4 Ways You Can Start Spiritual Conversations by RENOD BEJJANI for Charisma News
If you’re a Christian, you already know you should be sharing your biblical faith with people of other faiths. Yet if you’re like most Christians, you lack the courage, confidence and skills to do so. That’s OK. Let’s change that.
Here’s how easy it can be. Paula knew in her heart that she should be starting conversations, yet she was still afraid to take action. She had a Muslim co-worker, and because she didn’t know anything about Islam, Paula was apprehensive about striking up a conversation that might lead to spiritual things. She didn’t want to offend her co-worker, so she said nothing at all.
Then one day, she saw her co-worker crying. Filled with compassion, Paula approached her. “What’s wrong?” she asked. Her co-worker kept crying. Then instinct kicked in, and Paula hugged her until the crying subsided. In that moment, Paula learned that her co-worker had tragically lost a beloved family member. She forgot all about her fear and said, “When I’m sad, I’ve found that going to church gives me peace. Would you like to go to church with me?”
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“Yes,” her Muslim co-worker said.
Instinctually, Paula started a spiritual conversation that put her Muslim co-worker on an 18-month journey to Christ. It transformed her co-worker’s life for eternity. You can do the same.
A Biblical Foundation
The Bible teaches us how to approach spiritual conversations in Colossians 4:6. There, Paul tells us that our speech should “always be with grace, seasoned with salt.” That just means that you should be intentional about starting spiritual conversations so that you would shine the love of Christ and the light of the Holy Spirit into the darkness.
With that in mind, remember this: “No one can say, ‘Jesus is the Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:3). You start spiritual conversations so that you can identify people the Holy Spirit might be wooing to Jesus. If you don’t start the spiritual conversation, you’ll never know.
