Workplace Grace: Becoming a Spiritual Influence at Work

by Bill Carr Peel, Walt Larimore Narrated by Maurice England

Overview

How to take evangelism out of the religious box and weave it into your life at work In every part of the world, people are looking for spiritual answers and resources as never before. But you don't need to travel to some exotic foreign mission field to find hungry hearts. You spend hours every day in the most strategic place of impact in the world-your workplace. This unabridged audio download of Workplace Grace, formerly titled Going Public with Your Faith-winner of the EPCA Silver Medallion and Christianity Today Book Awards, offers a proven model for evangelism that respects the unique relationships you have with your coworkers, clients, or customers. It shows how you can be authentic instead of artificial when sharing what you believe, build trust with even the most skeptical person, and cultivate caring connections with those who have not yet come to a saving faith in Christ.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173682116
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	05/04/2010
Edition description:	Unabridged

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session 1
SPIRITUAL ECONOMICS Evangelism is not an event but a relational process, and God has gifted each of us to play a critical role in drawing men and women to himself.
QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT
1. When you hear the word evangelism, what thoughts, feelings, or personal experiences come to mind?
2. What is your definition of evangelism?
3. What do you think makes evangelism successful or unsuccessful?
4. What role do you believe the local church should play in evangelism? How effective is it in that role?
VIDEO OBSERVATIONS We want our lives to count God's distribution plan The process of evangelism versus the event of conversion Discovering God's job for us in the evangelism process VIDEOHIGHLIGHTS
1. What did you think about when Bill and Walt mentioned at the beginning of the video that we shouldn't expect non-Christians to come to us, that Scripture teaches us to bring Christ to people?
2. As you watched the water cooler scenes, what did you learn about yourself and the way you go about the process of evangelism?
3. Walt Larimore made a clear distinction between the process of evangelism and the event of conversion when someone 'prays the prayer.' Why is this distinction important for us to understand?
4. Why are relationships such an important part of the evangelism process?
LARGE GROUP EXPLORATION Evangelism: God's Distribution Method Of all the methods the Creator of the universe could have used to spread the gospel throughout the world, he chose to use ordinary Christians from all walks of life---the kind of men and women we meet as we go about daily life. God didn't handpick superstars to take his message to the world. Instead, he chose you and me to have a vital role in drawing spiritually needy people to himself. But how does God want us to distribute his message? What exactly is our role and what does the process look like? Let's see what the Bible says.
1. How do we know God wants those of us who are his followers to share his message with the world around us? (Read Acts 1:1--8, particularly verse 8.)
2. Why is it so important for other people that we be witnesses of God's message of salvation? (See Revelation 20:11--15.)
3. What role does sharing our faith play in our spiritual health? (See Philemon 6.)
BE A WITNESS? OF COURSE YOU CAN!
The greatest privilege in the world---being part of someone's journey to Jesus---can begin with something as simple as having a cup of coffee with a colleague, listening compassionately when a customer shares why she has had a rough week, or doing something beyond the call of duty for a boss or employee who's under stress.
4. The Bible provides plenty of instruction in how we are to go about being the witnesses God wants us to be in our world. Let's consider a few key Scripture passages that will help us better understand our role as God's witnesses.
A. One day Jesus told a parable about a farmer sowing seed in different types of soil and later explained the parable to his disciples. It turns out that the parable was about evangelism---how people receive the message of his kingdom! Read Matthew 13:1--8, 18--23 and notice the emphasis Jesus places on the whole process of evangelism, not just an abundant harvest. What does Jesus' teaching reveal about people's responses to the 'seed' of his Word?
B. Just as Jesus did, the apostle Paul often used an agrarian model to illustrate his teaching about evangelism. What key points do we learn about our role in the evangelism process from Paul's instruction in 1 Corinthians 3:5--9?

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