The Unexpected Adventure: Taking Everyday Risks to Talk with People about Jesus

by Lee Strobel

It felt as if time were standing still, as if eternity were holding its breath.

After all, what’s more important than being a messenger for the Creator of the universe to someone whose eternity is hanging in the balance?

I’ve never heard anyone complain by saying, “My spiritual life is so dry right now; it’s like I’m living in a desert,” and then add, “Oh, by the way, I’m actively trying to reach a friend for Christ.”

Nothing is more fulfilling than seeing ordinary people turned into extraordinary followers of God, imbued with his Spirit and enabled by his power to make incredible differences in the lives of others.

After all, he is the great evangelist; we’re merely the tools that he uses to fulfill his mission of redeeming the world, one individual at a time.

We were redeemed, in part, for the purpose of reaching others for Christ. Therefore, we’ll never be complete in our experience with God until we allow him to use us to spread his message to others.

You can begin to transform the culture of your church by first seeking God’s revival in your own soul, reinstating in your own heart his vision for reaching this lost and dying world.