{"id":7326,"date":"2023-04-14T07:22:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/high-school\/go-to-the-campus\/?p=7326"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:29:13","slug":"how-to-turn-a-conversation-to-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/high-school\/go-to-the-campus\/how-to-turn-a-conversation-to-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn a Conversation to Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The good news of Jesus connects to all parts of our lives. Therefore, there is potential within any conversation to turn it to Christ. If this is true, why do we find it so hard to bring up Jesus in our everyday interactions with the people around us, even with the students to whom we are ministering? How do we begin to cultivate habits of obedience in telling people about Jesus and hearing their beliefs?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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So you find yourself in a conversation with someone who is not yet a believer. Good job getting that far! Starting this connection is half the battle.<\/p>

Now that you are conversing with another human being, you want to direct the conversation toward Jesus and His gospel. In this Go to the Campus<\/em> <\/a>video, Kevin and Mark share that there is a touchpoint for the gospel in every conversation and that the gospel should be shared at the first good opportunity. <\/em><\/p>

Every conversation can pivot to spiritual truth if we are creative, prayerful, and Spirit-led. Within the conversation, focus on discovering the felt needs of the person, and when you see that opportunity, do not hesitate or talk yourself out of it.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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There will be many opportunities to share Jesus with students simply by having a conversation with them.\u00a0 As you talk to them, prayerfully look for some common ground or a need in their lives where you could bring up the importance of having a relationship with God.<\/p>

I met Jaylen at a coffee shop.\u00a0He and a few of his friends came to hear about what Cru offered at his school and I\u2019m pretty sure he came just because he was interested in one of the girls. As I walked away, I prayed for Jaylen.<\/p>

Over the next few weeks, I saw him a few more times at coffee shops and got his phone number. I said, \u201cHey, Jaylen, you know I work with Cru. Would you be interested in meeting with me for coffee and hearing what Cru is all about?\u201d\u00a0 He agreed and we met.<\/p>

As we sat in a coffee shop, I asked him about his spiritual background. He mentioned that he went to church as a child, but stopped after his parents split up. I asked if he had ever read the Bible and heard about what Jesus offers to us. He said that he had never owned a Bible, and that he had heard about Jesus but couldn\u2019t explain what He means to us.<\/p>

I shared a Cru tool called Connecting with God<\/a>\u00a0with him, and we read through Isaiah 53 in the Bible that I gave him. He indicated that he wanted to follow Jesus, but he still had a lot of questions. Because we have approached the subject once, we are able to easily revisit who Jesus is in our next conversation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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There are maybe two or three times a year that you can host a guest speaker to come to your school, or take a group of students to a Christian concert. This is prime time to dig into what the students are thinking about the message.<\/p>

Whether the speaker shares the gospel or not, you can ask questions to gain some understanding of what the person is thinking about God and a relationship with Him.<\/p>

Four questions:<\/p>