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18 July 2014
02 July 2014
Independence Day Outreach
The weather forecast this year is 82 degrees and no rain! This promising forecast should bring thousands of people to Canton for a perfect evening of fireworks. When there are thousands of people gathering in your hometown area, it is a perfect opportunity to take the gospel to them.
IF you are in the area and would like to join us in this massive outreach, please come...and bring tracts!
When - July 4th (Friday)
Where - Meet in front of Hibbitts Sports (next to Publix in the Riverstone Shopping Center)
Time - 6:30pm
We will meet up, pray up and head out. We should have a good two hours to hand out tracts and, Lord willing, have a few conversations along the way.
If you can't join us, will you pray for us?
Soli Deo Gloria!
22 June 2014
Mission Ottawa (So Far)
A wonderful thing happened as we were searching for a parking space in a very busy downtown Ottawa. by God's providence, we happened upon the likes of Mike Stockwell, Chris Sippley and Kevin Kelley of Jeremiah Cry Ministries, and their families, as they made their way back to their vehicle to leave after a time of evangelism in the downtown core. Knowing we were to be in the vicinity, as well, they had apparently been on a trek seeking us out to visit with us downtown. We chatted for a while on the sidewalk and will continue the fellowship tonight at their campsite before they leave to continue their cross country mission trip across Canada. It was good to see them.
As was our experience yesterday, a beautiful summer like day brought out great multitudes of people to hear and receive the gospel in the downtown core of Ottawa. Well, they didn't exactly come out to hear the gospel preaching as though that was in their plans to do so but they did end up hearing it, some for some of it and some who actually stopped to hear it all.
Again, hundreds of tracts ended up in the hands of passersby. Though Ottawa is filled to the brim with tourists each year, there seems to be a lot more than usual, which is a good thing.
Four of the five of us proclaimed the gospel in the open air numerous times at two busy intersections. The name of Jesus was highly exalted and glory was given to God in the clear and public proclamation of His saving gospel to many souls.
We are now about to enjoy breakfast followed by some worship and prayer together as we get ready for MO day number three. Thank you for you prayers, friends.
As was our experience yesterday, a beautiful summer like day brought out great multitudes of people to hear and receive the gospel in the downtown core of Ottawa. Well, they didn't exactly come out to hear the gospel preaching as though that was in their plans to do so but they did end up hearing it, some for some of it and some who actually stopped to hear it all.
Again, hundreds of tracts ended up in the hands of passersby. Though Ottawa is filled to the brim with tourists each year, there seems to be a lot more than usual, which is a good thing.
Four of the five of us proclaimed the gospel in the open air numerous times at two busy intersections. The name of Jesus was highly exalted and glory was given to God in the clear and public proclamation of His saving gospel to many souls.
We are now about to enjoy breakfast followed by some worship and prayer together as we get ready for MO day number three. Thank you for you prayers, friends.
12 May 2014
Ball Ground Heritage Days Outreach
This Saturday, May 18th, Ball Ground, Georgia will hold its 11th annual Ball Ground Heritage Days Festival. This festival has been gaining in local popularity for the past few years and, of course, where there are a crowd of people, His Feet wants to be there to hand out tracts and engage people in some one-to-one conversations.
If you would like to come out to join us, we would love to have more laborers come alongside us and work in the fields that are ripe for evangelism.
His Feet plans on being in Ball Ground from 1-4pm and then we will head on over to Canton, Ga. for the local Car Show to tract and talk to folks there.
Should be a busy and fun day.
If you can't make it, will you pray for us? Pray that God will be glorified in all we say and do; pray that the Holy Spirit leads us to the people God will have us interact with; pray that God will cause many to repent and place their trust in Christ alone for salvation.
Soli Deo Gloria!
21 April 2014
Car Show Saturday
This
past Saturday, my buddy Cam and I attended our first Car Show of 2014 to hand
out some tracts and have a few conversations.
The
Car Show is every third Saturday in the Riverstone Shopping Center, starts up at
2pm and goes until dark (Weather permitting). We usually get there sometime
between 3:30 and 4:30 and stay an hour or so. The Car Show is a free event, open
to the public and is well attended by car friendly enthusiasts; giving us lot
of opportunities to share the gospel.
Since
this past Saturday was Easter weekend and rainy, we anticipated a lighter crowd
and fewer than usual cars in the show; we were right. Cam and I both left our
houses in the rain but were met with just a fine misty drizzle in Canton when we
arrived at 3:30. The radar showed we would have a small window of opportunity
before the next round of showers came. We prayed up then headed out to hand out
as many of the "Do You Know Him" tracts as we could while there were still
people looking at the cars in the drizzle.
As
always, we start off handing out tracts and let the Holy Spirit guide us to
those who we will have conversations with.
