To me, the most difficult type of witnessing is coming up to a person that you have never spoken to before and telling them about Jesus. "What do I say?" and "How do I say it?" where questions that I asked God countless times. I mean how do you pack the entire message of salvation into a conversation that may not last more than a minute? I believe the answer to this problem is easy: give them the Gospel in its simplicity. We often make the Gospel sound much more complicated than it really is, which will turn a soul away from God much quicker than just about anything else. Tell them that salvation is God's free gift and all they have to do is repent of their sins and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. That is something that even some Christians have a hard time accepting, but it is the simple truth of the Gospel. Paul said, "But I fear, lest by any means...your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." (11 Corinthians. 11:3)

I have also found that it is helpful to have some "ice-breakers" on hand. Think of a subject that many people will be able to relate to, and how you can turn a conversation on that subject into a conversation about God. One method that I have found to be very easy and successful is looking for somebody in the sporting goods section at Wal-Mart and strike up a conversation with somebody about hunting, fishing, or whatever they appear to be interested in. After the conversation gets going, hand them a gospel tract and say, "Hey, did you get one of these?" When they ask what it is, simply say, "It's a gospel tract." Sometimes just handing somebody a tract will give you an opportunity to verbally share your faith or even invite them to church. Of course, it doesn't necessarily have to be in the sporting goods section, just wherever you happen to be at the time.

We should also bear in mind that our personal testimony is one of our greatest weapons. Even the apostle Paul, who was arguably the greatest evangelist in history, used his personal testimony as a means of witnessing. Some people may complain that they have a "boring testimony", but I believe that those who make such statements are those who do not realize what God truly has done for them. It doesn't matter if you were saved when you were five years old, or if God delivered you from a life of drug abuse, God rescued you from an eternity without Him, and that is something worth talking about. People can argue with your convictions, your doctrines, and your Bible, but it's difficult to argue with a personal experience.

"When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul."

-Ezekiel 3:18, 19