Ministry in Focus

I would like to tell you about a great ministry that I discovered at the beginning of summer.  It’s called “Living Water".  What they do is simple but inspiring.  They print and give away Gospels of John.  That’s right, for free.  This is what I call a grace ministry.   They don’t ask for funds. They rely on God to supply their needs.  If for some reason the money isn’t there they wait till it is there to send out an order.  I recommend that you send away for a single copy of the Gospel of John to check out the translation, etc..  Then if you’re a typical believer you can start out with a pack of ten.  Give them to your friends and family.  You’ll be surprised how easy it is to spread God’s word.  Use this book to lead someone to the Lord, using John 3:16.  You can’t go wrong.  Now, if you have a regular Evangelism ministry, as the Lord has called me to, you can get a box of 100. I’m on my second box.  Please check out this ministry, and you want be sorry.  Of course, just because they don’t ask for money doesn’t mean they don’t need   it.  Maybe if you are looking for a ministry to give to I would recommend this to you.  Please visit them at    Livingwater.org

At The Car Show

We set up our evangelism booth at the local car show. Though it called for rain it turned out to be a nice sunny day. We gave out free water again which went well. The gospels of John went really well also. It was good to be meeting people and making small talk from time to time.

I met a woman of about 35 and she didn't have any idea who Jesus was, so I gave her the gospel and she was willing to take a Gospel with my card in it. You may be wondering why I don’t use names of people. I know who they are, but I feel it would be inappropriate to use their names without their knowledge. This lady seemed very curious and interested in spiritual things.

A young man of 24, who use to come to my house and hang out with my kids when he was a teen, stopped by. We made some small talk and he said he was involved to some degree with the local Kingdom Hall or Jehovah’s Witnesses. I told him I was a born again Christian and I shared Christ with him. He also took a gospel.

Please pray for these folks and others we came in contact with.

Street Evangelism

This is another post that will be on going.  That is to say when ever i go out on the streets to witness i will wright about it under the heading of Street Evangelism.

Yesterday i went out to the big city of Rutland, actually its kinda small but its big for a city in Vermont.  I was not out for very long.  It was mid morning and it was getting hot.  I had decided to give out Gospels of John.  I used my standard approach of "hi may I give you a Gospel of John".  I like doing it this way I used to give out Million dollar bill tracts.  However after a while i didn't like it because people would take them , not knowing what they were, and i felt as if i was tricking them, which I was.  The way I do it now, being up front, is much more honest.  People now exactly what I'm giving them.  Please understand I'm not saying that all tracts are bad.  I have tracts when i set up my booth at different venues.  The approach i use with them is I ask the question can i give you something to think about? I tell them its a gospel tract if they want it.  A lot of times i just say, when a person asks what it is, "it teaches how you can have eternal life in Christ Jesus."  In any event, I had my Gospels of John and it was going well.  I stand at a busy intersection and wait for people to pass by,  Its a very good location.  I meet a lot of interesting people and this day was going to be good.  I met two woman one id say in her late 20's and her companion I would say was in her mid 70's.  After giving the books I shared the Gospel with them.  The older woman was interested in receiving Christ which she did, praise God!  After they left a man about 30 came along.  He turned out to be a fellow Christian I told him about the woman who received Christ and i asked him to pray so we did right there on the sidewalk.  i don't know if we drew attention to ourselves but it was a good time of fellowship.  It was a awesome day.

Is The Gospel Free?

What happened to the gospel being free?  Now a days we add things to it
,such as "you must turn from sin before you can believe".  Or how about back filling the gospel with if you don't remain committed you  were not really saved to begin with even worse that you had lost your salvation. 

  I've herd knowledgeable Evangelist say you have to do two things to be saved repent, turn from sins, then believe.  What happened to Faith alone in Christ alone?  The Gospel of John is the book on Evangelism (John 20: 30-31)  and never says you have to  repent let alone turn from your sins.   

I know people will take offense at this and thats okay i plan to continue or update this post from time to time.  In the mean time take a hard look at the Gospel of John again.  Look again at (John 3: 16, 36, 6: 47, 9: 35-38) just to name a few.  well thats all for now, like i said i will revisit this issue from time to time.


ps-sorry for the grammar im not so good