Met up with a a friend named Raymond at the downtown plaza and we prayed together before stepping out in faith. I got to talk with a guy who is a believer in Jesus. He is out of work and looking for a job. He still has some personal struggles and temptations and allowed me to pray for him. We had an awesome talk about the Bible, the Gospel, and I got to give him a tract, and share my personal testimony about how Jesus has changed my life.
Before in our conversation he had said that he didn't have a pocket Bible, so I asked if I could get him one. Well I didn't have one on me or even in my car, but found a recovery Bible at a local bookstore downtown. When I gave it to him he was so thankful, and had said that he had one of these before but not as small as this one. Remember to do crazy things like buy Bibles for people we don't even know, it impacts people and can change there lives. What a wonderful day I had.
Well I went downtown again and had an awesome time at night. I got to hand out about 200 tracks and had 5 short but good conversations with people. One which I attends church and was able to encourage. However near the end of the night, I met some resistance by a so called believer who claimed to be a prophet. He has a lot of anger towards the Lord and people who encourage him to read his Bible. At one point when he was yelling at me I thought he was gonna hit me.
Matthew 5:44 says, "But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you". How we encounter people is so important when we witness to them, because it is the whole package. The words we use, how we speak, non verbal communication, etc. How we encounter them speaks volumes to them, and our words are the overflow of our heart.
Thanks be to our Awesome God, he took care of me and I had an awesome group of Christians praying right behind me (my wife Anna, and Josh and Tanya Allen). I've heard it said that when you toss a rock into a pack of wolves the one who yelps the loudest is the one who is hurt. This guy is misguided in his beliefs and is believing in a false doctrine, please pray for him to see the truth and the love of Jesus. I thank God that the day before when I encouraged a believer to read his Bible he allowed me to buy him a recovery Bible, and almost cried thanking me. We serve an Awesome God!
I had another great time at the downtown market and passed out about 400 tracks and had a few conversations. I learned this week to wait on the Lord, and ask Him for His strength and to fill me with His Holy Spirit many times. Pray that the message is getting into the right hands. I have seen people pass a tract to another person in there group and even have had many people run back up to me asking for more.
How can we keep the best thing that happened to us, only to ourselves? And that guy who claimed to be a prophet of God but didn't like to read his word, should be an example to us that we need to out witness people like him. Remember there are strangers all around you. Don't let them get away!
Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter
Before in our conversation he had said that he didn't have a pocket Bible, so I asked if I could get him one. Well I didn't have one on me or even in my car, but found a recovery Bible at a local bookstore downtown. When I gave it to him he was so thankful, and had said that he had one of these before but not as small as this one. Remember to do crazy things like buy Bibles for people we don't even know, it impacts people and can change there lives. What a wonderful day I had.
Well I went downtown again and had an awesome time at night. I got to hand out about 200 tracks and had 5 short but good conversations with people. One which I attends church and was able to encourage. However near the end of the night, I met some resistance by a so called believer who claimed to be a prophet. He has a lot of anger towards the Lord and people who encourage him to read his Bible. At one point when he was yelling at me I thought he was gonna hit me.
Matthew 5:44 says, "But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you". How we encounter people is so important when we witness to them, because it is the whole package. The words we use, how we speak, non verbal communication, etc. How we encounter them speaks volumes to them, and our words are the overflow of our heart.
Thanks be to our Awesome God, he took care of me and I had an awesome group of Christians praying right behind me (my wife Anna, and Josh and Tanya Allen). I've heard it said that when you toss a rock into a pack of wolves the one who yelps the loudest is the one who is hurt. This guy is misguided in his beliefs and is believing in a false doctrine, please pray for him to see the truth and the love of Jesus. I thank God that the day before when I encouraged a believer to read his Bible he allowed me to buy him a recovery Bible, and almost cried thanking me. We serve an Awesome God!
I had another great time at the downtown market and passed out about 400 tracks and had a few conversations. I learned this week to wait on the Lord, and ask Him for His strength and to fill me with His Holy Spirit many times. Pray that the message is getting into the right hands. I have seen people pass a tract to another person in there group and even have had many people run back up to me asking for more.
How can we keep the best thing that happened to us, only to ourselves? And that guy who claimed to be a prophet of God but didn't like to read his word, should be an example to us that we need to out witness people like him. Remember there are strangers all around you. Don't let them get away!
Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter
