Tract from Nate

CPR Analogy

2009-01-22T20:33:00.000-05:00

Analogies on Lying to be Used in Witnessing

2009-01-22T18:31:00.002-05:00

Witnessing Analogies from Tony Miano

2009-01-16T22:45:00.003-05:00

The Lawn Mower Analogy

Allow Me to Re-Introduce Jesus

2009-01-15T22:30:00.001-05:00

How Our Suffering Glorifies the Greatness of the Grace of God

2009-01-10T08:47:00.003-05:00

Heard this very challenging and convicting John Piper clip on "How Our Suffering Glorifies the Greatness of the Grace of God" on Wretched Radio (WOTM) this week.

"Will you join the Son in diplaying the Supreme Satisfaction of the Glory of Grace in joining Him on the Calvary Road of Suffering? There is no other way the World is going to see the Supreme Glory of Christ today except that we break free from the Disneyland of America and begin to live lifestyles of Missionary Sacrifice that look to the world that our Treasure is in Heaven and not on this Earth." - John Piper

Listen to the full 30 Minute Audio File at:

How Our Suffering Glorifies the Greatness of the Grace of God Suffering

2009-01-07T20:37:00.001-05:00

Ray Comfort witnesses to a gentleman named Randy in Huntington Beach, CA. Randy seems to have all the right answers, and at the end of the encounter he states that he's repenting and placing faith in Jesus Christ at that moment.

2008-10-21T12:04:00.002-04:00

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78070

Why I Will Never Vote for a Murderer

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Posted: October 16, 2008
1:00 am Eastern

By Ray Comfort
© 2008

I watched the TV monitor as the pastor of a church in West Virginia invited his congregation of 600 to join him as he held a sign saying that abortion was wrong. He said he had stood on the side of the road for one hour the previous year, and asked who would join him this time. Twenty people raised their hands. I could sense his disappointment at their apathy. He then introduced me as the morning's guest speaker.

I told the congregation that I felt passionate about the subject of abortion, for a good reason. Many years ago, someone told me that a new Christian (named Fran) was about to take the life of her child through the procedure. I was horrified as I found out that she was due to have it done within a couple of hours. I sped to the hospital, praying all the way that God would give me the words to change her mind. I rushed in, ran up to the second floor and into her room. She was sitting on the bed and had already had her preoperational medication. I pleaded, "Please don't do this!"

To my surprise, she just looked at me and smiled. Then she said, "It's OK. I'm not going to have it. I just prayed, 'God, if you don't want me to have an abortion, make Ray Comfort come up and see me.'"

Two years later, I was at a church picnic when I saw a beautiful little girl playing in the grass. It was Fran's child. As I knelt down by the cute toddler, it hammered home the issue that we are dealing with when it comes to abortion.

I told the congregation (with some passion), that I would never, ever vote for a man who advocated the murder of a child in the womb. I don't care about his fiscal policies, because the blood of the innocents is on his hands. I also encouraged them to follow the wonderful example of their faithful pastor. I heard later that afternoon that between 400 and 500 turned out. God bless them.

The Body of Christ in America is a sleeping giant that needs to be awakened. However, the answer to the issue of abortion isn't just to protest; it's also to preach. We are not just to be salt, but we are to be light in a spiritually dark nation. A nation that kills 50 million of its citizens through abortion with no qualms of conscience needs more than a voice of protest. It needs the light of the Gospel.

We are no different than Nazi Germany. We have given ourselves to the wickedest of sins, and that will eventually have terrible national consequences. We desperately need God's forgiveness, and we need a new heart that can only come with conversion. Only the Gospel can take a self-righteous, blaspheming, idolatrous, hypocritical, baby-killing nation, forgive it, and make it brand new.

It's time for us to put legs to our prayers and do what we have been told to do, and that is going to take faithful laborers. The Scriptures ask, "How will they hear without a preacher?" Saint Francis of Assisi's "Preach the gospel; if necessary use words" doesn't cut it any longer. (It has been well-said, "That's like saying, Wash yourself; if necessary use water.") We have to open our mouths for the world to hear. The time for excuses has gone. We live in desperate times, and we need to have a clear and certain sound to take us into the heat of battle. We have to overcome our evangelophobia.

