1.    Pray for courage.

2.   Turn your Spiritual Radar ON.

3.   LISTEN with your heart & eyes as well as your ears…really tune into God and to the people around you…to your kids, your “neighbor”, your waiter/waitress, your spouse or best friend.  This is where the journey begins….God on the move in you bringing you into contact  with someone who is ready to connect with Him through you….fun stuff!!

 4. Tune into what God is up to by praying all the time wherever you are and in whatever you’re doing.  Watch for Him working in the situations around you and then simply mention that you see Him moving. 

For example, it could be on the golf course with a buddy and couple of guys who just joined your foursome when you notice that God is lighting up the sky with an incredible display and you say something like, ‘Wow, God is hitting a long ball tonight with that sky, isn’t He?’  — then see who else may resonate with your comment and the Holy Spirit will guide you from there. 

 5.  Pray that God would lead you to 3 people who need to have a stronger relationship with Him and write their names down on a card that you keep in your wallet, purse or even tape it to your bathroom and car mirrors.  Pray for them and watch for opportunities to serve them, ways to invest in your friendship and ultimately for ways to have ongoing faith conversations with them.  

Our purpose is to help them enter into a full-on encounter/relationship with God through the work of Jesus Christ.  This may take longer than you want, but if you’ll Pray, Serve and Invest—that is, build a true friendship; you’ll likely be granted several opportunities for meaningful conversations about God, Jesus, Church, and Faith.  Don’t wimp out when God presents you with a clean shot!!  Move out in faith.  As long as you’re not basing your friendship on their response and are willing to stay in there and have a true friendship you can operate with a lot of candor and sincerity.  If, however, you’re only goal is to get him/her to do ‘X’ (pray a prayer, come to your LXG, attend worship) then it’s just a business transaction and most of us don’t want anything to do with that on either side of the deal.  So, be a true friend who cares enough to tell them about Jesus when the time is right and then keep on being a true friend no matter how they respond.   And, when the opportunity comes up be a good enough friend to invite them to join us in our faith journey at Phos.   Don’t give up on them.  

6.   When the shot is clear and you know that God is prompting you to invite a “neighbor” into a meaningful spiritual conversation hear are some things you might do…

• Invite them to be your guest at Phos some Sunday – pick em up, maybe buy them lunch afterwards, at least, meet them in the parking lot to show them the ropes and then sit with them.  Be their guide.
• Ask someone if you can pray for them – these opportunities come up all of the time….just listen to people with your Spiritual Rador ON and you’ll be set.

7.   Here are a few things you might try, whenever you sense God prompting you, as you’re out and about living life with your Spiritual Radar ON ….

• Ask your waiter/waitress how you can pray for them this week
• Pick up the phone and call an old friend just to check on them and really listen.  Chances are they have a spiritual need that will come up as you talk.  You’ll know what to do when you get to that bridge.  The Holy Spirit will lead you if you’ll let Him.
• Ask a new friend about their faith background. 
• Read this LEND booklet through several times to prime your creative actions and be ready to do what God asks on the spur of the moment….work on being OPEN, Responsive and Riskier so you give God room to work. 
• Just say ‘Hi’! and the be genuinely interested in them!
• Ask, ‘How are you, REALLY?’ and then stand there and really listen.  This one action will give you all kinds of opportunities to bless people and to move into spiritual conversations when the time is right.