I‘d heard through the grapevine that two coworkers, Martha and Maria Claudia, had expressed some interest in spiritual things. So I dropped by their office one day and said, “Hi! I’ve been meaning to ask you both: Would you be interested in reading the Bible with me?” They looked at each other, then back at me, and said yes.

I was surprised by their enthusiasm. When I didn’t get back to them as soon as they expected, they called me to find out when we could start!

It’s an easier enough question. “Would you be interested in reading the Bible with me?” but why do so many of us fear asking it to our unbelieving friends? In this article on Kyria.com the conviction that scripture is powerful and personal is evident in Laura T. De Gomez writing.

Reading together also exposes people directly to the power of Scripture. The God who encourages, convicts, corrects, and sometimes bowls you over with his Word can do the same in an unbeliever’s life. Through the prophet Isaiah, the Lord said, “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud … My word that goes out from my mouth … will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:10-11).

I don’t know what all my friends go through, or what they think—but God does. And I’ve seen him use Scripture to meet their needs, quell their fears, and dispel their misconceptions.

Agree? Start praying for God to open up the doors of opportunity to you and for the people at your church.

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I was at a gig last week with something like 200 people gathered to hear the band play.

And I began to wonder… “what would it take to convert these people?”

As the band played it began to dawn on me that their best chance would be for each of them to read the Bible and in so doing give the Spirit opportunity to  illuminate and convict them of the truth of the gospel as they read it.

So I began to pray that each of the people there would meet someone who would ask them to read the bible with them and I left the gig with a challenge to myself… ask 6 people to read the bible with me who aren’t Christians by the end of the year and to come up with a A1 poster to put outside church to challenge the passer-by to do it on their own.

Chuck the question out there this week “have you read the bible for yourself as an adult?” and offer an invite to read it with them.