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Soul winning has really taken on a different meaning for me. I remember soul winning prior to coming to the River and RBI/RSW. I had witnessed to plenty of people, but could never close the deal. I never saw anyone saved. It didn’t bother me too much. The people I talked with around me seemed to be in the same boat. Some had actually leaded a person or maybe even two to the Lord. Wow, I used to think. This is amazing. However, knowing that others had led people to the Lord or the fact that I had tried and had not succeeded didn’t make me feel any better about it. I also had been taught, in a subtle way, that really, seeing people saved was the pastor’s job. You get them to church and he will get them saved.

That all changed when I came to the River and RBI/RSW. First off, I really learned that we were all called to seek and save that which was lost. Its one thing to know it. It’s another to believe it. I began to believe it. The second thing I learned was to soul win you had to make a conscious effort to go find lost people. People who needed Jesus. I don’t think you ever forget the first person you pray the prayer of salvation with. I haven’t. The final thing, and this was the real clincher, was that you need a good tool; something that worked. I remember talking to someone who had actively gone soul winning every Thursday night for 2 years and never won a soul to the Lord. I told him it was like fishing. Don’t tell me you are a fisherman and you haven’t caught a fish in two years.

Finally, soul winning has become very natural. We can talk about the weather or sports. How about eternity? People need Jesus. So why not tell them.