Each person we meet is an opportunity to share Christ. The first road to developing relationships is outside the church. The places we go shopping, the gym where we work out, the restaurant where we eat.

In the grocery store line, share with the clerk what is going on at your church. At the gym, share with the person on the machine next to you how God is affecting your life. This becomes much easier and more natural as you build relationships with those that you regularly see in your daily life. While shopping try to get in the same line at the grocery store so the clerk gets to know who you are. Make sure that you ask how her day is going, for those few short moments try to get to know a little more about her life. Work out next to the same couple of people each day. For a period of time, frequent the same restaurant at the same time of day to make the most of the opportunity to get to know the waitresses.

What do we have to share with them that make it worth their time to listen to us? God can use us as a gateway to his Kingdom for the people that we meet. We have the opportunity to share with them and help them develop a life changing relationship with Christ. God can speak prophetically through us into their lives to accomplish His will for them. How do we build the kind of relationship with God so that we can speak LIFE to those around us? First we must seek God. Through a daily devotional time reading His Word, God will use examples in the Bible that speak to our opportunities. Through daily prayer asking for God to provide opportunities to share Christ and the prophetic Words God has for each specific opportunity. We need to have eyes and hearts open to recognize healing, signs, wonders for people in need.

We need to know the promises that God has given us for our own lives. We need to write them down so that we can see the results of God’s working in our life. Then we will be ready to share when the opportunity arises what God has done for us. We need to claim those promises in our lives, for our church, our families, and those whom God puts in our path. Then we need to live with the expectation that God is going to do what He has promised.

We should live our lives knowing that we have the keys to life, the keys to escape death and hell. Wouldn’t you want to proclaim the Gospel over each person you meet if it meant life to them and not death? We have the ability to turn people from darkness to light through faith in Christ in their lives. The Gospel preached prophetically is the message of victory, the good news proclaimed of Jesus and the power over death into everlasting life.

Pastor Ron Rager
WY-MT District Director