Coffee shops are a great place to share the Word! Since the weather has gotten cold here in Ohio, we’ve been spending a lot of time in coffee shops, looking for opportunities to preach the truth. We just follow the Holy Spirit’s leading, looking to see what conversations He leads us into, and then we just take it from there. Generally, we start off chatting about life and, if it doesn’t naturally turn into talking about God, we use the boldness and confidence God gives us (not ours but His!) to simply ask them outright if they go to church (or a similar question).

God knows people’s hearts and He knows who is searching for a personal relationship with Him, so it’s God that connects the people who are searching with those that have the message to give. Sometimes, people don’t even know they’re searching. They might be trying to fill a void in their lives with all kinds of other things (relationships, money, work, addictive substances, fame, material things, etc.), but deep down what they’re needing is to be filled by God, their Creator.

We are so grateful for the many ways God uses us. It is our reasonable service, as the Bible states. We are simply His mouth pieces, and it’s such a peace knowing that we don’t have to do any convincing. We simply speak truth and the Lord does the rest (“gives the increase,” 1 Corinthians 3:7).