Comments on: Ambassadors: Being Prepared to Give Speeches on Any Topic http://www.titus2.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/03/ambassadors-being-prepared-to-give-speeches-on-any-topic/ The Maxwell family and ministry blog of Titus2.com. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carmen W. http://www.titus2.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/03/ambassadors-being-prepared-to-give-speeches-on-any-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-30073 Carmen W. Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:40:05 +0000 http://www.titus2.com/blog/?p=1797#comment-30073 Christopher, Since my husband and I served as short-term missionaries in Japan I was particularly interested in the book you've shared. Our local library was able to find a copy and I read portions of it. I want to thank you for blogging about it and for your thoughtful and encouraging applications to witnessing for Jesus Christ. Christopher,
Since my husband and I served as short-term missionaries in Japan I was particularly interested in the book you’ve shared. Our local library was able to find a copy and I read portions of it.

I want to thank you for blogging about it and for your thoughtful and encouraging applications to witnessing for Jesus Christ.

]]> By: Rachel P. http://www.titus2.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/03/ambassadors-being-prepared-to-give-speeches-on-any-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-30023 Rachel P. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:17:18 +0000 http://www.titus2.com/blog/?p=1797#comment-30023 How should we prepare ourselves? I know it should not seem like some rehearsed piece that we have memorized. I am not good at evangilizing. The most I have ever really done is discuss "religion" and hand out a few of those million dollar tracks. I am very quiet around others outside my family and very nervous around strangers. How do I step outside my comfort zone? How do I say the right things or bring up a conversation with someone, say, in the line at the grocery store? I am NOT a people person. My grandmother, mother, and youngest brother (even sometimes my sister) can enter into conversations with people easily in lines and standing around waiting at church or wherever, but I stay quiet without anything of interest to say. What would you suggest? Thank you and God bless! I have really been touched by your ambassador series! Rachel ============================================================ I'd suggest seeing what you can learn from the family members you mentioned. Perhaps you could listen to what they discuss with others during the next few outings (usually it will be something "common" that relates to the situation that they are in, with the other person, at that moment). You might even think of some different questions or topics to discuss with someone ahead of time - perhaps something to discuss with the checker at a grocery store (what do they think of the store's Christmas music? has it been a long day for them?), and then think of how that topic relates to the Lord Jesus. In his speeches, Ambassador Grew was always looking for analogies and topics that he could use as a springboard to help share truths that related to improving international relationships. In Christ, Christopher How should we prepare ourselves? I know it should not seem like some rehearsed piece that we have memorized. I am not good at evangilizing. The most I have ever really done is discuss “religion” and hand out a few of those million dollar tracks. I am very quiet around others outside my family and very nervous around strangers. How do I step outside my comfort zone? How do I say the right things or bring up a conversation with someone, say, in the line at the grocery store? I am NOT a people person. My grandmother, mother, and youngest brother (even sometimes my sister) can enter into conversations with people easily in lines and standing around waiting at church or wherever, but I stay quiet without anything of interest to say. What would you suggest?

Thank you and God bless! I have really been touched by your ambassador series!
Rachel

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I’d suggest seeing what you can learn from the family members you mentioned. Perhaps you could listen to what they discuss with others during the next few outings (usually it will be something “common” that relates to the situation that they are in, with the other person, at that moment). You might even think of some different questions or topics to discuss with someone ahead of time – perhaps something to discuss with the checker at a grocery store (what do they think of the store’s Christmas music? has it been a long day for them?), and then think of how that topic relates to the Lord Jesus.

In his speeches, Ambassador Grew was always looking for analogies and topics that he could use as a springboard to help share truths that related to improving international relationships.

In Christ,
Christopher

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