Sometimes
spiritual conversations start with us asking about the car with the car owner or
someone looking over the car. Sometimes spiritual conversations start right
after we hand out a tract and intentionally tell the person that they just
received a gospel tract.
Sometimes
we "know" that we are about to have a spiritual conversation with
someone...especially when we (okay, I) flag someone down, hand them a tract,
tell them it's a tract and then ask them if they have a Christian background
:-) Such was the case Saturday when I saw a twenty-something year old kid, that
I had seen before around Canton, selling snack food to raise money for a local
charity.
After
flagging him down, handing him a tract and introducing ourselves, I
asked Trenton (after telling him what he just received was a gospel tract) if he
had a Christian background.
Here are
the Cliff Notes of how the twenty minute conversation went:
He
said, "Yes sir, I am a Christian." He was a very nice and courteous young man
who was soft spoken always looked me in the eyes when talking. I told him that
was great and could he share with me his salvation story.
Blank
look.
"What
do you mean?" Well, I said, can you share with me something about the day you
came to know Jesus Christ as your Savior?
"I
have always been a Christian."
Really?
"Yes
sir. I was raised a Christian and grew up a Christian."
Trenton,
would you consider yourself a good person?
"Oh,
yes. I am a very good person."
After
taking Trenton through the Law and showing him that he had broken the
Commandments, sinned against God and was in danger of the Judgment, his
self-righteous defense mechanism went up.
Still
proclaiming that he was a good person, he said that he didn't believe that
anyone went to Hell. He said that God had a place for all people and that Hell
was a fictional place that was made up to scare people into becoming
Christians. Reaching for my pocket Bible, I told him I wanted to show him in
Scripture the reality of Hell.
Trenton
then gave me, "The Bible was written by men" speech. While I reasoned that, of
course, the Bible was written by men and didn't evolve (Thanks Ray), Trenton was
having none of it. I had him pause for a moment and tell me who Jesus is.
"Jesus
is the Son of God"
Yes....Is
Jesus God?
"No,
He is the Son of God"
He is
not God in the flesh?
"No"
Again
turning to the Scripture, Trenton told me that he reads the Bible every day but
you can't believe everything written in it.
What
parts can you believe then?
"Huh?"
Trenton,
do go to church locally...here in Canton somewhere?
"No, I
don't believe you have to go to church."
Trenton,
you have told me you don't believe in Hell, you don't believe the Bible is the
inspired Word of God, you don't believe that Jesus is God in the flesh, and you
don't believe in going to church. Trenton, based on what you are telling me, I'm
having a hard time believing you are a Christian.
"Only
God can judge me."
Trenton,
I am not judging you...I am just having a tough time believing, based on
your beliefs, that you are a Christian. Your beliefs don't line up with what the
Scripture teaches.
"I
read my Bible every day; I have to go now."
Trenton,
make sure you read that tract I gave you and tonight, when you get home, read
the Gospel of John chapters 1-3.
"Ok"
Pray
for Trenton. Pray that God will open his heart to the truth.
Soli
Deo Gloria -
15 April 2014
What is so good about Good Friday
This coming Sunday, Christians all over the world will be celebrating the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ on what is traditionally called Easter Sunday.
On that day, Born-Again Christians will pause to remember an event that, not
only shook the world, but shook the very foundation of their own lives.
But
before Resurrection Sunday could happen, there had to be a day that we now call,
"Good Friday".
Good
Friday - This is perhaps the most ironically named day in the history of the
world.
What
in the world was good about Good Friday?
Consider
this:
*
Early that first Good Friday morning, Jesus was betrayed by a disciple named
Judas for thirty pieces of silver - there's nothing good about being
sold out by someone close to you.
*
Jesus was later arrested by Roman soldiers after Judas identified him with the
"Judas kiss" - there's nothing good about being falsely
arrested.
*
Jesus was illegally tried in a mock hearing by the Jewish leaders of the day. -
there's nothing good about being on trial in a kangaroo
court.
* At
that trial, false witnesses were brought in to accuse Jesus of things He never
did - there's nothing good about being accused of crimes you did not
commit.
*
Finding Jesus "guilty", they handed Him over to Pontius Pilot, who turned Him
over to King Herod, and was then sent back to Pontius Pilot - There's
nothing good about being paraded around town and humiliated
publicly.
*
After Herod and Pilot found no claims to the crimes against Jesus, He was forced
to wear a crown of thorns, He was beaten, tortured, and then whipped with a
cat-o-nine tails to please the Jewish leaders - There's nothing good
about being beaten, whipped and tortured to please anybody -
*
After appealing to the people, Pontius Pilot released a criminal named Barrabus,
and thus put in motion a sentence of crucifixion for Jesus - There's
nothing good about a crucifixion -
*
Led to a hill on Calvary, Jesus was laid down on
a cross and 6" nails were driven through His hands and feet - BAM BAM BAM BAM
- There's nothing good about being nailed to a cross.
