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[Pages:1]Most of us don't realize the amount of spiritual or church jargon that has crept into our language. When we ask children to "open their hearts to Jesus"

or tell them that "Jesus paid the price for your sins", we often leave them victims of confusion.

Get the gospel message across to children effectively. Avoid barriers and distractions that jargon often create.

When you say this:

The child may think this:

You should say this instead:

Ask Jesus into your

heart.

How is He going to fit?

Jesus

paid the

price

for your sins.

Jesus is knocking on the door

to come

into your

heart.

Let Jesus

be Lord

of your

life.

How much does a lie cost?

What door?

Is that the sound

coming from my

heart?

Lord

of the Rings?

Start a personal relationship

with Jesus today.

Jesus

allowed himself to be punished

instead of you.

Jesus wants to be

your friend.

Follow

what Jesus says and ask him to help

you do the right thing.

He

rose again.

He rows again? In a fishing boat... gently

down the stream.

Jesus

became alive again.

God

is a

Holy God.

God is full of holes? Must be the

nails.

Man has sinned.

I'm not

a man.

I'm a girl.

God is good and perfect.

We all have done

wrong things.

So that you

can have

eternal life.

And

never, ever,

ever die?

So that you can be with

God forever, and

when you die

you will go

to heaven.

The grace

of God...

The grays of God? That's the color of heaven before it

rains, right?

God is very

loving, kind and generous.

What we say is not necessarily the same as what the child hears. Removing spiritual or church jargon from your gospel presentation is one big step you can take to improve clarity and understanding.

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