Friday night was another fairly quiet night witnessing downtown. Three of us brought messages, several more sang and handed out tracts, but overall it was quiet. Kelly had one mocker yell “Hail Satan” while he was open-air preaching. Earlier when Rich was nearly finished with his message, a guy drove by right in front of him and flipped Rich off with both hands, leaving no hands on the wheel. [Read more…]
Romans 8 contains some wonderful Bible verses, but tonight I want to concentrate on the first verses that deal with no condemnation no fear. I’m very partial to Romans 8:1 because this is the Bible verse that God used to convert me, to save me. I absolutely love Romans 8:1. [Read more…]
Every Friday night street witnessing is different. We never know what we are going to encounter. Sometimes mockers, other times encouragers and periodically both. Last week there were many of us witnessing and this week only two of us. But I realized on the way home Friday night that it really is a blessing to witness with other believers because we get in an extra night of fellowship. [Read more…]
The other day I was reading the Bible, specifically Luke 1 and the words “tender mercy of our God” jumped out at me. The tender mercy of our God. These are extremely wonderful, beautiful words. Our God is so merciful that tonight I want to talk about the tender mercy of our God. [Read more…]
It is a real privilege and honor to lift up the name of Jesus in the open-air with Kelly, Conner and Pastor Joshua and it’s been great having Rich join us witnessing while he’s visiting from China. Every now and then we get accused of being too harsh and preaching too hard. But Friday night I believe we had Spirit-filled, hot preaching. [Read more…]
I assume most of us out here tonight don’t believe in curses. We don’t believe in curses from witches or voodoo curses. Most of us don’t believe in such things in the 21st century. So, this may seem like a strange question tonight, but are you cursed? No, I’m not joking. I’m sincerely asking if you are cursed? [Read more…]
Praise God we had seven laborers witnessing downtown. Unfortunately, it was a slow night. There weren’t a lot of people downtown. But Kelly, Steven, Conner, Pastor Joshua, Rich, Dave and I still had a good time witnessing. We handed out a few tracts and had a few mockers. But Pastor Joshua had the best conversation of the night when he discussed with a teenager and his friends that knowing about Jesus is not the same as knowing Jesus and the teen said that he is unworthy to be saved. [Read more…]
Dave, Conner And Tracy
Rich and I were the first ones to the witnessing spot Friday night and we talked to a couple of guys. The one young man was from Bolivar and I think his friend lives in Springfield. We gave them tracts and they both said they are Christians. The guy from Springfield wanted to know how effective open-air preaching is so we talked about obedience to God and the results are up to Him. Then a lady named Tracy said that she was looking for Allen. I told her that he’s probably on the square witnessing. She couldn’t find him, so she came back and witnessed with us until Allen found her later on. This was just the beginning of the night, but we had conversations before during and after open-air preaching. [Read more…]
My ransom was paid. Not by my wife, nor my boss and not by my friends. But my ransom was paid. I’m free! I’m free, I’m really free. My ransom has been paid in full. I have been set free. It’s a wonderful feeling, like no other. Are you feeling hopeless tonight? Do you believe that there’s no way out? Are you heavy burdened tonight? Does it seem like there is no way of escape? Don’t despair. You too can be set free. [Read more…]
Is That A Bible In Your Hands?
Pastor Joshua and I had a great time witnessing Friday night. It was not a circus-like atmosphere like the week before. In fact it was a pretty quiet night. Oh we had several mockers, but nothing major. One guy yelled at Pastor Joshua to shut up and then black smoke billowed out of the guy’s tailpipe as he drove away. A woman walking yelled at him and a couple of drivers yelled at me. But one car pulled up while I was bringing a message and it was a full carload of people. The driver leaned over and yelled, “Is that a Bible in your hands?” [Read more…]