The Insider: Bringing the Kingdom of God into Your Everyday World

As a citizen of God’s kingdom, you are already uniquely positioned to live out your kingdom citizenship among the people you relate to every day. God has called you to be an "insider" to your family, neighborhood, and workplace. As you adopt the winsome patterns of a kingdom lifestyle, people in your life will see that there is, indeed, a better way to live. In The Insider, the authors help you:

·See your family, neighborhood, and workplace through kingdom eyes: You’ll discover God’s eternal purposes and the strategic place of the insider, the call of the kingdom of God, and a vision for spiritual generations.

·Overcome the obstacles to fruitfulness: You’ll look at ways to heal fear, isolation, time pressures, and feelings of personal inadequacy.

·Form new kingdom lifestyle patterns: You’ll learn lifelong habits for taking little initiatives, praying and responding, serving others, and exploring the Bible.

Evangelism is not just for the gifted few—it’s for all of us. This paradigm-changing book will give you the awareness and skills you need to share your faith with the people in your everyday relational circles. Discover the profound sense of meaning that comes from being daily connected with the eternal purposes of God.

The authors take the strain between rapport and boldness and built a book around it. They contend that the call followers of Jesus is to make disciples. This command is so much more than simply a sales pitch. People need an ongoing exposure to Jesus if they are going to follow him.

The book is broken down into two parts. The first lays the theological foundation of the book. The second half of the book lists effective behaviors that Jim Peterson has seen in those who have been "bearing fruit" in the area of evangelism. Some areas (i.e., prayer) are intuitive, other areas are not.

One practical suggestion Jim had was to introduce nonbeleivers to Jesus by reading through a book of the Bible. When I read it a few months ago I thought he was crazy. As my husband and I prayed over it, we found ourselves asking others if they would like to read and discuss the book of John. They said yes. Now we have a Bible study of the unchurched and formally churched.

Might I suggest to you, READ THIS BOOK!