Mark 16:15
And he said unto them, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature
Recently I have had the opportunity to join a business group where members seek to get referrals for other members. On Friday past, one member had 7 referrals for others in the group. Needless to say he got a standing ovation. When there is a referral being given there is normally 3 people involved. There is the one who has a need and the one who can fulfil the need and then the one who makes the introduction.
As I thought of this structured way of giving referrals I started to think that there was a spiritual application here. There is a world of people who have a great need. They were born in sin and need a Saviour. We know "One"
who can meet that need and His Name is Jesus Christ. All we need to do is to make some introductions. How hard can that be? For business we will go to any length for success but many times spiritually we keep our mouth closed.
To pass on a Spiritual referral we need to keep our eyes and ears open for the opportunities to share Jesus Christ with those in need. We should live in such a way that others will see that we are Christians. Maybe we need a few conversation starters that will open the door for us to share Jesus Christ.
Try some of these to see what happens:
* Carry a Bible to school or work
* Wear a "Jesus Saves" or some other Christian badge
* Wear a Christian t-shirt
* Give out Gospel literature - Tracts, Books, Booklets, CDs, DVDs etc
The most important thing in "referral giving" is to get the other 2 parties talking. Let us encourage the unsaved to seek God today.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
We have also a responsibility to pray that God might speak to the hearts of the ungodly.
John 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Participate in the Christian referral business. Introduce a person to Jesus Christ who is able to meet their need for forgiveness.
1 comment:
I am going to make this short and sweet, because asking for referrals from our clients should be a natural and comfortable act and not some slick technique. The whole problem is in the way we THINK about asking for referrals. Most sales people still have a wrong way of thinking about this and it is the same misunderstanding about the thinking about setting appointments.
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kimrennin
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