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college student named Amanda recently asked me, “How can I share about God’s Truth to all the lukewarm Christians in my life? I get so frustrated seeing their mediocrity and I just don’t know how to get through to them!” It’s a sentiment to which many of us can relate. When we feel passionately about Christianity, we long for those we love to know Jesus the same way we do. We see their lives of compromise and long for them to experience something better, but aren’t quite sure how to get through to them. When I first surrendered my life to Christ at the age of sixteen, many of my acquaintances noticed that my life suddenly looked different. A casual friend of mine, Staci, once asked me why I was no longer dating. I was thrilled that someone wanted to know about my convictions about true purity! So with great enthusiasm and zeal, I launched into a fiery ten-minute lecture about the sinfulness of shallow dating relationships and the dangers of temporary flings. “God doesn’t want us dating around,” I proclaimed. “We should be letting Him write our love stories!” Staci gave me an odd look. “Oh, uh, that’s...interesting,” she mumbled before quickly coming up with an excuse to leave.