Practices | Deep Dive

1. Care: an empowered servant doing a humble empowered act of kindness with a person of peace who receives a humble empowered act experiences a Tilt (a Holy Spirit connection which causes an experiential mind shift).“People don’t care how much you know till they know how much you care”
2. Share why are we doing this?
   “We are showing you God’s love in a practical way. We think that if Jesus were walking around town today he would be loving people in a practical way.  For example, we wash cars to show God’s love.  Jesus washed feet, but feet are generally pretty clean these days.  On the other hand, cars aren’t usually quite as clean as we like them to be.”
3. Prayer: 10 Second Prayer
   Who doesn’t want to be prayed for?  Almost everybody is open for a brief simple prayer.  Listen to the Holy Spirit while chatting with the person then ask, “May I pray for you for just 10 seconds?  Sometimes good things happen as we pray after we listen to the Holy Spirit.”.
4. Share: What God has done in my life (My God Story)
   People want to know of the reality of what God can do, has done for you – not the theology of God only.  Most people would love to hear your story, and what is happening in your life.  There is no need for going into an elaborate detail of your life other than to say something along these lines: “I was going this direction, I was ______ (sad, depressed, a drug user, hater, immoral etc.).  I had and encounter with Jesus and now I’m going in a different direction.  Now I am moving toward life instead of the other direction.”
5. Prayer: “Here I am”
   Sometimes a “Come to Jesus” prayer is crossing the finish line if you will. On other occasions, it’s more a matter of nudging them forward toward crossing the line to follow Christ through a prayer.  To ask the person to pray, “Here I am” is a great starting prayer.  Some people are not “ripe” for coming to Jesus quite yet. They may be a little on the green side, so to speak.  You and I cannot make a not quite ripe person ready for harvesting – that’s the job of the Holy Spirit. Our role is to scatter and water the seed – then to see what is growing by the power of God’s presence.