tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post1263149256294902373..comments2023-09-29T04:59:58.228+13:00Comments on Bonnie's Blessings: Sharing your Faith // Part 2: StrangersBonnie Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17920875696870120137noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-51683873205129551422016-06-11T18:13:54.175+12:002016-06-11T18:13:54.175+12:00Hi Sarah,
It is awfully sweet of you to say so! :)...Hi Sarah,<br />It is awfully sweet of you to say so! :) <br />Blessings,<br />SophieSophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332295063831447308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-49990332390911120372016-06-11T04:18:59.011+12:002016-06-11T04:18:59.011+12:00This is such a great post, Sophie! Thank you so mu...This is such a great post, Sophie! Thank you so much for sharing your great tips!<br /><br />Sarah<br />http://mybowsandclothes.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626673922079155827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-35866844053364400012016-06-10T09:59:31.907+12:002016-06-10T09:59:31.907+12:00Yes, we have used million dollar bills before. =) ...Yes, we have used million dollar bills before. =) It's fun to see the expressions on people's faces when we hand them "money." =) Your other ideas sound wonderful as well! How fun to think of creative ways to share the Gospel! =)Hosanna Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326767494489236766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-83221537016878841172016-06-10T08:04:37.836+12:002016-06-10T08:04:37.836+12:00Yes :) Yes :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337558894387780241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-9955381406732324792016-06-10T07:40:51.430+12:002016-06-10T07:40:51.430+12:00Hi Hosanna,
Yes, I find it really powerful.
Our f...Hi Hosanna,<br />Yes, I find it really powerful. <br />Our family does that a bit too! Even before I started doing evangelism routinely I used to do some tract planting and I still do. I have a pile of these million dollar tracts (have you heard of them?) that I like to randomly hand to people down the street, I just love seeing the look of astonishment on that person's face when they receive one! <br />My sister Danella paints stones with beautiful scenes and writes Bible verses on them, we often leave these stones around for others to find also. :) <br />Social media is a good way I agree, though I confess I don't use it for that purpose that much. <br />Blessings,<br />Sophie<br /> Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332295063831447308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-15966261614136342112016-06-10T03:50:59.045+12:002016-06-10T03:50:59.045+12:00Sophie, thank you so much for sharing!!! Ray Comf...Sophie, thank you so much for sharing!!! Ray Comfort is an incredible evangelist. I love watching how he shares the Gospel without fear of what the listener will think. I have never shared my faith face-to-face with someone...I don't know if I haven't had the opportunity or if I've been too scared. My family has handed out Gospel tracks and left them sitting in obvious places for finders though. =) That is a fun (and easy) way to share Jesus' love! Another blessing of the 21st century is social media! I have been able to encourage, witness, and lift up people around me - people I might otherwise never meet in person. =)<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your testimony of what God has done in your life. =) I appreciate knowing that you too experience fear, but God helps you overcome it!<br /><br />~Hosanna EmilyHosanna Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326767494489236766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-17812276421648171432016-06-08T07:53:42.410+12:002016-06-08T07:53:42.410+12:00Hi Rachel,
I am so glad! :)
Really? Wow that is c...Hi Rachel,<br />I am so glad! :) <br />Really? Wow that is cool! It is a bit of a long story but here it is, so actually I have really wanted to go and do this trip to Israel that I have in mind but you have to be 18. So I thought maybe I would learn a bit of modern Hebrew before hand. The only thing was that I couldn't find anywhere that I could learn it that wasn't too expensive. Then I started looking at learning Biblical Hebrew at Laidlaw College. I thought I would find it really interesting learning one of the Bibles original languages and also I have been told that it is not too hard to learn modern after Biblical but it is a lot harder to go the other way around. I also thought that if I do this paper at Laidlaw it will count as a Uni subject for me and I had been needing another one to do for this semester. So it has all worked out and I have been really enjoying it. :) <br />It would be fun to have your family all learning a language at once and so be able to practice on each other.<br />Blessings,<br />SophieSophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332295063831447308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-65682453285431460272016-06-08T07:28:38.965+12:002016-06-08T07:28:38.965+12:00Hi Timothy,
I love reading articles like this from...Hi Timothy,<br />I love reading articles like this from different people for that reason. Everything I say I heard from someone at some point and thought, 'that is a really great way to put it, I will remember that.' It is the best way to learn something. <br />Blessings,<br />SophieSophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332295063831447308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-56994779033706902312016-06-08T04:45:03.623+12:002016-06-08T04:45:03.623+12:00I really appreciated this post! It had a lot of v...I really appreciated this post! It had a lot of valuable information for me. :)<br /><br />You're learning Hebrew? My family and I are, too, only we're doing modern Hebrew. Is there a specific reason you are learning it? A while back my Dad, sister, and I started learning Biblical Greek, but that sort of died out because we didn't have much time and also we weren't using it as much as conversational Hebrew, which we're starting to speak around the house. <br /><br />Rachel M. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-24707890935159118822016-06-07T19:58:13.872+12:002016-06-07T19:58:13.872+12:00Great post Sophie. I can now add some more ideas t...Great post Sophie. I can now add some more ideas to talk about when I out talking to people.Interestinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760203745020709822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-30431005502055944192016-06-07T14:17:08.020+12:002016-06-07T14:17:08.020+12:00I probably should have clarified. ;) I feel the sa...I probably should have clarified. ;) I feel the same way, that sometimes actually talking to strangers is easier than to your friends, but for me, finding what to say to strangers was always harder than to your friends. So thank you for this post!Emily https://www.blogger.com/profile/16623387781694321843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-76675073153620730552016-06-07T07:28:09.811+12:002016-06-07T07:28:09.811+12:00Hey Kiley,
Glad you enjoyed it. :)
The twist pict...Hey Kiley,<br />Glad you enjoyed it. :) <br />The twist picture? Do you mean the second picture with me on the flip chart and the word Liar disguised as a face? <br />I think it is pretty clever too. :) <br />Blessings,<br />Sophie Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332295063831447308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-12873233844308074022016-06-07T07:20:50.313+12:002016-06-07T07:20:50.313+12:00Hey Emily!
I am so thrilled to read this, I was h...Hey Emily! <br />I am so thrilled to read this, I was hoping that this post might be a bit of encouragement to someone. :) <br />I have always found it really hard also, but the joy I get when I am talking to someone and I realize that they understand what I am saying, they just really get it! It just makes all the effort worth it! In someways I feel it is easier talking to strangers than friends as I don't mind it so much if they are secretly judging me as I will probably never see that person again, but for a friend I am (though I know I shouldn't) often worried about what they think about me. <br />But with friends you are still in contact with them and so it would be a lot easier to disciple them in their newly started walk with Christ. Whereas it isn't often you can keep in contact with the strangers that you witness too. So it goes both ways I guess. :) <br />Blessings,<br />Sophie Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332295063831447308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-33221280248784269222016-06-07T06:37:22.317+12:002016-06-07T06:37:22.317+12:00Great post!! I like the twist picture. :DGreat post!! I like the twist picture. :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337558894387780241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172239685311691735.post-73183496520951337412016-06-07T06:26:48.871+12:002016-06-07T06:26:48.871+12:00What a wonderful post! I appreciate this so much, ...What a wonderful post! I appreciate this so much, as I have been trying to work on sharing the gospel more, and it's even harder with strangers! Emily https://www.blogger.com/profile/16623387781694321843noreply@blogger.com