Why don't we evangelize?

In his recent book, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, Mark Dever begins by asking the question, "why don't we evangelize?" Part of his answer is that we don't plan to evangelize. And to that he offers 12 steps to take to counteract that mindset:

• Pray (for opportunities)
• Plan (to put ourselves in positions to share the gospel)
• Accept (that this is our job)
• Understand (that not having the spiritual gift of evangelism doesn't mean we don't have the duty to evangelize)
• Be faithful (to share the gospel)
• Risk (by obeying, even when uncertain of the response)
• Prepare (by knowing the gospel…)
• Look (for opportunities)
• Love others (because you will give the gospel to those whom you love)
• Fear (God, who is our merciful redeemer and savior)
• Stop (blaming God and excusing ourselves on the basis of His sovereignty)
• Consider (what God has done for us in Christ)