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How do we witness at work?
#48446
09/04/00 11:23 PM
09/04/00 11:23 PM
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How do you witness when you don't want to offend or make enemies. How do you reach others when you are too busy for conversation sometimes? What do you do in your daily work day that could bring others to Christ? ------------------ Sarah Moss *Prayer Changes Things!*
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Re: How do we witness at work?
#48447
09/06/00 10:42 AM
09/06/00 10:42 AM
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Sometimes simple things we do or don't do say more than all the words in a dictionary. While driving over the road, I had a simple habit of asking a blessing over my meal, even in a truck stop. I didn't think anything of it, burt several times someone would pat me on the back and say 'Keep up the good work'. People watch us. So we witness just in our behaviour. ------------------ What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular. Gerry B.
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Re: How do we witness at work?
#48448
09/17/00 01:51 PM
09/17/00 01:51 PM
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There is a person at work who trusts me to even watch over her purse at times. Some are also careful of their language around me. Sometimes we even get a chance to discuss things a little. The question remains, however, whether they see me as a Christian or a religious person. How do people see the rest of us at work? ----------- In His Love, Mercy & Grace Daryl
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Re: How do we witness at work?
#48449
09/18/00 03:56 AM
09/18/00 03:56 AM
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'Christians' live what they believe, religious people ( at least any I knew while younger) 'preached' a good thing bit didn't live it themselves, or were to busy making sure everyone else was living right to do it themselves. Most christians I know, now, are to busy living their beliefs, they don't have to preach. My opinion. Gerry B.
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Re: How do we witness at work?
#48450
09/19/00 10:30 AM
09/19/00 10:30 AM
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This daily devotion came in my mail this morning. As usual, sister White says it better than I can: Hid with Christ in God The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Ps. 92:12. See the weary traveler toiling over the hot sand of the desert, with no shelter to protect him from the rays of the tropical sun. His water supply fails, and he has nothing with which to slake his burning thirst. His tongue becomes swollen; he staggers like a drunken man. Visions of home and friends pass before his mind as he believes himself ready to perish. Suddenly he sees in the distance, rising out of the dreary, sandy waste, a palm tree, green and flourishing. Hope quickens his pulses; he presses on, knowing that that which gives vigor and freshness to the palm tree will cool his fevered blood and give him renewed life. As is the palm tree in the desert--a guide and a consolation to the fainting traveler--so the Christian is to be in the world. He is to guide weary souls, full of unrest, and ready to perish in the desert of sin, to the living water. He is to point his fellowmen to Him who gives to all the invitation, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink." The sky may be as brass, the burning sand may beat about the palm tree's roots, and pile itself about its trunk; yet the tree lives on, fresh and vigorous. Remove the sand, and you discover the secret of its life; its roots strike down deep into the waters hidden in the earth. Thus it is with the Christian. His life is hid with Christ in God. Jesus is to him a well of water, springing up unto everlasting life. His faith, like the rootlets of the palm tree, penetrates beneath the things that are seen, drawing life from the fountain of life. And, amid all the corruption of the world, he is true and loyal to God. The sweet influence of Christ's righteousness surrounds him. His influence elevates and blesses. The humblest and poorest of the disciples of Jesus can be a blessing to others. They may not realize that they are doing any special good, but by their unconscious influence they may start waves of blessings that will widen and deepen, and the blessed results they may never know till the day of final reward. They are not required to weary themselves with anxiety about success. They have only to go forward quietly, doing faithfully the work God's providence assigns, and their life will not be in vain. Their own souls will be growing more and more into the likeness of Christ; they are workers together with God in this life, and are thus fitting for the higher work and the unshadowed joy of the life to come (Signs of the Times, Aug. 6, 1902). See what I mean? ------------------ What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular. Gerry B.
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Re: How do we witness at work?
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09/21/00 03:51 AM
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"Let your light so shine before men" It's a wonderful rule! Daryl, I know what you mean, there are people at my work who also watch their language around me, others know that I am a Christian, many know that my diet is far different from most of theirs, etc. However, does there not come a time when we are asked to witness to our friends, coworkers, etc. How do we know when God is telling us that it is time? ------------------ Sarah Moss *Prayer Changes Things!*
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Re: How do we witness at work?
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09/20/00 11:39 PM
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If you pray for an opportunity, then you had better follow it through as the opportunity will come quicker than you think, and you will know it. I know, from experience! ----------- In His Love, Mercy & Grace Daryl
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Re: How do we witness at work?
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09/22/00 04:50 PM
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The opportunity is what matters, I guess sometimes, I just don't know how to approach people. How do you invite them to attend church or to accept Christ at that crucial moment - what if you let it pass? Will God give you another?? I think that Gerry's story in the Fellowship Room says a lot also, check it out - he's entitled it "What is important? To You?" ------------------ Sarah Moss *Prayer Changes Things!*
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Re: How do we witness at work?
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09/22/00 06:09 PM
09/22/00 06:09 PM
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If we approach people as a friend they find they can see us as being different from their other friends, they will soon approach us with some questions which will then be our opportunity to give an answer. ------------------ In His Love, Mercy & Grace Daryl Fawcett [This message has been edited by Daryl Fawcett (edited September 22, 2000).]
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Re: How do we witness at work?
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09/24/00 08:03 PM
09/24/00 08:03 PM
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There is a line in a childrens song that goes like this: Don't you know oh Christian, you're a sermon in shoes? Our every day demeanor will say more about who ands what we are than anything we could say. The best way to witness at work? Just be who you are in Christ Jesus. When they use coarse language, don't. When they tell off color or racial jokes, leave. When you sit down to eat, say a prayer over your food. When a co-worker is hurting, offer sympathy and let them know you are there to help if possible. Every thing we say, every thing we do is looked at under a microscope. If our walk corresponds to our claim, it will say more than anything else.
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