Why I Wrote This Book
I have written this book to equip and encourage Christians to step out and share their faith in everyday situations. God has placed us in this world to tell others about Him. Once we are in heaven we won’t need to do that anymore. Everyone there will already know Jesus! But if we want those who do not know Him to be with us in heaven one day, then we must tell them what we know, today.
How we do that is key. People don’t need to be preached down to—they need to be inspired to look up. They need to see real people with real solutions to real problems. They need to know people who live in the same neighborhoods and deal with the same frustrations, but who do so with joy, peace, and love. They need to hear something that is true and good, something that really works and comes with no strings attached. They need to hear the gospel and see the power of Jesus Christ demonstrated in the lives of believers, every day and everywhere.
The truths I share are nothing new. Since the day Jesus ascended into heaven and commanded His disciples to go into the world and be His witnesses, many helpful books on the topic of evangelism have been written. Most of them provide training or some methodology or formula geared towards teaching believers how to reach the world for Christ. While some of these ideas are useful, the problem with most is that they focus more on a method than on depending upon the leading and empowering of the Holy Spirit. He is the only One who can open effective doors for the gospel to go forth.
The message of this book differs because it is based solely on the example of Jesus Christ. And Jesus’ approach contradicts many of the evangelistic models and techniques taught and practiced in Christian circles today. We learn from Jesus that being an evangelist is not something we need to be taught how to do, but rather it is an overflow of who we already are in Him.
Reader Reviews
Pastor Lloyd, God bless you in the name of our risen Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus!! I just finished your book and was so very blessed and healed, that I was compelled to write you. Thank you very much for your heart, your insight and your sensitivity re daily conversations. Man, we get so busy and run flat-out sometimes over here in Iraq (Nurse/Medic) that I forget to slow down and be quiet. Thank you! As a nurse, I have the perfect job and avenue to share the love of God in my vocation…sometimes a gentle word, tone of voice, eye contact, hand on the shoulder or holding a hand, heals more than medicine…He is after all, the Great Doc’, right? I will reread the book and work the Word for more. God bless you and your ministry and your people!
– John H. (86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq )
Captivating, educational, edifying, exhorting are a few words that come to mind as I read this book. Even though I have read and heard sermons on the woman at the well, I found myself captive. I had to find out the ending! The example that Jesus left us in that moment can be over-read or overlooked at times. To have Lloyd break it down and really dig in to the fruit, then lay it out for us was an amazing blessing. Its an easy read, yet challenging to the heart and soul of any believer. Well informed yet not dragged out. The acronym of S.H.A.R.E. is a great way to remember the points made. It was a blessing to me and can be to many others in an eternal way. I learned that sometimes it is ok to leave the “Sword” at home and bring the “Love Letter”, or at least keep the Sword holstered. “People don’t need to be preached down to – they need to be inspired to look up” Lloyd Pulley.
– - Carlos Manuel Perez
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