I was at an interesting event this morning. It was a panel discussion on sharing our faith in everyday life. Truthfully, most of it was stuff I’d heard before. That said, there were two things that really stuck out to me, both along the same lines. The first was something said by Jim Henderson – founder of Off The Map . Here’s what he said,

“Instead of just telling people about Jesus, how about putting something in your mouth and doing evangelism with your ears.”

Lovely. I’ve also heard it put this way. God gave us two ears and one mouth. Take the hint. 

The other nugget for the morning came from Monty Hipp – founder and president of The C4 Group . He shared the process he goes through to try to live this principle out in his life. He talked about growing up in the Midwest where an “F5” was a tornado of powerful force. He has taken the F5 concept and says that a powerful force in building relationships and showing people the love of Christ is to ask them about these five areas of their lives:

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   1. Tell me about what you do for fun.
   2. Tell me about your family.
   3. Tell me about your friends.
   4. Tell me about what you’re focusing on right now.
   5. Tell me about what you see for your future.

What would happen if we actually asked people about these five areas of their life and then did something crazy…we listened? Gotta say I think it would be life-changing.

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