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Is Jesus In All Of Us?

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Is Jesus In All Of Us?

Ministry Updates for June 14, 2024 and June 7, 2024

Doug, Michael, Justin and I witnessed downtown Springfield, MO on Friday night June 14, 2024. The weather was great and there was a good breeze. The statement of the night was from a non-believer that said, “Jesus is in all of us.” But prior to that, Doug and I walked around downtown handing out tracts. We handed out several of them on the square. We walked down South Street, but it was really quiet, so we went back to the corner where we started. Doug and I both ran into professing Christians that said they were believers, yet didn’t attend church. We explained to them that attending church doesn’t save you, but as believers, we want to fellowship with other believers. I love evangelizing downtown, but I enjoy the fellowship with my brothers in Christ just as much as I enjoy sharing the Gospel with unbelievers. It’s so important to be connected to a local (biblical) church. [Read more…]

Am I Welcome At Your Church?

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Am I welcome at your church?

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Am I Welcome At Your Church?

Ministry Updates for March 22, 2024 and March 15, 2024

Conner, Joshua, Michael and I witnessed downtown on Friday March 15, 2024. We were out there for about two and a half hours and mainly handed out tracts. Joshua got into a couple of conversations and I had a short one with one young man. But we spent most of the night talking to one guy. He was out trying to get signatures for a petition, but none of us wanted to sign it. He got into a conversation first off with Joshua, then Conner and myself and then kept bouncing back and forth between us. His main contention was that the Bible was written by men and his other burning question was, “Am I welcome at your church?”

Joshua engaged him first in a conversation. The young man wanted to know how the God of the Bible was the real one when there are so many gods out there. I think he said that he worships the Norse gods. He kept going down one rabbit hole after another. Conner also engaged him in a conversation, but he kept going back to these same things. Finally, I told him that I’m really out here talking about Jesus Christ and I started witnessing to him. That’s when he told us that he’s bisexual and lives with a man. He wanted to know if he’d be welcome to come to my church. I told him that he is welcome to come there. I will call the young man C. He said that he’d be there Sunday morning. Sadly, he didn’t show up.

I wanted to make sure that he didn’t misunderstand me, so I pointed out that God doesn’t approve of his lifestyle. The Bible doesn’t, I don’t and my church doesn’t. But everyone is welcome to worship at church.  Then he wanted to know where the Bible condemns homosexuality (not counting Leviticus). So I read to him Mark 10:6-9 where Jesus says that marriage is between a man and a woman. Conner directed him to Romans 1:18-32. Later on, we also had him read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

Written By Men

He kept going back to the Bible was just written by men. But the Bible was written by men that were inspired through the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21, 2 Timothy 3:16). I point out that we know the Bible is true because we see it time and time again when we are street witnessing. He kept denying God and the Bible, so I kept pointing him back to Romans 1:18 where he suppresses the truth in unrighteousness. At one point he said that he lost someone really close to him and that he begged God to show him a sign. He said even if the wind had blown, he would have counted it. But nothing. Then he brought up how God gave Gideon a sign three times. I gently reminded C that Jesus said an evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign (Matthew 12:39).

I told him that I was sorry that he lost someone close to him and that God didn’t comfort him through that time. I told C that I also lost someone close to me and I know it isn’t easy to go through. Then I asked him if I could pray for him and he said yes. We all gathered around him and I prayed for him and for his salvation. C told us that he grew up in a Christian home but was no longer a Christian. We pointed out to him that we don’t believe that he was ever truly a Christian because you can’t walk away from Jesus if you are truly saved because Jesus never leaves or forsakes us (Hebrews 13:5). Then I asked him if he had a Bible at home and he said no. I asked if he’d read it if we gave him one and he said yes. Michael quickly handed him a Bible.

We had C read Scripture several times after that. I told C that I was praying that he’d start reading the Bible that very night. He replied that I would have an unanswered prayer then if he didn’t read it. I pointed out to him that he was correct. That I would have an unanswered prayer, but that if he continues  rebelling against God, that he’d be the one who dies in his sins and would spend eternity in Hell. I pleaded with him to read Romans since we had quoted from there and then I encouraged him to go back and read the Gospels starting with Matthew. We hope and pray that he will read the Bible and that God will save him and his friend.

