Evangelism: Preparing for Outreach
Use this 30-day campaign with your audience to prepare them before doing outreach with your ministry. We suggest using each of the bullet points for your Twitter account and choosing just one for your daily Facebook post. For graphics, click the link on the text and you’ll be taken to the graphic on our Facebook.
Day 1
- Article: "God has called each of us to tell of His great love. It can be scary, but you’re not alone. A story about first time evangelism"
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/share-the-gospel/evangelism-principles/first-steps-in-evangelism.html - Graphic: “Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the Gospel, presentation of the Gospel, or participation in the Gospel.” – Dave Harvey
- “May the God of peace…equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever.” Hebrews 13:20
- #CruChallenge – How has Jesus changed your life? Today’s #CruChallenge: Take a few minutes to journal your thoughts.
Day 2
- Article: "The first step in becoming a disciple who tells all nations is easy. Here’s how to prepare your testimony"
http://reallifeboston.com/wordpress/resources/discipleship-profile/telling-your-story/how-to-prepare-and-communicate-your-personal-testimony/ - “The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.” – Hudson Taylor
- Graphic: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” Romans 15:13
- Sharing your faith can be scary, but what if everything you needed was in your back pocket … or wherever you keep your phone.
https://www.cru.org/digitalministry/apps-tools/godtools.html
Day 3
- So you’ve prepared your testimony – now can you share it in three minutes? Here’s how:
https://www.cru.org/communities/campus/blog/2013/re-imagining-the-three-minute-testimony.html - Graphic: “Making disciples of Jesus is the overflow of the delight in being disciples of Jesus.” – David Platt
- “But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.” Psalm 73:28
Day 4
- “The evangelistic ministry is a fight, not a frolic.” – Billy Graham
- Graphic: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10
- Sharing your faith can be scary, but what if everything you needed was in your back pocket … or wherever you keep your phone.
https://www.cru.org/digitalministry/apps-tools/godtools.html
Day 5
- Graphic: “It is the great business of every Christian to save souls.” – Charles Grandison Finney
- “So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.” Romans 14:19
- Here’s a #CruChallenge for you: Share #FallingPlates with someone today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGlx11BxF24
Day 6
- Re-imaging the three-minute testimony:
https://www.cru.org/communities/campus/blog/2013/re-imagining-the-three-minute-testimony.html - Graphic: “Successful witnessing is taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.” – Bill Bright
- “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” Romans 15:4
- #CruChallenge - Prepare your three-minute testimony today. Practice it with your friends and be praying for ways to share it with others
Day 7
- Graphic: “Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.” – David Platt
- Text: “...And he is more than enough for us.” – David Platt
- “But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” James 2:18
- You can use social media to share your faith! And why not? The average person is online for 7 hours a day. Let’s tell them about Jesus.
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/communities/city/city-evangelism.pdf
Day 8
- How to prepare your testimony:
http://reallifeboston.com/wordpress/resources/discipleship-profile/telling-your-story/how-to-prepare-and-communicate-your-personal-testimony/ - Graphic: “There is no higher calling or greater privilege known to man than being involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission.” – Bill Bright
- “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?” Romans 10:14
- #CruChallenge - Good morning! Today’s #CruChallenge: Think of one word or sentence to describe your life before knowing Jesus and after. Share this with someone.
Day 9
- Learning to be a cojourner:
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/share-the-gospel/evangelism-principles/cojourners.html - “We best defend the Lord's glory by speaking first TO Him about unbelieving men rather than speaking first ABOUT Him to unbelieving men.” – Sinclair B. Ferguson
- Graphic: “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.” Proverbs 11:30
- We want to help you be a Trader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiAh3lYo6k4
Day 10
- 5 Things Bible Study #LifeOnMission: Kingdom Vision
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/communities/campus/1-kingdom-vision.pdf - Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the Gospel, presentation of the Gospel, or participation in the Gospel.” – Dave Harvey
- Graphic: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17
- Text: “...that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.” - 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Day 11
- 5 Things Bible Study #LifeOnMission: There’s no I in TEAM
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/communities/campus/2-team.pdf - “Don’t wait for a feeling or love in order to share Christ with a stranger. You already love your heavenly Father, and you know that this stranger is created by Him, but separated from Him, so take those first steps in evangelism because you love God. It is not primarily out of compassion for humanity that we share our faith or pray for the lost; it is first of all, love for God.” – John Piper
- Graphic: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8
- Tonight’s #CruChallenge: Ask God to show you the people in your life that need to hear the good news of Jesus.
Day 12
- 5 Things Bible Study #LifeOnMission: A great vision needs a great plan
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/communities/campus/3-plan.pdf - Graphic: “God has made relationships His chosen delivery system for the gospel of hope.” – Ed Stetzer
- “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
- Are you wanting to grow in your walk with the Lord and learn to be a multiplying disciple? Here is a great list of books that we think you might love!
https://www.cru.org/communities/campus/lifeonmission/other-resources/recommended-book-list.html
Day 13
- 5 Things Bible Study #LifeOnMission: Equipping yourself and your disciple to #GoandMake
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/communities/campus/4-ongoing-equipping.pdf - Graphic: “If we are devoted to the cause of humanity, we shall soon be crushed and broken-hearted, for we shall often meet with more ingratitude from men than we would from a dog; but if our motive is love to God, no ingratitude can hinder us from serving our fellow men.” – Oswald Chambers
- “And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.” Daniel 12:3
Day 14
- 5 Things Bible Study #LifeOnMission: All the greats had a great coach!
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/communities/campus/5-coach.pdf - “During all my years as an evangelist, my message has always been the Gospel of Christ. It is not a Western religion, nor is it a message of one culture or political system...it is a message of life and hope for all the world.” – Billy Graham
- Graphic: “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” 1 Corinthians 12:27
- Today’s #CruChallenge: Ask God for the courage and passion to live your life on mission for Christ!
