It's your final year - exams to get through, friendships to consolidate, thinking about the future ... it's a busy and emotional time. It would be easy to think that there's no time for anything else - church, CU, mission things.

BUT - believe it or not - you'll never be less busy again in your life. Now is your chance to set habits for life.

Non-Christians from your course are soon going to be leaving Uni and getting stuck into the relentless pace of life afterwards. The only Christian contact they may have may be you. They'll be going through the same decision dilemmas as you are, but they haven't got the assurance of being able to trust the Lord of the Universe with their futures. The way you live under Final Year pressure will be a great witness to your friends of your identity in Christ.

Re-thinking Evangelism:

Evangelism is intrinsic to our life as part of the holy nation of believers. Our very existence is defined by God to declare the Good News of Jesus to the world around us.[1]

Evangelism is the ongoing duty of every Christian in every situation as we seek to make Christ's name known to all nations[2]

Evangelism is a partnership with God as His Holy Spirit foes before us to challenge and convince those around us of the truth of the Gospel[3]

Evangelism is long-term: Some sow, and others reap the crop. One Christian organisation said that it takes on average 32 encounters with the message of Christ before conversion.

Evangelism is about telling those around us the confidence we have in Jesus, and doing so with gentleness and respect[4] and a fear of Jesus Christ in our hearts

Evangelism is about a huge passion. The world desperately needs to hear the saving message of Jesus Christ because God is going to judge all of us.[5]

Evangelism is God's business, which He choose to carry out through our lives[6]

Evangelism is not about having clever answers to all of life's problems[7], but about sharing the hope that Jesus gives us in each and every situation

• How about thinking through how you might best use this year to bring those people Christ's offer of the water of life?
• Make a point of spending time with non- Christians on your course / in your year.
• Invite them round for dinner. Play sport or music with them. Discuss your work with them. Use everyday experiences to build bridges with them.
• Look out for those with whom you've lost contact since the first year.
• Live in such a way that your faith in Christ Jesus is blindingly attractive to them, so that they ask you why you have such a hope.

It is amazing how may people become Christians in their Final year, or in their gap year post graduation. It's so often down to a Christian friend who has been praying for them, gently persisting in sharing their faith in Jesus Christ.