Hope I Go To Heaven

Friday the 22nd of March was quite windy and cold. Anand, Michael, Conner, one of his daughters and I witnessed downtown. We were handing out tracts and I handed them to a couple of Hispanic guys who said they live in Carthage. They wanted to know what I handed them and I told them, “They are Gospel tracts. They tell you about Jesus.” I asked if they know Jesus and the one wearing a cross said yes, they know Him. So then I asked them if they are saved and they both said yes. Then I asked if they are going to Heaven and one said yes, but the other one said, “I hope I go to Heaven.”

I told him that I wasn’t picking on him, but I wanted to know how hope gets you to Heaven. He shrugged his shoulders. His friend said that you get there by going to church. So I gently said, “I’m not picking on you either, but how does going to church get you to Heaven?” Then he replied that we get there by doing good. At that point, I asked them if they had kept the 10 Commandments. They both acknowledged that they had broken them. So you really can’t go to Heaven by being good since we’ve all sinned against God and we’ve all broken the 10 Commandments. At that point I shared the Gospel with them. I asked them both to read the tracts. They shook our hands and headed on their way.

Not long after that, Conner got into a conversation with another guy out trying to get petition signatures. This time it was for “Women’s Reproductive Healthcare”. Conner engaged him in a conversation. The young man kept talking about rape and abortion being necessary sometimes to save the life of a mother. Conner was the only one he talked to, so I didn’t interrupt. But I’ve heard several doctors say that they never once had to kill a baby in order to save the mother’s life. I would also point people to the Bible where Joseph’s wife Rachel, died during child birth (Genesis 35:16-19). God didn’t tell Joseph to kill Benjamin in order to save Rachel’s life. It’s very sad when a woman dies during childbirth, but murdering a child is never right. Michael got into a long conversation with an older gentleman. I didn’t get an update on that conversation, but we pray that God will save both men as well as others who received tracts.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share their faith in Jesus with others)

Are You Wicked?

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Are You Wicked?

This is a serious question: Are you wicked? Absolutely not you might say. So why am I even asking this question? Because God has some harsh things to say about the wicked. God hates all workers of iniquity (Psalm 5:5). God is angry with the wicked every day (Psalm 7:11). But here’s the really scary one: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God (Psalm 9:17).

The wicked shall be turned into Hell. This should frighten every single person that is not a follower of Jesus. If Jesus is not your Lord and Savior, you should have sleepless nights. The terrors of Hell should frighten you nearly to death. You should tremble and fear. Yes, you should shake in your shoes. The demons believe and tremble (James 2:19). Why do they tremble? Because even though they know God is real, they know they follow Satan and they are on the losing side. They know that they have Hell to pay!

So why are you listening to this with no fear and trembling? Because you don’t believe that you are one of the wicked ones. When I say this, I’m talking specifically to unbelievers. Those of us who are truly saved, know that God has saved us out of our wretchedness and we have surrendered our lives to Jesus. But for those of you who are hearing this and are not saved, you most likely have no fear because you don’t see yourself as wicked. You ignore the warnings and hearing about God being angry with the wicked didn’t faze you at all because you think that you are not wicked. [Read more…]

Magnify The Lord

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Magnify The Lord

As Christians, we are to magnify the Lord. To my fellow Christians, do you magnify the Lord? In other words, do you praise God? Do you exalt or extol the Lord? Do you lift of up the precious name of Jesus to others? Do you share the Gospel with this lost and dying world? Do you magnify Jesus – the name above every other name?

Psalm 70:4 says: Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. In Luke Chapter 1, the angel Gabriel tells Mary that she is going to have a son by the power of the Holy Spirit and that He will be a King and his kingdom will reign forever. Mary went to see her cousin Elizabeth and Mary spoke these words: My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour (Luke 1:46-47). [Read more…]

Who Is Jesus?

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Who Is Jesus?

Who Is Jesus?

