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April 4, 2012

What Can Man Do To Me?

by familynews in The Sower: Helping You Share Your Faith Tags: , , , , , , ,

The Sower by Vincent Van Gogh

“How ya doin’, God?” laughed the man.

He continued with his loud, scoffing remarks as I quickly walked away. I had given “Would You Like To Know God Personally?” to this clerk in the electronics section of Wal-Mart.

Don’t be afraid to encounter the scoffers. The blessings of encountering receptive people FAR outweighs any negative experiences.

In handing out tracts more consistently to hundreds of people for about a decade, only four people refused my offer of a booklet and they did so politely. The vast majority accept it and many of those people are even enthusiastic. The man at Wal-Mart was making a scene and is the only negative experience I have had in over thirty years of witnessing.

I realize the people in your part of the world may be less open. . . even hostile.

I hope this excerpt from page 150 in The Move of the Holy Spirit in the 10/40 Window by Luis Bush and Beverly Peques is an encouragement to you:

“… believers in a church in a North African nation used to meet discreetly, fearing that non-believers would discover they had converted to Christianity. They carefully closed the doors and windows where they met, pulled the curtains, and worshiped quietly so their neighbors would not hear them. One day the church leader said that, as they were praying, the fear of what man could do to them left her. Instead she received the fear of the Lord. They then flung open the doors and curtains and began worshiping Jesus loudly. This leader said that the church decided not to hide any longer, because they have the light of God that their country needs and it must be proclaimed.”

“The LORD is for me; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” ~ Psalm 118:6 (NASB)

March 28, 2012

Pass the Salt, Please (Via Kindling)

by Sus in Our Ministry, The Sower: Helping You Share Your Faith Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pass the Salt, PleaseJesus said we are salt: “You are the salt of the earth.” (Matthew 5:13)

Our presence, even a few of us, should be discernible, making a difference. Where there are many of us, we should have great influence. The things that Jesus brings to a life– love, joy, peace, truth, patience, kindness, self-control, trust, holiness, righteousness, justice and many other character qualities—should be so evident in the children of God that we permeate the community around us. We salt society.

So here’s the problem. In too many places, you can’t taste the salt.

(Read the rest of this post on Judy Douglass’ blog, Kindling.)

March 19, 2012

Easter Outreach Ideas

by Sus in The Sower: Helping You Share Your Faith Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

I’m addressing Easter cards this week and remembered I want to be more intentional about sharing my faith, especially at this time of year. I’m sure you know Easter draws a lot of people to church services who otherwise wouldn’t go during the rest of the year, so it’s naturally a good time to invite friends and neighbors to church, but your co-workers and many people you encounter while running errands would also be open to conversations about Easter.

I highly recommend you check out the “10 Easter Outreach Ideas” on Campus Crusade for Christ’s website.

Here’s my recommendations as well:

Another resource (that I haven’t used) is a set of Resurrection Eggs®.  (You can find them at Wal-Mart, too).  Our FamilyLife ministry shares a true story of using their Resurrection Eggs® to share the Gospel:

“It can be really tough for parents living in poverty to find time to play with or teach their kids. Often the families have a hard time just getting through life. So when we began planning for our Easter event last year, we knew that we wanted it to be a family activity.

“We decided to share the gospel story through Resurrection Eggs®,a resource from FamilyLife.”  (Read the rest of the story on FamilyLife’s site.)

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