If you can't speak, perhaps you would consider giving a DVD called "The Divine Butler" to your neighbors, coworkers and loved ones, and let it speak for you. It's one of the episodes of Season 3 of our award-winning TV program, "The Way of the Master" – and it is so extremely relevant and timely for what is happening to our country, we have decided to give away free of charge 2,000 copies to those who attend our "Deeper" conference in Georgia. Very low cost bulk copies are available at the Living Waters store.

Created 4 His Glory

2008-10-09T21:06:00.003-04:00

The next time you look at the sun, our closest star, imagine this. Imagine a cluster of stars made up of 100,000 to 1, 000, 000 suns. Imagine if you can more than 2,000 of these massive clusters grouped together. That’s ten times the number of star clusters found in the Milky Way. And that’s the Sombrero Galaxy. Traveling at the speed of light (186,000 mile per second), it would only take you 28 million years to reach the Sombrero Galaxy. Once there, it would only take you 50 thousand years, traveling at that speed, to get from one end of the galaxy to the other. Read More Here: Sombrero-Galaxy

Called to Go

2008-10-03T12:31:00.010-04:00

It may not be China, It may not be India, It may not be the middle of Africa, BUT CHRISTIAN YOU ARE CALLED TO GO. It could be across the street, around the corner, at the park; it could be with a family member, a neighbor, a co-worker, a stranger. Every day 150,000+ people slip off into eternity. Many, if not most, will go forever to Hell. What are you doing about that?!

"You don't have to go to Zimbabwe, you can go to "Subway""

- Mark Cahill

Lamb Over Me

2008-09-29T12:08:00.004-04:00

The following comes directly from Tony Miano's blog. This is amazing. What an amazing God we serve. We need to be out there sharing the great news that our righteousness comes from the Lamb of God alone through repentance and faith. Nate

http://thelawmanchronicles.blogspot.com/

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Lamb Over Me

This is my brother in Christ, Benjamin. He and his wife and children are missionaries in Tibet. They have been there for five years. Prior to that, Benjamin served as a missionary in South America, where he met his future bride. When in Tibet, Benjamin goes by the moniker Brother Eugene. In addition to English, Benjamin is fluent in both Spanish and Chinese.

One of the many things I love about leading the Ambassadors' Academy is getting to meet so many interesting and diverse brothers and sisters in Christ, from literally around the world. I love the creative and innovative ways they share the gospel. I have yet to lead an academy in which I haven't learned something from one or more of the participants. Ambassadors' Academy #6 was no exception.

One way Benjamin communicated the gospel this weekend was by positioning himself in a place where people would see him as they walked by. Using a dry erase board, Benjamin would sit and write out Bible verses in Chinese. The fascinating characters of the Chinese written language would catch the attention of people. When they stopped to inquire about what Benjamin was doing, he would first read the verse in Chinese and then translate it into English, thus providing him with a springboard into spiritual conversations.

In the above photo, Benjamin is displaying the Chinese characters for a very important word: "righteous." Even more fascinating than the characters themselves is what each character represents.

On the dry erase board in the picture, there are characters that represent two different words, which together comprise one word. The characters are separated by a horizontal line. Many of the words in Chinese are a combination of two or more words.

The top character in the picture represents the word "lamb." The bottom word represents the word "me." The compound word is pronounced "ee" (as in "me"). The Chinese word for "righteous" is "lamb over me." Amazing!

God is sovereign over His creation. In the early generations of mankind, the people tried to exert their independence from God and to engage in the idolatry of self by erecting the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9). In response God confused the people by creating many different languages and by dispersing them. As a result, the sovereignty of God and His plan of redemption for members of the human race can now be seen in the intricacies of the Chinese language.

The Chinese word for "righteous" is packed with biblical theology. "Lamb over me." Do you hear it? Do you see it?

The Bible makes it clear that there is none who is righteous (Romans 3:10-12). Only God is good (Matt. 19:17). Even on our best day, all of our deeds are like filthy garments to the Holy One who created the universe (Isa. 64:6). All have sinned and have fallen short of God's glory (Rom. 3:23). And all sin is against God (Psalm 51:3-4).

If you are reading this and you are not sure what sin is, the Bible defines sin as transgression of God's Law (Rom. 4:15; James 2:10). And what is the Law of God? Here is a sampling. Don't lie. Don't steal. Don't take God's name in vain. Don't commit adultery.

If you have ever lied, stolen, taken God's name in vain, or looked at another person and had a lustful thought then according to God's standard you are a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart. When you die and stand before God to be judged (Heb. 9:27), He will find you guilty of breaking His Law, and you will one-day be eternally punished when He sentences you to hell (Rev. 20:11-15; 21:8).

