You can’t preach to someone who is hungry and expect him or her to listen to you. However, if you give the person some food, he or she will listen to you because everyone responds to love.
If you want to talk to someone about accepting the love of God, you must first show that same love to the fellow. A story was told about a little boy whose shoelace got tangled in church and who had some difficulty loosening it. Suddenly, a man stooped to help him lace his shoe properly, and before he could say ‘thank you,” the man was gone. He ran to his mother and said, “I have seen Jesus! He helped tie my shoelace.” After some minutes of searching for the man who helped him tie his shoelace, the boy’s description led them to the pastor of the church.
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