My friends and I come out witnessing and frequently we ask people, “Do you know Jesus?” Depending on how they respond, sometimes we follow up with, “Does Jesus know you?” I think these are both great questions. I was telling my brother about this a few weeks ago and he agreed that do you know Jesus is a good question, but he prefers to ask people, “Who is Jesus?”

Then my brother pointed out that you can usually tell pretty quickly what people believe by how they answer this simple, but very important question. Then recently my friend John from Tennessee was witnessing at a university in Nashville and while he was open-air preaching, he had a sign next to him that says, “Who is Jesus?”

So I thought this is a great question to base a message off of – who is Jesus? How do you answer this question? Over the years of street witnessing, I’ve heard people say that Jesus was a good person and  that He gave us good statements to live by. Some say that He was a good teacher. But many of these people don’t believe Jesus is the Savior of mankind and the only one at that.

Is Jesus Your Lord And Savior?

A couple of weeks ago I was open-air preaching at Missouri State University and I was lifting up the name of Jesus, the name above every other name and a student yelled “Jesus isn’t real.” Yes, when you ask the question, who is Jesus, you get a lot of different answers. But thankfully some people get it right and they gladly say that Jesus is their Lord and Savior. Jesus is my Lord and Savior. Is He yours?

Who is Jesus is a great question and Jesus asked a similar question when He walked this earth 2,000 years ago. In Matthew 16:13 it says:   When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? That’s right, tonight I’m asking who is Jesus and when the Lord walked this earth, He asked His disciples who did people say that He was? They answered: Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets (Matthew 6:14). So the people that saw the miracles that Jesus performed, thought that He was Elijah or Jeremiah or one of the other Old Testament prophets come back alive.

But then Jesus asked His own disciples who they thought He was. Matthew 16:15 states: He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Whom do ye say that I am? Who is Jesus is the question. Peter answers in Matthew 16:16: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Then Jesus follows up with these words in Matthew 16:17: And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

Oh folks, this is the question: Who is Jesus? Who do you say Jesus is? Do you know the Lord? You see, if you are not a follower of Jesus, then your eyes are still blinded. In whom the god of this world (Satan) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them (2 Corinthians 4:4).

Just like the people who saw Jesus when He walked this earth, but were not His disciples, said that Jesus was a prophet. In other words, He was a good man. Their eyes were blinded. Isaiah 6:9 describes them perfectly: And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

My friends and I come out here and share the Gospel with you because salvation is of the Lord (Psalm 3:8). Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). If God has never convicted you over your sins and revealed His Holiness to you, then you will not understand who Jesus is. You will not believe the Gospel because God convicts and converts lost souls through the power of the Holy Spirit. You cannot save yourself. You cannot force salvation on yourself nor on anyone else.

Free Gift From God

It is the free gift from God, but you must receive it. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air (the devil), the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:1-10). Salvation is a free gift from God that you must receive, but you cannot receive it unless God opens your blinded eyes. Unless God opens your ears.

Has God Opened Your Heart?

Unless God opens your heart – just like He did Lydia’s. Her conversion is recorded in Acts 16:14:  And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Unless God unhardens your hard heart, unless He takes away your heart of stone and gives you a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26), you are lost and on the broad road to destruction. Oh, we plead with you tonight to recognize that you are NOT a good person. If we ask you if you are a good person, most of you will say that you are. But are you really?

Short Test

Here’s a short test to see if you are really a good person or not. Have you ever told a lie? Of course you have. How many lies have you told in your lifetime? If you lie, that makes you a liar. Have you ever stolen anything, even if it was something small like a pen or paperclip or maybe an answer on a test? Yes, we’ve all stolen something at one time or another. If you steal something, that makes you a thief.

Have you ever lusted or coveted someone or something? Yes, we’ve all committed this sin too. Jesus says that if you look at a woman with lust, you have committed adultery with her already in your heart (Matthew 5:27-28). These are just a few of the 10 Commandments. You don’t know me and I don’t know you, but we both know that all of us have failed this test. We’ve all lied, stolen and lusted or coveted something. You are guilty. I am guilty. My friends are guilty.

