Sometimes I’ve tried to argue God into someone’s life. It never works. Certainly God can work through me and use my words to encourage someone to know Him but it’s only by the power of the Holy Spirit that brings a person into a relationship with Christ.

Hey this is Debbie Griffith with Everyday Matters.

And often when my conversation with an unbeliever becomes frustrating it’s because their argument isn’t with me but with God. It is a deep love of Christ not a deep love of any religion or church that qualifies a person as a Christian. Christianity without Christ and a relationship with Him is just another religion.

Trust me, unless God is working through us it will make no difference whatsoever how passionate we are in wanting that person to know Jesus. I think following John 3:21 is an effective way to minster because when we’re working and living in truth others are bound to see the light of Him and that’s something that can’t be argued…everyday.