Its all just talk.

Do you talk about Jesus as naturally as you do about the team you support or your kids or your hobby? If people are to see that Jesus is the thing I treasure most, if they are meant to ask me about the hope that I have then it must be reflected in my conversation. If I only talk about him in 'God conversations' then people will think we compartmentalise our lives and that we are hypocrites.

I'm not saying we continually spout theological words and phrases but that our faith and our saviour should be a part of our everyday lives. So often the temptation when asked is to say oh yeah I think this. When actually I think this because the Bible says so. If that's the case why not say it. Yes you may get the odd funny look but it is saying morality is a matter of God's revelation, he sets the standards that I live by, it isn't that I've just decided this is right or wrong based on how I feel.

When someone talks about their problems with you I guess with a Christian we'd naturally offer to pray for them. So why don't we do that with all of our friends? If a friend is struggling at work why don't we offer to pray with them. It shows them that we believe prayer works, that we are dependent upon God.

When they ask how our week has been why is my reply so often not in terms of what God has done, even when people from church ask, let alone when my mates from the pub ask? Is it that I am afraid? Is it that I am embarrassed? Do I fear their rejection?

How can I expect them to ask me about the hope I have if I never articulate that hope in my every day conversation. How will they take Christianity and Christ seriously if they do not see that his sacrifice and love dominates the whole of my life not just one little compartment.

"But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord" I Peter 3:15