Love And Honor My Wife
Ministry Update January 21, 2018
I love and honor my wife. Yes, I am the spiritual leader of our home, but that doesn’t mean that I run roughshod over my godly wife. The apostle Paul said a man is to love his wife as Jesus loved the church (Ephesians 5:25). How did Jesus love the church? He died for us true believers! The reason I’m pointing this out is because my precious wife requests that I don’t do open-air preaching downtown on Friday nights when I’m by myself. (Sometimes my wife comes out with me, but we drove 14 hours back from Michigan on Thursday and she only had four hours sleep. So obviously I didn’t ask her to go downtown with me). Friday night, my ministry partners couldn’t make it, so I was witnessing on my own. Because I love and honor my wife, I didn’t open-air preach. Instead, I handed out Gospel tracts.
A couple of times, the first person refused a tract so their friend also said no (this is not uncommon when handing out tracts. If the first person refuses, the next is also likely to say no). But I kept trying to hand them out anyway and said this is for you or go ahead and take one. Two different times the second person took a tract, even though the first one refused it.
Four People Headed My Way
Toward the end of my time downtown, four people were headed my way. Right as they got to me, a man and woman split to my left and two men split to my right. So I held out tracts with both arms stretched out. The guy on my left ended up with two tracts. He promptly gave the extra one to the woman that was with him. The first guy on my right took a tract, so the second guy actually walked back over and took a tract as well.
My wife and I visited her mother out of state, earlier in the week, so I didn’t witness at Missouri State University. Lord willing, I will share the Gospel there next Wednesday. My mother-in-law is in her early 90’s and we had sweet time fellowshipping with her, singing hymns and reading the Bible to her. She knows those old hymns by heart.
These updates are given to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with others. If you are too nervous or don’t know how to witness, please hand out Gospel tracts. The ones I handed out Friday night were from Living Waters – What Is The Meaning Of Life. You can also order free Gospel tracts from Fellowship Tract League.
