Threshold 1: Trust

People today often start in a place of skepticism or distrust toward Christians. In Threshold 1, they move into a relationship of trust with a Christian friend. Trust is the seed that catalyzes the journey of faith.

 

In John 4:1-26, Jesus built trust with the Samaritan woman by initiating a conversation and inviting her into further, deeper conversation.

 

 

OUR FRIENDS do not yet have a reason to trust a Christian.

  • "If Christians are fanatical and narrow-minded, keeping one's distance seems like the smartest posture to take around us." (I Once Was Lost p. 32). 

OUR ROLE is to gain trust by loving genuinely and asking questions. 

  • Pray for God to soften our heart, to intercede in our friends' lives, and for opportunities to be involved in their lives.

 

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