God has provided but one way of escape from His just and holy wrath--the wrath every person deserves for breaking God's Law. The provision was and is a spotless, sinless Lamb (John 1:27; 1 Cor. 5:7; Rev. 5:12). Jesus Christ (fully God and fully man), the Lamb of God, suffered and died on the cross--taking upon Himself the punishment every person rightly deserves for breaking God's Law. He allowed His blood to be shed for those who would repent and believe the Gospel. Three days after shedding his innocent blood He rose from the dead, forever defeating death.

Before going to the cross, Jesus told a man named Nicodemus the following. "Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). In order to receive the free gift of eternal life, in order to have the blood of the Lamb cover and wash away your sin, you must be born again. And the first fruits of that salvation, the first evidence that God has miraculously intervened on your behalf is that you will, by faith and by faith alone, repent (turn away from and forsake your sins) and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

"Lamb over me": the judicial act by which God declares a sinner righteous--not on the basis of anything the sinner has done to earn or deserve God's gracious pardon (Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:3-7), but because God causes the sinner to be born again (1 Peter 1:3) and thus covering and washing the sinner clean with the precious blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ the Righteous One.

If God, by His sovereign and perfect will, causes you to be born again then when you stand before God, instead of receiving what you deserve for breaking God's Law (eternity in hell), you will receive what you do not deserve, which is grace and mercy and everlasting life. When you stand before God He will see you covered in the righteousness of His Son Jesus Christ, instead of seeing you clothed in your unrighteousness.

Your only hope for eternal life is to have the Lamb of God and His precious blood over you. Repent and believe the Gospel.

Posted by Tony Miano at 5:01 PM

Why We Do What We Do

2008-09-08T19:48:00.004-04:00

This is copied from Trish Ramos' "Fish With Trish" BLOG. This is why we must be sharing our faith daily.

Monday, September 8, 2008
This is why we do what we do...
On Saturday's, a team of people from my church go out and evangelize. For the past few weeks a young man named "JB" (19 yrs old) has had the Gospel preached to him.

I personally shared with him, and so did Emilio. His face is etched in my memory.

The last time we spoke with JB, out at Southlake, was late last month and we urged him to repent and trust in the Savior. I can remember as if it was yesterday, pleading with him, "JB, tonight could be the night that you die...you're not too young to die...please consider what we're saying...you must repent (turn from your sins) and put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ!"

This past Saturday night, JB's friends came out to Southlake searching for our evangelism group to tell us the news...the unthinkable news...that JB crashed his red truck last Thursday night and died. I was shocked...my heart sunk when I heard the news.

JB was with out excuse. He heard Gospel numerous times. Only God knows if he repented. But this is why we do what we do. This is why we share the Gospel and why we're compelled with urgency to do so. One day, you will die. One day, I will die. The ultimate statistic is that 51 out of 51 people die. Today is the day of salvation. Today is the day to repent and believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ. You might not have tomorrow...you might not have tonight. We aren't guaranteed our next breath.

If you're not a Christian...if you've never looked at yourself according to the God's Holy Law The 10 Commandments, don't put it off another minute. Here's what to do evaluate yourself by the 10 Commandments to see how you measure up to God's standards.

Have you ever lied (even once--fibs, white lies, etc.)? Have you ever stolen (the value is irrelevant)? Jesus said, "Whoever looks upon a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery already with her in his heart." Have you ever looked with lust? If you have said "Yes" to these three questions (by your own admission), you are a lying, thieving, adulterer at heart; and we've only looked at three of the Ten Commandments.

Have you put God first in your life, or have you created a false god to suit yourself; a god you feel comfortable with? If God judges you by that standard will you be innocent or guilty on the Day of Judgment? You know that you will be guilty, and therefore end up in Hell. But WAIT! LISTEN. There's Good News! God Himself made a way for sinners to be forgiven. Jesus suffered and died on the cross to satisfy the Moral Law — You broke the Law, Jesus paid the fine!

