How to Share Your Faith Using Valentine's Day
Ahhh, Love is in the air…
Or is that a fat, curly-haired angel with heart shaped arrows?
Either way, there’s no denying that today, February 14th, is Valentine’s Day. It’s the day where everyone’s thoughts turn to love and hearts and candy and cards. Just look around!
You’ll see girls with hearts floating around their heads, dreaming of the perfect Valentine’s Day that their Prince Charming is planning for them.
You’ll also see guys running here and there on Monday afternoon, freaking out because they totally forgot about Valentine’s Day and they’re trying to figure out what last minute gift to get for their special lady.
There will be more candy, cards, and flowers bought on this day than any day of the year!
So, how can you use all this mushiness as a witnessing tool? I’m glad you asked.
As mentioned above, and as you already know, Valentine’s Day focuses on love, love, love. There will be people who are overjoyed with what they got for Valentine’s Day, and there will be people disappointed in what they got. There will be some people who don’t get anything – some may not care, while others may be crushed. All of these situations can be used to talk about the LOVE of Jesus Christ!!
Jesus gave us a gift of love as well. He was (and still is) in love with a very special person…EVERYONE! His gift had a very special name on it…EVERYONE!
Jesus came to earth and gave the greatest gift of love possible…his own life! Just check out John 15:12-13.
So today and this week you’re going to have tons of different opportunities to share the Gospel of Jesus by using Valentine’s Day to get your foot in the door. How? Let’s take a look.
First of all, you can always open up the conversation by asking what the person got for Valentine’s Day. It will always lead to one of the situations above. From there you can go into it depending on his or her response (we’ll assume it’s a girl for the examples).
If she LIKED what she got you can mention that Jesus gave us a gift that we’re sure to like as well. In fact, it’s even better than the one that she got from her boyfriend! That gift is eternal life with Christ, which saves you from an eternity in Hell. He offers that gift to her freely and all she has to do is believe it and accept it.
If she DID NOT LIKE what she got you can mention that Jesus gave us a gift that she WILL like. It’s the greatest gift ever and is the greatest example of love ever! That gift is eternal life with Christ. He offers that gift to her freely and all she has to do is believe it and accept it.
If she didn’t get anything and is HAPPY about it, you can tell her, “I know someone who loves you more than anything, more than his very own life, and he wants to give you something. Would you want that?” You can then tell her about how Jesus came to earth and died for her so that she could have eternal life with him forever! He offers that gift to her freely and all she has to do is believe it and accept it.
If she didn’t get anything and IS NOT HAPPY about it, you can tell her, “I know someone who loves you more than anything, more than his very own life, and he wants to give you something. He’s wanted to give it to you your whole life because he loves you so much. Do you want me to tell you about him and the gift?” From there you can tell her about how Jesus came to earth and died for her so that she could have eternal life with him forever! He offers that gift to her freely and all she has to do is believe it and accept it.
For all of these, be sure you have the Gospel message down! Check out the GOSPEL Journey so that you can be sure you’re sharing the true message of Jesus Christ.
And now, I challenge you as Jesus’ army of Christian Cupids…get out there and share the love!
