This month was a time of depending on the Lord and being very thankful. When I got to take my dog to the local groomer I was able to give the lady a Pocket Testament Gospel of John and a generous tip. Even in the ordinary everyday things of life there are people who need the Gospel and there are so many opportunities in front of us.
If you are not growing in your relationship with God, and need more fuel then I want to encourage you to start witnessing and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When you share your faith in Jesus Christ, by witnessing it will do the following: Drive you to the Bible, Drive you to Prayer, and Drive you away from Sin. Halloween was another opportunity for us as we gave out tracts with candy as kids came to our door.
Remember that when you witness, you can trust the Holy Spirit to do the following: Illuminate the mind of unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4:3-4), Pierce the heart of unbelievers (Acts 2:37), and Move the direction of unbelievers (Luke 15:18). Don't let the gospel that you preach be molded by what gets an immediate response.
Preach the whole gospel, trying to persuade and plead for people to believe, but know that you cannot convert a person. And then let God do with it what he will. He alone can call the dead to life. The gospel is powerful, and God is committed to using us to spread this good news.
I was blessed by going to our Saturday morning farmers market and gave out about 200 tracts one week, and then about the same amount again the next week. I met up with some friends and some people helping them to step outside of their comfort zone. We were asked to move outside the market area due to no leafleting inside the conned off area. Without wanting to get into a huge disagreement we complied and the Lord blessed that.
A lady with 3 dogs needing adoption came beside us and gathered more people than we could hand out tracts to. The next week a man dressed as a clown brought dozens of kids next to us also. Remember that evangelism itself isn't converting people. It is simply telling the message of the good news of Jesus Christ. We don't hope to evangelize. We do it, knowing that God is glorified in it. God commands everyone who believes in Christ to preach the gospel. It is not a guilt-driven burden, but a joyful privilege.
During one of my lunch breaks I went to our downtown plaza and had a great conversation with a stranger. The guy had some strange concepts about the afterlife but said he was a believer in Jesus. I got to encourage him to read His Bible and left him with a "Why Christianity" tract. Even though this man had no job and no place to stay he was thankful that he had his truck to sleep in.
Wow, how many times have I been thankful for God meeting my needs? As a spiritual person your family no doubt will be looking to you. You now have an opportunity to pray for the meals, and talk about how thankful you are that God saved you. Anywhere people congregate is a great place to reach the lost. Practice, Practice, Practice. Cary tracts with you where ever you go.
My wife and I went to Albuquerque in New Mexico for a week due to my work having a conference there. However we got to meet up with some brothers and sisters at a Calvary Chapel there who were going through the Way of the Master training class. We were both strengthened and blessed. After the conference we stayed a few extra nights, and did some witnessing.
One night I had felt I had not done enough witnessing and couldn't sleep. We had brought 500 tracts called "Why Christianity?", so I slid a Gospel tract under every single door in that three story hotel building. Near the end a lady on staff told me that there was no soliciting and my heart nearly stopped. I must have looked like a deer in the headlights, but she was only joking and told me it was okay to leave tracts for people.
We had several great conversations in the airport and on the plane using the plane and law of gravity analogy telling people to choose the "parachute". We handed out tracts to people waiting to board the planes and know that the Holy Spirit will do the rest. Remember that Acts 5:32 shows us that we are working with the Holy Spirit being obedient to the command of God. So if we do not witness in the power of the Holy Spirit, then our efforts are in vain and will be ineffective.
Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter
If you are not growing in your relationship with God, and need more fuel then I want to encourage you to start witnessing and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When you share your faith in Jesus Christ, by witnessing it will do the following: Drive you to the Bible, Drive you to Prayer, and Drive you away from Sin. Halloween was another opportunity for us as we gave out tracts with candy as kids came to our door.
Remember that when you witness, you can trust the Holy Spirit to do the following: Illuminate the mind of unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4:3-4), Pierce the heart of unbelievers (Acts 2:37), and Move the direction of unbelievers (Luke 15:18). Don't let the gospel that you preach be molded by what gets an immediate response.
Preach the whole gospel, trying to persuade and plead for people to believe, but know that you cannot convert a person. And then let God do with it what he will. He alone can call the dead to life. The gospel is powerful, and God is committed to using us to spread this good news.
I was blessed by going to our Saturday morning farmers market and gave out about 200 tracts one week, and then about the same amount again the next week. I met up with some friends and some people helping them to step outside of their comfort zone. We were asked to move outside the market area due to no leafleting inside the conned off area. Without wanting to get into a huge disagreement we complied and the Lord blessed that.
A lady with 3 dogs needing adoption came beside us and gathered more people than we could hand out tracts to. The next week a man dressed as a clown brought dozens of kids next to us also. Remember that evangelism itself isn't converting people. It is simply telling the message of the good news of Jesus Christ. We don't hope to evangelize. We do it, knowing that God is glorified in it. God commands everyone who believes in Christ to preach the gospel. It is not a guilt-driven burden, but a joyful privilege.
During one of my lunch breaks I went to our downtown plaza and had a great conversation with a stranger. The guy had some strange concepts about the afterlife but said he was a believer in Jesus. I got to encourage him to read His Bible and left him with a "Why Christianity" tract. Even though this man had no job and no place to stay he was thankful that he had his truck to sleep in.
Wow, how many times have I been thankful for God meeting my needs? As a spiritual person your family no doubt will be looking to you. You now have an opportunity to pray for the meals, and talk about how thankful you are that God saved you. Anywhere people congregate is a great place to reach the lost. Practice, Practice, Practice. Cary tracts with you where ever you go.
My wife and I went to Albuquerque in New Mexico for a week due to my work having a conference there. However we got to meet up with some brothers and sisters at a Calvary Chapel there who were going through the Way of the Master training class. We were both strengthened and blessed. After the conference we stayed a few extra nights, and did some witnessing.
One night I had felt I had not done enough witnessing and couldn't sleep. We had brought 500 tracts called "Why Christianity?", so I slid a Gospel tract under every single door in that three story hotel building. Near the end a lady on staff told me that there was no soliciting and my heart nearly stopped. I must have looked like a deer in the headlights, but she was only joking and told me it was okay to leave tracts for people.
We had several great conversations in the airport and on the plane using the plane and law of gravity analogy telling people to choose the "parachute". We handed out tracts to people waiting to board the planes and know that the Holy Spirit will do the rest. Remember that Acts 5:32 shows us that we are working with the Holy Spirit being obedient to the command of God. So if we do not witness in the power of the Holy Spirit, then our efforts are in vain and will be ineffective.
Seek and save that which is lost and press on in Love,
Tim Molter