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Then He rose from the dead, defeating death. That means that God can forgive you and grant you the gift of everlasting life. Today, here's what to do, confess your sins to God, repent (turn) from your sins, put your trust in Jesus to save you from eternal damnation, and you will pass from death to life.
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A Pebble in Their Shoe

2008-09-02T19:36:00.004-04:00

So what are the results of the long weekend at Field Days? God is the One that ultimately knows. We were faithful in spreading and watering seeds. Eternity will show how the Lord used the words we shared and tracts distributed to reach into the hearts of those that heard. The following comes from a posting by Steve Sanchez, Evangelism Pastor at Hope Chapel Christian Church in Hermosa Beach, CA. It is titled, "A Pebble in His Shoe" and followed by a response from a "Thankful Dad". I just got to thinking about the hundreds of crazy and wild looking teens we spoke with over the weekend. How many of those kids have parents that have been praying for them to come to repentance and faith in the LORD. The post on Steve's blog just encouraged me all the more to be remembering and praying for those we met. We may be the answer to the prayers of parents that have faithfully been praying for their children.

A Pebble in His Shoe

Does our style of evangelism work? Does using the 10 Commandments, warning of Judgment Day and Hell… then presenting the Gospel make a difference?

I met a very nice young man the other night while witnessing on the Redondo Beach Pier where I take a team out every Friday evening for the Hour of Power. Read this email he sent about two hours after our conversation:

Hey Steve,

I just wanted to thank you for the conversation we had outside the Fun Factory today at the Redondo Pier. I’m sure you remember me; I was with my Aunt and my cousin. I just wanted to apologize if it seemed I was being rude or contemptuous at all. I was just trying to emphasize that I understood everything you were saying and that I really, really do think about these things every day. I also want to make it clear that I don’t challenge your “what if you died today” question and that I am full aware that if the Bible happens to be the Word of God, then I’m going to hell.

Our style of evangelism “works” in that we plant seed, and water seed, trusting that God will make it grow. “So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.” (1 Corinthians 3:7)

Everyone’s goal should be to put a pebble in the shoe of a sinner. Tell them the truth, then let God deal with them, regardless of whether they respond positively or not.

Jesus said, “The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they have life.” (John 6:63b)

2000 years ago God came down in the form of man, Jesus Christ. Now He comes down in the form of words, the words we speak about Him.

Response to “A Pebble in His Shoe”

TS Says:

September 1st, 2008 at 6:48 pm

The young man Pastor Steve spoke with in this story is my son (CS). The seed has been planted, watered, fed, emphasized and re-emphasized, but so far the seed has not taken root.

I believe that God’s word never returns empty. I also believe in the power of prayer. I ask all of you to pray that the Lord will soften my son’s heart and that he will accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior.

Praise God! Thank you, Steve and the team, for spreading the word.

Monday Field Day Pictures

2008-09-02T10:01:00.009-04:00

Sunday Field Days Pictures

2008-09-02T09:28:00.007-04:00

Sunday Field Days - My First Attempt at Open Air Preaching

2008-09-01T10:44:00.005-04:00

Sunday was a hot and sunny day which meant there were alot of people at Field Days. It was a day marked by alot of "First Time" witnessing adventures. It was my first time to witness to a couple that called themselves "Brooklyn Roman Catholics". I'm still not sure what distinction Brooklyn makes. :-) It was my first time to witness in depth to a Muslim man. We had a very friendly conversation and parted shaking hands with the understanding of how Christians view and know Jesus to be. It was a first time, at least that I know of, witnessing to a Jewish man. He kept that a secret until the very end of the conversation, shook my hand, but refused to take a tract. And... finally by the Grace of God, it was a first time for me to jump up on chair, trivia questions and stuffed animals in hand, to draw a crowd to share the law and the gospel in the open air. I just praise God for where he has grown me of the past couple years. It is nothing short of Him working in me. I would never have thought I would be out in the public sharing my faith as I have. You reading this may say, "I could never do that." But God can change you, He can give you the courage and boldness to step out and be faithful in even the small ways so that Gospel seeds could be sown and watered. I still tremble every time I go to pass a tract. But it drives me to my "knees" as I then take it to the LORD in prayer. He supplies the boldness and courage. Always remember that it is a winning situation every time you share your faith. The person could accept the message. That's a WIN. A seed could be planted for another person to water. That's a WIN. Or the person could reject it. That's a WIN too. Why? Because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. We are to rejoice and leap for joy for great is our reward in heaven. I thank God for Mark Cahill pointing this out with the following scriptures. It really does allow you to conquer your fear when sharing your faith.

Luke 6:22,23 says, Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

And

1 Peter 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

Pictures will be added soon.

