Good Job!

This wouldn't fit into the tag board so decided to write it here.

I was very encouraged to see so many new faces that evening at the BBQ. Kudos to those who managed to bring friends cos we know how difficult it is.

Especially Hannah. She brought 2 new people that night and that is a remarkable achievement cos usually when we invite, people may be hesistant and come up with a billion excuses in their heads why they cannot come or whatever. Or some may genuinely have reasons that they cannot make it and sometimes these can add up to our discouragement.

But let us not be discouraged for in God's timing, he will "reap a harvest", as the Bible says. Yes, you might feel tired after awhile getting rejected and keep seeing only the same regular faces every time that there's an event but we have to press on, to invite the people that rejected us last week, last month or even last year.

For if we let our guard down, or we lose hope in the person and feel that maybe we should invite someone else who is easier to reach out to (which is really not the point of evangelism as there is no "score" system on who brings the most friends) or worse, feel that maybe you weren't "called to reach out to others", Satan steps in and uses his tools of disappointment and discouragement and it could set us into a freefall in our faith.

For those who have a fear of inviting, fear that their friends may not like joining this sort of events, that in their mind they think that you are weird by asking them to have a BBQ with a bunch of strangers -- don't place your own obstacles in your own path. Sure it may be a bit awkward, or you might feel a bit shy, but you can never really know the outcome unless you ask.

Some might wonder how to start up a conversation. I just happen to be really bad at it too. So what i did -- i got straight to the point. Well, it helps that the person i'm reaching out to is a backslider so he does have some knowledge about God. So i just told him as simply as possible, that our church was having a BBQ and was wondering if he would like to be able to fellowship again with fellow Christians in an informal setting. Then you can go on to promote about the games and the food and the people and the car in the lucky draw etc etc. It's just that simple.

So to end off what wouldn't fit into the tagboard, just wanna say well done to those who managed to bring friends and I hope they would follow up with them and pray for them that they might come to know Christ sooner rather than later. For those wondering to invite their friends for future events/church service, pick up the courage and let's spread God's word!