One of the most satisfying experiences you can ever have in life, after finding the love of Jesus, is to turn around and pass that same love on to your family, friends, loved ones, neighbors, business associates, and even strangers.

Souls, not diamonds, are forever! Soul-winning (helping people to accept God's eternal gift of salvation through Jesus) has the biggest payoffs and the highest profits of any business in the world-eternal dividends, eternal profits! Even if you never accomplished anything else but won one soul for the Lord, when you got to Heaven and saw that person there, you would be overjoyed and feel that it was worth it all. And they would be thankful to you for all eternity that you told them about Jesus' love and encouraged them to receive Him.

Here are some tips to help you get started as you witness, or talk to others about Jesus:

1. Ask questions!
How are you going to find out who the person you're witnessing to is, or anything about them at all, unless you ask questions? You're like a soul doctor and therefore need to gently probe to find out what their problems are.

2. Listen to the answers!
The first and most important thing is to show them that you love them and are concerned and interested, and you can do this by taking time to listen. All some people need is for somebody to listen, somebody to pour their hearts out to, even if it takes an hour or all night. So that's half the job of being a witness--being a good listener.

3. Give God's answers!
Let them do most of the talking until finally something is said that turns the knob that opens the door for you to witness and give them God's answers to their problems--and the main one, of course, is accepting the Lord.

4. Get a decision!
No matter how good or poor your witness was, or how receptive you think they've been or haven't been, you should always ask them to receive Jesus as their Savior. Sometimes you've got to take a chance, because you may never see them again and they may never get another chance. Pop the question: "Would you like to receive Jesus?" You may get a "yes" or "no" or "maybe later," but get a decision.

(Would you like to find out more about how to witness? Order "One Heart at a Time" from the Get Activated! series today! Happy witnessing!)