Balance in Evangelism

I read a very helpful book by Mark Dever called "The Gospel and Personal Evangelism. One thing that has remained with me as I have prayed about sharing the Gospel is the balance that Mark Dever lays out between honesty, urgency, and joy.

Honesty means we can't hold back any parts of the Gospel. The Gospel is the call to repent of the sins that we love and turn to a holy God who we're called to love.
Urgency means we keep in mind that there could not be a tommorrow and there are people who are headed to hell without the saving power of the Gospel.
Joy means that we are truly affected by the Gospel and are sharing it in light of the newfound freedom we ourselves have beeng graced with undeservingly.

Be encouraged to look to Christ and let His love compel you to share the Gospel with others! Do it with honesty, urgency, and joy and trust God that His word does not go out and come back empty.

"For the love of Christ compels us, because we have concluded this: that one died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who might live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised."
2 Corinthians 5:14