Points to ponder...

At church on Sunday we had a guest speaker and he spoke on an intersting subject....Why is it so hard to witness to non Christians? He posed an interesting question...if you got a thousand dollars for everytime you witnessed to someone, regardless of the outcome, would you share your faith more often? And if you can overcome that fear for love of money, why can't you overcome it for love of God?
It's totally true, too. I know that if I got money everytime I shared I would be passing out tracts, evangelizing like crazy. But I don't do that now. I know for me sharing my faith is hard. I don't do it out of fear of rejection, and also fear of not being able to answer someone's questions. The fear of rejection thing is a biggie for me, it permeates most of my life. I have not done somethings, and probably missed out on some good things, because of this fear. I'm just gonna have to pray for the Lord to give me strength and work that issue out. The other fear I am gonna have to work on myself, perhaps spend more time studying God's Word, maybe do a study on sharing my faith.
Either way, I'd better get over those fears, cuz I've heard the message, and now am going to be accountable for living it out. And so are you.....