus:
Being present in
your community.
•
Eat with other people
•
Be a regular
•
Join what’s going on
•
Leave the house in the
evenings
•
Serve your neighbors
•
Share your hobby or
interest
•
Hang out with your work
colleagues
•
Walk and connect with
neighbors
•
Prayer walk
Serving
is key to connecting
with people. As you are
present in your community
you will see ways to serve
and encourage.
Focus:
What CAN I do?
•
Give
a
gift card
•
Pay-it-backwards at a
drive through
•
Deliver a pie to a neighbor
•
Shovel someone’s
driveway
•
Offer to babysit for free
•
Fill candy dish for co-
workers
•
Buy
/bring a meal for
someone
•
Bring doughnuts
to break
room
•
Send some flowers
•
Visit an elderly person
•
Deliver a bag of groceries
•
Host a free garage sale
•
Write encouragement
notes regularly
•
Be creative, can be costly
or free. Have fun!
LOVE
WORKS
Step three: Share why
Sharing
is part of our humanity. When people ask why, be
ready to answer. Serving others consistently over time will
cause this to happen. Here is the formula:
(Time + Consistency) Sharing why = opportunity
Focus:
Moving from being present to becoming a friend.
Why
share the the why? Because we want people to know
Jesus. Jesus served others, but His mission was that we
would have a relationship with God. He served with a
purpose.
When
to share varies. Pray and trust God on the east way
for you to share why. You can initiate the sharing of why, or
you can wait
Ways
to share why:
-
Write a short note.
-
Tell them.
-
Create a card that you give when you serve.
Example:
“
God showed
H
is radical love to us through Jesus. As
christians, we’ve experienced love and want to share it with
others. We hope this small work of love
was a blessing to
you.
loveworks.hillsidedc.com
The website
is to help with sharing why and presenting the
Gospel. It is not a requirement to share, just a tool to help
you share why we are fi nding needs, and meeting needs.
LOVE
WORKS
Step three: Share why
Sharing
is part of our humanity. When people ask why, be
ready to answer. Serving others consistently over time will
cause this to happen. Here is the formula:
(Time + Consistency) Sharing why = opportunity
Focus:
Moving from being present to becoming a friend.
Why
share the the why? Because we want people to know
Jesus. Jesus served others, but His mission was that we
would have a relationship with God. He served with a
purpose.
When
to share varies. Pray and trust God on the east way
for you to share why. You can initiate the sharing of why, or
you can wait
Ways
to share why:
-
Write a short note.
-
Tell them.
-
Create a card that you give when you serve.
Example:
“
God showed
H
is radical love to us through Jesus. As
christians, we’ve experienced love and want to share it with
others. We hope this small work of love
was a blessing to
you.
loveworks.hillsidedc.com
The website
is to help with sharing why and presenting the
Gospel. It is not a requirement to share, just a tool to help
you share why we are fi nding needs, and meeting needs.
LOVE
WORKS
Step four: Results
Successful
evangelism is simply taking the initiative to
share the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving
the results to God. We do not know what the outcome will
be when we serve. We do know the outcome if we do
nothing. We serve with no strings attached. We trust God to
use our service for His glory.
Three
phases of evangelism are: Presence, Friendship, and
Truth. LoveWorks is about helping you be present and move
towards friendship so there is opportunity to share truth.
P r e s e n c e
Frienship
Truth
Presence
means being there in your community. Why?
Because in a crisis people go to who they know. The win for
being present is to begin building friends.
Friendship
is about connecting with people in meaningful
ways. This is critical for two reason. First, 75-80
%
of people
would got to church if invited by a friend. Second,
relationships are the glue of truth. The win for the friendship
stage is to be able to share truth.
Truth
of the Gospel saves. Actions are not enough, we
must use words to share the Gospel.
Pray
that God would allow you to connect with your
community and through that have opportunity to share or
invite people to hear the Gospel.
LOVE
WORKS
Step four: Results
Successful
evangelism is simply taking the initiative to
share the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving
the results to God. We do not know what the outcome will
be when we serve. We do know the outcome if we do
nothing. We serve with no strings attached. We trust God to
use our service for His glory.
Three
phases of evangelism are: Presence, Friendship, and
Truth. LoveWorks is about helping you be present and move
towards friendship so there is opportunity to share truth.
P r e s e n c e
Frienship
Truth
Presence
means being there in your community. Why?
Because in a crisis people go to who they know. The win for
being present is to begin building friends.
Friendship
is about connecting with people in meaningful
ways. This is critical for two reason. First, 75-80
%
of people
would got to church if invited by a friend. Second,
relationships are the glue of truth. The win for the friendship
stage is to be able to share truth.
Truth
of the Gospel saves. Actions are not enough, we
must use words to share the Gospel.
Pray
that God would allow you to connect with your
community and through that have opportunity to share or
invite people to hear the Gospel.
