Reaching Your World with Luis Palau show

Summary: A year after giving my life to Christ at age twelve, my zeal for the Lord dissipated. I began to hang out more with friends who weren’t interested in God. At the time I believed going to dances or reading magazines about cars were sinful to do on Sunday. But I did these things anyway with my friends. I stopped boldly sharing my new faith with others. I felt worldly, sinful, and guilty but couldn’t get out. I knew deep down that I still belonged to Christ. But the pressure not to be considered a fool was too much for me. “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe,” it says in King Solomon’s proverb. As a young teenager, fear of my friends' perception and fear of rejection motivated me, and I’m ashamed of it. The fear of man can hinder many followers of Christ in sharing the good news. We learn to avoid situations where we could be rejected. It is difficult to overcome these natural fears but Christ’s perfect love can. I learned to overcome these fears and so can you. My friends, the reward of sharing the good news with someone and seeing them accept Christ is worth any risk or foolish fears. This is Luis Palau.