The Gospel Net - Training

AWAKENING SPIRITUAL INTEREST
Reaching a world that does not see their need

Awakening Spiritual Interest will explore the very important topic of how to awaken an interest in the gospel. While people are engrossed in the pressures of busy lives or trapped by the distractions of Satan, God mercifully works to draw their attention to spiritual things. Some respond with hostility. Others become apathetic or indifferent. Awakening Spiritual Interest will unlock the mystery of why people react in the ways they do. More than this, the seminar will introduce three “equations” for evangelistic success, equations that can revolutionize the success of your ministry. As you gain knowledge in the work that God is doing, you will be prepared to join God in the most thrilling work of your life.

Awakening Spiritual Interest will prepare you to see others as Jesus sees them, talk to strangers about spiritual topics, build friendships that reach the heart, pray with and for others, break down walls of prejudice, share your personal testimony, give “hit & run” and “sixty-second” Bible studies, and begin a systematic plan to reach your family, neighbors, and work associates!

Instruction includes:
- How to share Jesus with those who don’t come to us!
- How to recognize a spiritual longing in everyone you meet
- How people search for God in all the wrong places
- Recognizing how God awakens a spiritual interest in the lost
- Learning to be a partner with the Holy Spirit
- Understanding and reaching the hostile
- Understanding and reaching the apathetic
- Powerful equations for effective ministry

Practical skills include:
- Seeing others as Jesus sees them
- Identifying your circle of influence
- Expanding your circle of influence!
- Developing friendships that soften hearts
- Talking to strangers ☺. Ice breakers that lead to spiritual conversation.
- Praying with and for others
- Sharing your personal testimony
- 3 super easy ways to give Bible studies to those who don’t ask for them!
- Seeking for the lost in the highways and hedges (door to door ministries)

The earthly mission of Jesus should be the mission of every soul winner. We read that the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus to do five things: 1) heal the brokenhearted, 2) set the captives free, 3) recover sight to the blind, 4) set at liberty those who are bruised, and 5) preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

When the eyes are filled with tears, when the heart is seething with anger, it’s often hard for people to study the Bible or pray with us. Great barriers separate them from God. Great fears and misconceptions rise up in their minds. Empty and alone, people run from God instead of running to Him. Have you experienced this? Have you wondered how to reach those who are angry, distant, afraid, or self-sufficient? Learn to share the often ignored message of a wounded Savior with a broken world. Pray with others when they are breaking under the load. Watch the Wonderful Counselor set people free from the shackles of fear, addiction, and pain.

Instruction includes:
- How to launch ministry, as Jesus did, to:
- Heal the brokenhearted
- Deliver the captives
- Recover sight to the blind
- Set at liberty those who are bruised
- How to share the often ignored gospel message of a wounded Savior, One who has
- Chosen to personally identify with the experience of every human being

Practical skills include:
- Sharing the gospel presentation of a wounded Savior
- Connecting people with the Wonderful Counselor
- Leading people to victory from the shackles of addiction, shame, guilt, fear, and
- Pain
- Praying with others

WINSOME WITNESSING
Excellent training in how to give personal Bible studies by Gary Gibbs. WinSome Witnessing includes methods for getting Bible studies with others, how to write a Bible study, how to give a Bible study, and how to assist others in making faith commitments.

BIBLE STUDIES GOD WROTE
Many Bible studies have been written. And yet none of them can compare with the Bible studies that God Himself has already written. Learn how to use these studies, and watch how God changes lives!

Instruction includes:
- Sharing God’s word
- Getting and giving in-home Bible studies
- Leading small group studies
- Presenting short public seminars on Bible topics
- Making appeals

THE ART & SCIENCE OF DECISION
Bringing God's still small voice to people in the valley of decision

THE ART & SCIENCE OF DECISIONS
When God’s word is skillfully shared, God speaks directly to the hearts and minds of our audience and irresistibly draws them directly into His presence. To lead a person to decision is both an art and a science. It is the art of helping a person hear God’s still small voice. It is the science of how the Holy Spirit uses the Soul Winner to share God’s word with People who are in the valley of decision.

Instruction includes:
- The use and power of God’s word to lead to decision
- The work of the Holy Spirit to bring conviction
- The role of the Soul winner
- The way people make decisions
- The skill of being a partner with God’s Holy Spirit to make strong, yet tender,
- Appeals for decision

Practical skills include:
- Awakening conviction
- Recognizing the signs of conviction
- Knowing when to ask for a decision
- Asking for decision
- Using God’s word to ask for decisions
- Helping those who struggle
- Much more …

Success in any line demands a definite aim. And so, Jesus, the Blueprint for all successful evangelism, has given us an example to guide us as we make plans to reach the lost. The more we study the Blueprint, the greater will be our success. Learn, from Jesus Himself, how to organize a 12-month personal and church cycle of evangelism.