Be Prepared to Share

Be Prepared to Share

From Our Daily Bread Podcast | Our Daily Bread by Our Daily Bread Ministries

June 11, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of being prepared to share one's faith and the impact of sharing the gospel with others.

The teenager stood her ground. While her high school group was visiting a home for people in rehab from addictions, Claire engaged in conversation with a twentysomething man who towered over her in size. They talked about faith. Claire clearly presented the gospel of Jesus. He countered with his spiritual views, which were very different. Back and forth they went in a friendly give-and-take way. Finally, the young man looked at Claire and said, “You got me. I can’t argue with what you’re saying.” Though he didn’t put his faith in Jesus, a seed had been planted. And while Claire would have loved for the young man to have received Christ, her disappointment was balanced by the reality that she’d done what God called her to do that day: “Be prepared to give an answer” (1 Peter 3:15). She had lovingly shared God’s plan of salvation. Claire wasn’t ashamed of the gospel (Romans 1:16). She was prepared to “give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15). And she knew how to let her “conversation be . . . full of grace” so she would “know how to…

People in this episode

Guest: Claire

Topics covered

  • faith sharing
  • gospel presentation
  • spiritual conversation
  • Christianity
  • hope
  • salvation

Keywords

  • faith
  • gospel
  • salvation
  • Christian
  • conversation
  • hope
  • spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1 Peter 3:15, Romans 1:16, Colossians 4:6

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