God is so Holy and righteous that He cannot look upon sin in His glory. What will you do with your sins on Judgment Day? And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment (Hebrews 9:27). You had a birth date and you will have a death date. What will you do with your sins when you stand before God on that great and terrible day of the Lord? It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31).

Does Your Guilt Remain Upon You?

If Jesus Christ is not your Lord and Savior, then the guilt of your sin remains upon you. But you don’t have to foolishly die in your sins and go to Hell. Turn to Christ and live. Jesus walked this earth 2,000 years ago and He did what you and I could not do. He never sinned! Not one time. Jesus never lied, lusted, coveted or stole anything. Yet He willingly went to the cruel cross in the place of guilty sinners. Jesus gave His life as a ransom for many. As Jesus hung on the cross after being beaten unmercifully with the cruel Roman whip, God poured His anger, His wrath over sin out upon His own precious Son. Folks, that’s how much God hates sin! That also shows you how righteous God is. He cannot tolerate sin. So your sins have to be punished one way or the other.

Are You One Of His?

Jesus suffered, bled and died upon the cross. He was buried and He rose victoriously from the grave three days later. Jesus defeated sin, death, Hell and Satan. Salvation is for all who repent and believe the Gospel. Jesus came to save His people from their sins. Are you one of His?

Who is Jesus? You most definitely need to figure this out before you die. You will die one day. Ten out of then people die. It is the ultimate statistic. You cannot cheat death. Who is Jesus? Is He your Lord and Savior? Or will He be your Judge on Judgement Day? It’s one or the other. There is no middle ground when it comes to Jesus. You are either saved or lost. You are Heaven bound or Hell bound. Which is it tonight? One last time I plead with you, if Jesus is not your Lord and Savior, turn to Christ and live.

Good Moral Teachings

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Childlike – Good Moral Teachings.
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Good Moral Teachings

The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl on February 12, 2023. If you watched the game, you probably saw a couple of the He gets us TV ads. Admittedly, I don’t know too much about the He gets us ads nor their website. I’ve seen a few of their ads and they appear to be about good moral teachings. I’ve seen the ones that say be childlike and love your enemies. What’s wrong with these messages? Nothing’s inherently wrong with the messages. They contain good moral teachings. But good moral teachings are not the Gospel. [Read more…]

Another Corner

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Another Corner

Ministry Update February 5, 2023

It was a real blessing to witness Friday night. Joshua brought Lydia with him and Anand came out again with Michael and it was great to have Matthew join us again. The street and sidewalk are still torn up near our normal witnessing spot. So after I brought a short message, we all walked around downtown handing out tracts. It was slow near the square, but there seemed to be more people passing by at another corner. We ended up witnessing at the corner of South and Walnut.

We were handing out tracts there and as a couple of guys walked past us, I asked, “Do you know Jesus?” The guy named William turned back around and said that he did. But they kept walking past me. Joshua was around the corner and I don’t know what he said to Cory, the young man with William, but he stopped and engaged in a conversation with him. Joshua was talking to both of them at first, but then Michael started talking to William while Joshua continued talking to Cory. They ended up having a long conversation and from what I heard, William may not know the Lord after all. But Michael was able to share truth with him.

While Joshua and Michael were witnessing, the rest of us had fellowship together while we handed out tracts. After a little while, a homeless guy named Dave started talking to Joshua. Joshua’s church had prepared a few blessing bags for homeless people. Joshua gave Dave a blessing bag, but it turned out that Dave needed a sleeping bag too. Joshua had one in his car, so he went back to his car and grabbed it and gave it to Dave. The homeless man said that he didn’t get drunk or get high. He appeared to be sober and it sounded like Dave is a true believer. After we finished witnessing, I was walking to my car and a gentleman stopped me and asked I was part of the group witnessing on the corner. He wanted to know what church we were with and I told him that we attend various churches. We are just out sharing the Gospel together. He thanked me and encouraged us to keep on witnessing.

(These updates are given to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with others)

Does It Show You Where The Naked Men Are At?

