APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY, Week of January 6 to 12, 2024, Start conversations: INFORMAL PREACHING. (Making disciples: a labor of love, Lesson 1 point 3). Prepared Assignment.

APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY, January 6-12, 2024, Start conversations: INFORMAL PREACHING. (Making disciples: a labor of love, Lesson 1 point 3). Prepared Assignment.

Start conversations (3 mins.) INFORMAL PREACHING. (lmd lesson 1 point 3).

Setting: You are talking with someone who comments on your vision of God.

Publisher: Good morning, What do you think about the natural disasters that are happening around the world?

Helper: I believe that God allows bad things to happen because he wants to punish humanity for its mistakes.

Publisher: I understand what you are saying, many people think that. It seems that you have reflected a lot on this topic. What has led you to think this way?

Helper: Well, with so many tragedies and sufferings that we see in the world, it does not seem logical that God is good if he does nothing to stop it.

Publisher: It's true, with everything that happens, it's normal to feel that. And it shows that you seek to understand the reason behind these problems. Would you like to know something interesting I read in the Bible about this?

Assistant: Sure, go ahead.

Publisher: In James 1:13 it says... For with bad things, God cannot be tested. This text shows that bad things do not come from God. What do you think of the idea?

Assistant: I didn't know that. I always thought that everything bad was part of his plan.

Publisher: Yes, many people think so. But the Bible explains that there are other reasons why bad things happen. If you want, we can continue talking about this topic another time. Would you like it?

Helper: I would like to know.

Publisher: How about I come back another time to talk about this topic.

Helper: Okay.