Day 15
- Looking to train & grow as you live your life on mission? Find a variety of resources here:
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow.html - “God does not require you to have great faith. You simply are to have faith in a great God.” – Bill Bright
- Graphic: “Be to the world a sign that while we as Christians do not have all the answers, we do know and care about the questions.” – Billy Graham
- Here’s a #CruChallenge for you: Ask God to show you specific ways you can live on mission at work and in your own community!
Prayer
Day 16
- A life on mission is a life of prayer! Talk to God today. Give Him your burdens. Let Him guide you throughout the day.
- 7 reasons to pray:
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/prayer/seven-reasons-to-pray.html - “Choose to agree with the promptings of the Holy Spirit who fills you, remembering that Jesus is in your midst.” – Milt Monell #pray
- Graphic: “Let prayer be the key in the morning and the bolt in the evening.” – Matthew Henry
Day 17
- God’s wonderful plan for prayer:
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/Gods-Wonderful-Plan-for-Prayer.pdf - “When you pray, you step into the arena of God’s plan for mankind.” ― Dr. Ben Jennings
- Graphic: “Jesus...wants us to see that the neighbor next door or the people sitting next to us on a plane or in a classroom are not interruptions to our schedule. They are there by divine appointment. Jesus wants us to see their needs, their loneliness, their longings, and he wants to give us the courage to reach out to them.” – Rebecca Manley Pippert
- Text: “They are there by divine appointment.” – Rebecca Manley Pippert
- What divine appointments has God placed in your life today? Who is God nudging you to reach out to? #ShareHisLove
Day 18
- "Prayer really is kingdom language. It is not just mere words.”
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/prayer/life-of-prayer.html - “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” James 5:16
Day 19
- Great Commission Praying
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/prayer/great-commission-praying.html - “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” - Luke 18:1
- Graphic: “Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.” – Jim Elliot
Day 20
- Does God answer prayer?
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/prayer/does-god-always-answer-prayer.html - “To experience true life, we must continue the Christian journey the same way we began it – by faith.” – Bill Bright
- Graphic (Two graphics were made with this quote): “If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, "You do not understand", or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary love.” – Amy Carmichael
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Graphic: “If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, "You do not understand", or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary love.” – Amy Carmichael
Day 21
- Pray with confidence:
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/prayer/praying-with-confidence.html - “Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.” 1 Chronicles 16:11
- Graphic: “Give a man a dollar and you cheer his heart. Give him a dream and you challenge his heart. Give him Christ and you change his heart.” – C. Neil Strait
- Twitter Text: “...Give him Christ and you change his heart.” – C. Neil Strait
Day 22
- Looking for resources to live a lifestyle of prayer? Check this out: https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/prayer.html
- Graphic: “Prayer is much more than words...It is an expression of the heart toward God. It is an experience, a relationship, not an activity.” ― Bill Bright
- Twitter Text - “...It is an experience, a relationship, not an activity.” - Bill Bright
- “The prayer of the upright is His delight.” Proverbs 15:8
Day 23
- A life of mission, sparked by prayer:
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/prayer/born-in-prayer.html - Graphic: “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Colossians 4:2
- “Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Bible Study
Day 24
- #Challenge: Seeking to live on mission? Don’t forget to dive into the Word today!
- Have you checked out Cru’s Bible Study resource page?
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/bible-studies.html - Graphic: “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” Psalm 119:105
- “God’s Word not only gives authority to one’s ministry; it provides a solid foundation for one’s life.” – Billy Graham
Day 25
- We’re praying for 10 million multiplying disciples by 2020. Join us! #Pray2020
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/prayer/pray2020.html - Graphic: “Let us never forget that the greatest thing we can do for God or for man is to pray. For we can accomplish far more by our prayers than by our work.” – Unknown #Pray2020
- “and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” 2 Timothy 2:2
Day 26
- “If we commit ourselves to prayer, there is no limit to what we can see God do.”
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/legacy/2012/02/The_Power_of_Fervent_Prayer.pdf - “Whenever God is ready to do something new with His people, He always sets them to praying.” – J. Edwin Orr
- Graphic: “Through prayer, God has given us the privilege of being used by Him to help change the lives of men and nations. God has made available to us a vast reservoir of power, wisdom, and grace beyond words to define, if only we are willing to believe Him and claim His promises.” – Bill Bright
Day 27
- Mission Impossible: A study on the Biblical story of missions:
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/legacy/2012/02/Mission_Impossible.pdf - Graphic: “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” Isaiah 40:8
- “Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.” Psalm 119:18
Day 28
- “Call to surrender” – A bible study on trusting Christ completely with our lives:
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/bible-studies/called-to-surrender.html - Graphic: “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24
- “Faith grows when it is planted in the fertile soil of God’s Word.” – Billy Graham
Day 29
- Reach the world by first understanding worldviews:
https://www.cru.org/content/dam/cru/legacy/2012/02/Worldview.pdf - Graphic: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1
- “A Bible not read is like a bulb not lighted.” – Israelmore Ayivor
Day 30
- No One Understands Jesus “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.” A bible study:
https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/bible-studies/no-one-understands-jesus-12-week-study-in-the-gospel-of-john.html
- Graphic: “The more you read the Bible, the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished by it.” – Charles Spurgeon
- “The Bible as a book stands alone. There never was, nor ever will be, another like it. As there is but one sun to enlighten the world naturally, so there is but one Book to enlighten the world spiritually. May that Book become to each of us the man of our counsel, the guide of our journey, and our support and comfort in life and in death?” – A. Galloway