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Man Asked If The Tract Shows Where The Naked Men Are At

Does It Show You Where The Naked Men Are At?

Ministry Update January 29, 2023

Friday night was one of those nights with some strange encounters. Before my friends joined me, people were lined up about a half a block outside of the Gillioz Theatre at 7 pm. They were there to see Frank Foster in concert. The show started at 8 pm, but people were lining up early to get in. Evidently, he’s a country singer. They were a tough crowd. Most refused tracts and some of them appeared to be drunk already. But after Joshua, Michael and his friend Anand joined me is when things got interesting, including a guy asking about a tract “Does it show you where the naked men are at?”

Dancing Guy After He Quit Dancing Around

Mocker Dancing Around Sexually Suggestively

After my friends arrived, Joshua prayed for us and I went across the street and brought a message from Genesis 1. Fairly quickly, a guy walked up behind me and to my left (where I couldn’t’ see him) and he started dancing around sexually suggestively while holding a flashlight. I appreciated Joshua coming over and standing near me while this was going on. The open-air preaching brought a few people to all of us to talk to. While Joshua was talking to a man, I was handing out tracts and a teenager took one, but what looked like his parents refused and the man said, “I’m trying to give it up.” Obviously, he didn’t even know what I was handing out, but he was just trying to be a smart aleck. I replied to him that Jesus doesn’t give up on us, but you have to come to the Lord His way, through repentance and faith.

Guy Wearing The Cap Says He’s Trying To Give It Up

Guy Asked The Question About Naked Men

Then toward the end of the evening, a couple of guys walked toward me and they both refused tracts. One guy didn’t say anything, but his buddy refused it but wanted to know, “Does it show you where the naked men are at?” They kept walking, so by that time they were past me and near Joshua who asked the man if he knows Jesus. The guy replied, “I know Him and I’m going to know my buddy tonight.” Folks, it doesn’t work this way. You can’t hold onto Jesus with one hand and hold on to the sins that you love so much with the other hand. Jesus will meet you in the sin gutter of your life, but the Lord loves us too much to leave us there.

Joshua Talking to Chance

We also had an encourager. He took a tract and thanked us for being out there sharing the Gospel. After I brought the message, a guy walked by and thanked me too. He started talking to Joshua while I was standing nearby. I typically end the message inviting people to come over and talk to us if they have questions and to also let us know if they want a Bible. Another gentleman walked up about that time and said he wanted a Bible. As I gave him one, the guy named Chance that Joshua was talking to also asked for one. Now Chance said things that made it sound like he’s a believer. But Joshua asked him good questions and the more they talked, the more it sounded like Chance really isn’t a true follower of Jesus. We prayed for Chance before he walked away. Michael and Anand also got into some conversations across the street from us. It was a cold night, but we had a good time witnessing, even with some of the strange encounters.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with others)

Michael and Anand Handing Out Tracts

Joshua Handing Out Tracts

Long Way From Home

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Long Way From Home

Ministry Update January 23, 2023

Before Michael and I walked around downtown Friday night and handed out Gospel tracts, he prayed a really nice prayer and he asked God to bless any conversations that we get into. We received a lot of no’s when offering tracts, but we had a few takers. There were a couple of guys standing in front of a bar and I handed both of them tracts. As they thumbed through them, I told them they were Gospel tracts that tell you about Jesus. Then I asked them if they know who Jesus is and surprisingly they both shook their heads no. They were a long way from home since they are from Bangladesh, but we were still surprised that they didn’t know who Jesus is.

I talked to them about how Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and why He came to this earth that He created. Then I asked them if they consider themselves to be good. Adeem’s friend said yes, but Adeem said that he was probably more good than bad. I explained how God is perfect and none of us are perfect. That’s why we need a Savior, since we’ve all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. They both listened graciously while I shared the Gospel with them.

Do You Have A Bible?

