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If you go to a secular workplace everyday, you may wonder what you can do in that kind of environment to share your faith in Jesus Christ, to really have an impact for the Gospel.  Well, here are ten suggestions for sharing God’s love where you work.

1. Set aside a certain time each day or week to pray for your workplace.

• Pray for those in authority.
• Pray for your relationships within the organization.
• Pray for the morale of the workers and a good team atmosphere.
• Pray for whatever distressing or troubling situations you are experiencing.

2. Take prayer walks through your company/organization/building.

Walk through your company, up and down the various hallways and floors, inconspicuously, and silently pray for each person and department as you walk by their office or place of work.

3. Go through your schedule for each day and pray for the people you know you will interact with.

Remember, no one is in your life by accident, so even that difficult co-worker can be changed by God’s love. Ask God to give you wisdom in how best to deal with the difficult people on your job and to help you see them the way he sees them.

4. Plan acts of kindness.

In 2 Timothy 2:24 we read, “And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to   everyone, able to teach, not resentful.”

• Send cards at appropriate times.
• Celebrate significant events in the lives of co-workers—like promotions, or graduations, or marriages and anniversaries.

You have to plan those acts of kindness and be intentional about them.

5. Help others with their workload when you can.

6. Look for opportunities to congratulate and compliment people any time you can.

7. Smile

Your body language is louder than the words you speak. Proverbs reminds us that, “A cheerful look brings joy to the heart. . .” (Proverbs 15:30.)

8. Do the “dirty work” sometimes, even if it’s not your job.

9. Be ready to apologize when you need to.

10. Build relationships with your co-workers by using lunchtime as an opportunity to talk and listen.