* Hung
between two criminals, Jesus endured the shame and the agony that was set before
Him - There's nothing good about paying for a crime you did not
commit.
*
While on the cross, Jesus struggled to breath. Constantly pushing down on His
legs to raise His body, Jesus battled asphyxiation caused by His own body weight
- There's nothing good about dying a cruel suffocating death on a
cross.
* At
about the sixth hour of the day, Jesus cried out, "IT IS FINISHED" and died on the
cross -
What
in the world could be good about Jesus dying on a cross?
Nothing
could be good about dying on a cross if it were you or me. But you or I did not
die on that cross 2000 years ago...Jesus of Nazareth did.
So Who
was Jesus...or to be more precise...Who is Jesus?
Jesus
the Christ was fully God and fully man. Jesus was born of a virgin and was
called Emanuel (God with us). Jesus lived a perfect, sinless life....never
sinning in word, thought or deed; only God Himself could have done that.
Jesus
is also called the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. He is called Mighty God.
He is called Alpha and Omega; the Beginning and the End. He is called the Bread
of Life. He is called the Living Water. He is called the Lion of Judah and the
Lamb of God.
Jesus
is God -
You
see, Jesus died a sacrificial death on that cross 2000 years ago for the sins of
mankind.
In Old
Testament times, a blood sacrifice had to be made for the sins you committed. A
perfect animal, usually a young lamb, would be brought to the High Priest, and
he would kill that lamb and, figuratively, lay your sins upon that animal.
What
sins have you committed, ladies and gentlemen? Have you broken Gods Law; the Ten
Commandments?
Are
you guilty of the sin of lying, stealing, blaspheming the Name of God, adultery,
idol worship, coveting, murder, not honoring your mother or father, and so
on??
In the
Old Testament times, this animal sacrifice was only temporary and was a shadow
of something greater to come. That something greater would be a permanent
sacrifice made by a perfect person: Jesus Christ.
"For God so loved the world, that He
gave....."
Because
God so loved mankind, He sent His son to die a horrible death. A death sentence
from the Father Himself.
The
Jewish leaders that found Jesus guilty, ultimately did not kill Jesus -
Pontius
Pilot who ordered the crucifixion,ultimately did not kill Jesus -
The
Roman soldiers that nailed Jesus to the cross, ultimately did not kill Jesus -
God
Himself killed Jesus. The Bible says "It pleased God to crush His Son".
Why?
Because that was the only way you and I could have our sins forgiven once and
for all.
The
death that Jesus died on that cross was a death that you or I couldn't die.
Why? Because He lived a life you or I could never live. A perfect God-Man,
Jesus, was sacrificed by a perfect God; perfectly.
God's
full wrath of anger came upon Jesus Christ for the sins that you and I have
committed. You see, God hates sin...but God loves His people. And the only way
that we can be reconciled back to God is through the sacrificial death of Jesus
Christ on that cross.
This
is what theologians call the "Great Exchange"!
Jesus
took the punishment for your sins upon Himself so you could have His
righteousness. Because only through a right standing before God can you enter
the Kingdom of Heaven.
That's
why we call that Friday, Good Friday. It's a Good Friday because,
as the Bible says, Jesus came to forgive His people of their sins!
But
that's not the end of the story...three days later, after Jesus died on that
cross, God raised Him from the dead. Jesus forever defeated death and had
victory over the grave.
What
now...what now that you have heard the gospel truth? How do you get in a right
standing with God?
The
Bible commands you to repent and put your trust and faith in Jesus Christ for
your salvation.
What
if I die in my sins you might ask..what will happen to me?
The
Bible says that all liars will have their place in the Lake of Fire; no thief,
no adulterer, no blasphemer will inherit the Kingdom of God.
Either
you are going to pay for your sins in a real place called Hell for all eternity,
or you can repent and put your trust in Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
Every
day, 150,000 people die and slip off into eternity.
Make
no mistake about it, everybody has eternal life...you either have eternal life
in Heaven or eternal life in Hell.
God is
patient...God is kind...God is long-suffering. But please, don't mistake the
patience, kindness and long-suffering of God as a licenses to continue in your
sins.
I
promise you, the 150,000 people who died yesterday, thought they were going to
live to see today. Just like you believe you are going to live to see
tomorrow.
Ladies
and Gentlemen, Easter is about so much more than a 3-day holiday...or hunting
Easter Eggs...or going to church that one particular day of the year.
No,
Easter is all about the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus said Himself that, He was the Way, the Truth, and the Life...and that no
one goes to the Father but through Him.
He
accomplished that way through what He did on the cross and His resurrection
three days later.
10 April 2014
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