{"id":25843,"date":"2023-01-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/?p=25843"},"modified":"2023-06-07T13:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T03:29:32","slug":"remember-what-you-used-to-be-like-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/twft\/remember-what-you-used-to-be-like-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember What You Used To Be Like? (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018I try to find common ground with everyone.\u2019 1 Corinthians\u00a09:22\u00a0NLT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to develop \u2018spiritual amnesia\u2019. You forget what you used to be like. And that attitude affects the people you deal with each day. Kelli Trujillo writes: \u2018I\u2019ve a workplace acquaintance who embodies all the negative stereotypes of evangelical Christians. She\u2019s judgmental, her behaviour borders on bizarre, she\u2019s completely (and purposefully) out of touch with culture. She considers any attempt to tone down her evangelism as persecution. None of us wants to be like that so we hop on the pendulum as it swings in the other direction and our efforts become so subtle, they\u2019re imperceptible.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>How can we share our faith, while maintaining a high level of integrity?<\/p>\n<p>(1) Ask sincere questions and listen with a caring spirit.<\/p>\n<p>(2) When appropriate, tell others you\u2019re praying for them\u2014then do it!<\/p>\n<p>(3) Pray driving to work and ask God to help you see your workplace as a mission field.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Don\u2019t downplay the importance of your faith. When it naturally fits a conversation, talk about church, prayer, Scripture, and Christian community. Let others see joy and purpose in your life.<\/p>\n<p>(5) Demonstrate God\u2019s love for<i> all<\/i> people by helping as a volunteer, not just church things but in your community too.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Strive for excellence. Be the person that your manager and co-workers rely on to do a solid job.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Invite co-workers to events with your Christian friends. Non-churchgoers are often open to going to church events, especially at Christmas or Easter.<\/p>\n<p>(8) When you\u2019re not sure about when to speak, check in with God and<i> \u2018say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.\u2019<\/i> (Mark\u00a013:11\u00a0NIV)<\/p>\n<p>(9) Above all\u2014maintain a humble attitude!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/soulfood\/todays-readings-27Jan2023\/\">SoulFood<\/a>: Gen 7-9, Luke 6:17-26, Ps 104:24-35, Pro 3:11-12<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #41423d; font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 18px;\">The Word for Today<\/em><span style=\"color: #41423d; font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 18px;\"> is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright \u00a9 2023<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018I try to find common ground with everyone.\u2019 1 Corinthians\u00a09:22\u00a0NLT It\u2019s easy to develop \u2018spiritual amnesia\u2019. You forget what you used to be like. And that attitude affects the people you deal with each day. Kelli Trujillo writes: \u2018I\u2019ve a workplace acquaintance who embodies all the negative stereotypes of evangelical Christians. She\u2019s judgmental, her behaviour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[200,49,201,202,47],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucbasiapacific.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}