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Developing Relationships for a Purpose

Written by Paul Dean

Monday, 04 August 2008

Developing relationships seems to be a natural dynamic. Of course, relationships
that develop naturally drift in a number of directions depending upon a myriad
of circumstances. Christians develop relationships in this way and should seek
to influence others for Christ in that context. Yet, often believers are not
intentional in the midst of those relationships and never get around to pointing
others to Christ, at least with a direct verbal witness. In fact, statistics
indicate the longer a person goes in a relationship without sharing Christ, the
less likely it is that Christ will be shared. No one wants to offend a friend.
Again, the answer is intentionality. Christians must pray for and seek
opportunities to bring Christ to bear upon the lives of others in an intentional
way.

Beyond the issue of intentionality in naturally developing relationships is the
issue of intentionally developing relationships for the purpose of sharing
Christ both in terms of evangelism and discipleship. It may be as simple as
asking someone to meet for coffee once a week to talk about the things of God.
It may get more complicated than that. In either case, the issue is seeking a
relationship with another person for a purpose: to point him/her to Christ.

On today’s edition of “Calling for Truth,” we’ll talk with a missionary who
asked us to keep her name out of print, but who has a wonderful ministry from
the Lord. Her ministry is built on this very dynamic: intentional relationship
building. The program will center around her experience on the mission field
with practical application for everyday believers in any context. We talk about
developing relationships with purpose. We’ll also touch on the need for
theology, a biblical worldview, and a general overview of how the Scriptures
have the answers to problems people have as a bridge to evangelism and
discipleship.

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