Imagine that one day we receive a phone call but do not recognize the callers voice. He is a stanger, but he asks a question about the types of food we prefer. We wonder who the caller is and what he really wants. Out of politeness, perhaps we might briefly converse with him, but then we would likely indicate that we prefer to end the coversation. On the other hand, imagine that the caller identifies himself, let us know that he works in the field of nutrition, and kindly tells us that he has some helpful information. We would probably be more receptive. After all, we appreciate it when people are straightforward yet tactful when approaching us. How can we extend the same courtesy to those we meet in our ministry? In many territorier, we need to make the purpose of our visit clear to the householder. True, we have valueable information the householder does not have, but suppose we did not really introduce ourrelves and merely began our presentation abruptly with a question like this:
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 06:52:34 +0000
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