Servant Evangelism Report Person B - Sump
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
Servant Evangelism Report: Person B
Submitted to Dr. David Wheeler, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course,
EVAN 525-D01
Research, Writing, and Ministry Preparation
By
Lester C. Sump II
July 17, 2022
Prelude
About four years ago my wife and I moved next door to a couple she has been friends with for over a decade. We enjoy their company, and our kids are the same age, so our families mesh well together. Last summer they began to experience marital problems and are now going through a bitter divorce. Neither of them live next door currently yet we still have my wife’s girlfriend over for dinners and to allow our kids to see each other. She has stated many times that
she doesn’t believe in a god who would allow so much evil in the world, so we don’t approach her much on the subject. Part One
We signed our son up to go to a Christian youth camp for a week that was a few hundred dollars to attend. Our friend’s son wanted to go also but his mom didn’t have the money to pay, so we offered to pay for his camp as well. At first, she refused, saying that it was too much money, and she didn’t know when she would be able to pay it back, but we insisted. Eventually she allowed us to pay, and both boys had an amazing time at camp.
Part Two
Her initial reaction was embarrassment mixed with not understanding why we were so persistent in wanting to pay for her son to have a fun week. After we explained that we knew she
was going through a rough time financially, and that we wanted to relieve some stress for her as much as we could, she was excited for her son and thankful we could help. She told us she would
pay us back, but we told her that wouldn’t be necessary as we wanted her to remain worry free regarding this situation.
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Part Three
A few nights after the boys had returned, we invited her and her kids over for dinner like we have many times before, but this time was different. As the children played together upstairs, we began to speak to her regarding her financial situation and let her know that if she needed help, we would be more than happy to assist her in any way we could. This led her to ask why we would take on some of her responsibilities, and outside of the obvious, because she was out friend and we loved her, we spoke to her about Paul’s words in Galatians 5:25 and that we believed we were being led by the Holy Spirit to love on her in this way. I told her that we serve a big God who shows us how to share the grace and love he gives to us with others. We continued to share the Gospel with her for almost 30 minutes, and for the first time, she was receptive. The conversation ended with us praying with her that God would open her heart and reveal that He is real, and He wants a relationship with her. There were tears and hugs and for the first time, my wife and I got a real sense that she was open to accepting Christ. She didn’t make that choice on that night, yet we have continued to pray that God would use that seed to bring forth a harvest in her life.
Part Four
I honestly love this approach to evangelism as it places practical application to the Gospel
and shows others that there is something different about those who believe in God, and that difference is we have Christ working in our lives.
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