ENGAGE ONE
Don’t let loving people to Jesus be intimidating! This is your guide to help you engage your friends and family members who may not have a relationship with Jesus. Engage One will provide you with practical tools that will help connect, engage, and intentionally love one person who is not yet following Jesus.
Why pray and engage just one person and not dozens? When we focus our prayers and attention on one person, there’s a powerful focus that happens.
Loving people to Jesus, launching passionate people to make a difference.
our mission
1. Pray for One.
Prayer is a big part of this entire process. Prayer is not only where God breaks our hearts for those who aren’t followers of Jesus, but in prayer is when we are being sensitive to how the Spirit is at work in someone’s life so we know when to say something or ask a question that moves a person closer to following Jesus.
Here are some things you can pray about:
- Ask God to identify your “one.”
- Continue to pray for their well-being.
- Ask God to create a relationship or deepen a relationship.
- Pray for opportunities to engage and serve them.
- Pray the Holy Spirit will be working in them to create a desire for faith.
- Pray for opportunities to have spiritual conversations.
- Pray that you’ll be observant, available, bold and faithful to love them to Jesus.
Resources
- Four Prayers for Personal Evangelism
- Pray for One by Bo Chancey
- The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Tim Keller
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2. IDENTIFY YOUR ONE.
This could be a family member, a close friend, a neighbor, a coworker, a cashier or service provider, a classmate, someone on social media, a peer or another parent, or someone you exercise or workout with. Who does God want you to engage?
Resources
Pray for One by Bo Chancey
Who is your one?
When we focus our prayers and attention on one person, there’s a powerful focus that happens.
Share who and why you chose your one.
3. Engage with your One.
Pray and look for ways to have time with your one to grow the relationship. If you prayed for opportunities to engage your one, God will provide those situations. Here are a few ideas or ways to connect and engage your one:
- Be genuinely interested in them and ask appropriate questions about their life.
- Ask how you can pray for them.
- Text, email or “snail mail” a note of encouragement.
- Give a gift card with a note.
- Look for a need and offer your help. Serving is one of the best ways to express love. We serve for one purpose, as a way to love others.
- Have coffee or a meal or take them food.
- Invite them to serve with you in serving others.
- Look for areas of common interest to connect further.
Resources
- Hosting a Feast Guide from Feb. 14th message
- A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, and Mission around the Table by Tim Chester
- Sharing Your Faith 101
- Wallet Size steps to Peace with God
- Join an Alpha course (On Campus | Online)
You’re Invited. Try Alpha.
4. Engage in Spiritual Conversations.
You’ve prayed for opportunities to talk about spiritual matters, faith and about Jesus. Now look for natural ways to have those conversations. You want to engage in conversations that make space for God to work in them. The whole idea here is not to force faith on others, but to have a genuine wonder and interest in the other person. A few “wondering” questions often leads to spiritual conversations. Here are some examples, however, every person and situation is unique:
- I love to learn from others. What’s the greatest lesson you’ve learned in life so far?
- What’s been your greatest success? What’s been your biggest failure, challenge, disappointment or regret?
- What’s the best wisdom you could pass on to me or anyone?
- What one or two life experiences have molded you into who you are today?
- Do you like the path you are on? If not, what would be the path you’d like to be pursuing? What has helped or hindered you?
Resources
- Join an Alpha course (On Campus | Online)
- God space: Where spiritual conversations happen naturally by Doug Pollock
- How to share your story (Long Hollow)
- How to share your story (Rick Warren)
- 10 reasons to share your story
- The Art Of Spiritual Conversations (video)
to seek and save those who don’t yet know him
Luke 19:10
The next possible steps for you on Following Jesus.
