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READ: JOHN 3:16-18; COLOSSIANS 4:3-6; 1 PETER 3:15-16\n\n\n\nMy niece got me thinking recently. She wrote me a letter asking what I would tell her about Jesus if she didn\u2019t know about Him. She said she wanted to know so that she would know what to share with others. I was surprised when I didn\u2019t have an immediate answer for her.\n\n\n\nAs I spent time thinking, I considered the fact that you really need to know what someone has heard about God and Jesus before you can start sharing with them in a helpful way. You need to know what their beliefs are and how they feel about things. You need to listen to them.\n\n\n\nI told my niece some of that, and then I told her I would want her to know that God loves her. I would want her to know that she can be forgiven and that there is grace out there big enough to forgive us over and over again.\n\n\n\nAs I thought about what I would share with someone if they didn\u2019t know Jesus, I thought about how I would explain that they were carefully crafted by God. Rather than just jumping into Jesus\u2019s death and resurrection, I would want to start with a bit of a backstory.\n\n\n\nI\u2019m thankful that my ten-year-old niece got me thinking about all of this, and I\u2019m in awe of how she wants to go out and share about Jesus with others. It can be so helpful for us to think about what we would say to someone who doesn\u2019t know Jesus\u2014and to consider how different people will need to hear His message of hope in different ways. \u2022 Emily Acker\n\n\n\n\u2022 Have you had opportunities to tell others about God\u2019s perfect love and justice, and how He made the way for us to be saved through Jesus? What was it like?\n\n\n\n\u2022 Has someone ever shared the gospel (good news) with you? Did their explanation make sense to you, or did it confuse you? If you want to know more about the gospel, check out our \u201cKnow Jesus\u201d page.\n\n\n\n\u2022 God invites us to be part of His good work of sharing the hope of Jesus with others, and He knows that everyone is different. Through His Holy Spirit, He\u2019ll help us tell people about Jesus in ways that will resonate with them. The first step in telling others about Jesus is listening to them. You can ask questions like, \u201cWho do you think Jesus was?\u201d or \u201cWhat do you think God is like?\u201d or \u201cWhat have your experiences with Christians been like?\u201d\n\n\n\nI have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart; I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power. I have told everyone in the great assembly of your unfailing love and faithfulness. Psalm 40:10 (NLT)