Afterwards, I asked them if they have Bibles and both of them said they didn’t. So then I asked if they’d read it if I gave them one. Adeem’s friend said no, but Adeem thought for a second and then said that he would read it. I handed him a New Testament, pointed to the sky and told him that this book is unlike any other book he’s ever read. It is inspired by the Creator God in Heaven and that if he will ask God to reveal His truth to Adeem, that I believe God will do so. I also encouraged Adeem to read the Bible to see if what we were telling him was the truth. Both guys shook our hands and thanked us for talking with them. May God convict and convert Adeem and his friend. Michael and I handed out some more tracts before the night was over. But this encounter is what we pray for and hope God will bless us with. We don’t always get the opportunity to clearly present the Gospel while witnessing, but it’s always encouraging and a real blessing when we get to do so.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share the glorious Gospel with this lost and dying world)

Rededicate My Life

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Rededicate My Life

Tyail, Joshua and I witnessed downtown Friday night. I brought a message and had a couple of walk by mockers, but they were too far away and I couldn’t make out what they were saying, so I just kept open air preaching. Toward the end of the message, a guy walked up and started talking to Joshua. The guy was homeless and Joshua got the man a sleeping bag and a pair of socks that Joshua had brought with him. While Joshua went to his vehicle to get these things, the man crossed the street and walked up to me and said, “I want to rededicate my life to the Lord.”

I don’t get into debates as to whether or not rededicating your life is biblical or not because I don’t get caught up on terminology. If someone wants to repent and surrender their life to Jesus, I don’t care if they were a false convert or someone who thinks they are rededicating their life or not. Spiritually getting right with Jesus is the main thing. So I suggested the man go ahead and pray and then I’d pray after him. Unfortunately, the guy prayed for his physical needs, but nothing about repentance and not a single word about rededicating his life to Jesus.

Spiritual Needs

I prayed after he finished praying and since he didn’t bring up his spiritual needs at all, I prayed that God would save the man. That God would grant him repentance and faith in Jesus. I also prayed for his physical needs, but mainly focused on his spiritual needs. Joshua joined us while I was praying and Joshua handed him the sleeping bag and a pair of socks. Joshua had witnessed to this man before, so Joshua asked Daniel if he’d been drinking and Daniel admitted that he had been. So then Joshua asked him what happened to him. He asked the question because the last time Joshua witnessed to him, Daniel was sober and reading his Bible. Daniel admitted that he’d been hanging around the wrong people and had fallen back into drinking again.

Tyail joined us by this time (she had been handing out tracts across the street,) all three of us took turns quoting Scripture to Daniel and encouraged him to turn from his sins and turn to Jesus to save him. We pointed out that whom the Son sets free, is free indeed. Tyail quoted Proverbs 20:1, I quoted 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 and Joshua quoted several other verses. Daniel graciously listened. We weren’t picking on him, it was out of love that we were sharing Bible verses and showing him that we are concerned for his eternal soul. About that time Joshua asked Daniel if he was still reading his Bible and Daniel admitted that it had gotten wet, so Joshua gave him another one. Joshua also gave him a plastic bag to keep all these things in. Tyail recommend a place for him to stay the night and Daniel headed off in that direction. We hope and pray that God will truly save Daniel and set him free from the addiction of alcohol.

Handing Out Tracts

Joshua needed to leave after we talked to Daniel, so Tyail and I walked around downtown and handed out tracts. I handed out a few, but Tyail handed out a lot of them. I appreciated her boldness in going up to people that were standing outside of bars and the majority of them took tracts from her. We ended up back at our normal spot and handed out tracts there. After we prayed to end the night, I saw a woman walking my direction about a half a block away so I waited for her to reach me. I handed her a tract and she asked about it, so I told her that it’s a Gospel tract that tells you about Jesus. She smiled really big and said that she knows Jesus. I suggested she hand the tract to someone that needs it and she said that she would. It was a great way to end the night.

Hearty Amen!

I brought a message a MSU on Wednesday and didn’t have any mockers. A couple of students took pictures or recorded briefly as they walked by. But two students stood there for a few minutes and listened to the message. But the highlight was when I mentioned King Jesus and that every knee will bow and tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord, a young lady walked by and gave a Hearty Amen! It’s always encouraging when students aren’t afraid to say Amen in public and a little encouragement goes a long way.

(These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share the Gospel with others)