Saturday Field Days

2008-08-31T22:17:00.026-04:00

Saturday was another great day of witnessing at the Johnson City Labor Day Field Days. We always have to remember that it is the LORD that draw people to himself. We are just called to sow and water seeds to prick consciences and get people thinking about eternal things. But it is a joy to see people really understand why they need a Savior and why Jesus is that only Savior. So we pray for each individual that passed by our booth, for each one that received a tract, for each one that took the time to talk and hear about the Gospel. To God Be the Glory in All Things. Nate

Johnson City Labor Day Field Days - Friday Night

2008-08-29T22:53:00.018-04:00

We had a very good evening with several good conversations. Despite the early rain, the field days did fill up with lots of teens as the evening continued. Shawn was one of the first to approach our booth. He wanted to answer some trivia questions to get a prize but also had his understanding of Law and Grace cleared up a bit. He even called his mother other to answer some questions and listen too.

While finishing with Shawn, Sue talked with another couple giving them a flyer for a free clothing give away our church is having next weekend.

This group of teens enjoyed the free trivia game we were doing but also listened as well as I switch from the natural to the spiritual. Please pray for Newell in the orange, Ed in the white, and Precious in the pink.

Cece, Sue and myself.

Bob H. and Tom J. two Gideons from our church came out to help give out New Testaments. Also thank you to Linda and Barrilyn for coming out Friday night too.

I'm not sure if these girls were part of the "Sydney, Julie, Megan" or the "Megan, Ashley, Michelle, or Emily" group. But none the less, each group went through the good person test, heard the Law and then the Gospel. Pray for the seeds planted in their lives.

Sue had a good conversation with this group of guys.

Not shown in the above pictures, but also please pray for Grace. She came up for the trivia and listened through an extended Law and Gospel presentation.

Towards the end of the evening, I had a very long conversation with several guys who seemed like they just wanted to challenge every aspect of God, the Bible, and Christianity. Please pray for Alex, Garrett, and Justin. (plus a couple other guys). The conversation went well and I thank WOTM for preparing me for several of the arguments that they brought up and teaching how to get back to the Law to keep working on the conscience. Pray for them.

Upcoming Labor Day Weekend Outreach

2008-08-27T11:42:00.004-04:00

This Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday we will again running a booth at the Johnson City Labor Day Field Days. We pray that there will be many opportunities to share the law and the gospel with the fair goers. We will be giving out Punch Balloons and Air Head Taffy Candy to those willing to talk to us. We also have some stuffed animals to use to draw a crowd for Open Air Trivia then Open Air Preaching.

For an example of what we hope to be able to do with the open air trivia, listen to the audio on this page or download the MP3 file. Tony Miano draws and holds a crowd with trivia questions starting in the natural and swinging to the spiritual.

Open Air Example

Tony Miano serves as Director of Way of the Master's Ambassador's Alliance.

Last Year's Booth - Noah's Grab Bag

Church Neighborhood Sales Day Outreach

2008-08-23T17:41:00.005-04:00

Each year the street that our church is on has a neighborhood sale day. For several years now, we as a church have participated doing an outreach to those walking by the church for the yard sales. We give out free bottled water which is much appreciated on hot August days. But more importantly, we give out "Living Water" by giving out Gospel tracts and trying to get into spiritual conversations. A couple members from the church are members of the local Gideons, and they have joined with us to provide Gideon New Testaments anyone wanting one.

Today, I was able to get into several conversations. The first one of the day was with a nice retiree gentlemen named Edwin. It was sad to hear him tell me he drove bus for his church for 30 some years but yet had no clue how to answer the "Million Dollar" how to get to heaven question. Even with sharing the law and the gospel with him, I still don't know if he really got it. Pray for Edwin.

After the previous night with the teens at our open gym night where so many had no desire to talk, it was a joy and a previlege to talk to a young teen on a bike that was very interested in talking. Chris asked about the Million Dollar Question and went through the good person test with me. I could tell his mind was working and really thinking things through. He understood the court room analogies and said he would continue to think about our conversation. He left with a "million dollar bill", a "Why Christianity" booklet, and a Gideon's New Testament along with a thanks as he rode off on his bike.

Something new for me in sharing the Law and Gospel happened today was when I shared with a married couple. The guy was wearing a Vietnam Veteran cap. They were right with me as I asked about lying, stealing, and blasphemy. Really understanding their guilt. I then continued with asking about murder, getting ready to jump to the normal talk on how hatred is considered the same. Their instant answer was "no" but then something happened, they looked at each other indicated that he as a veteran had seen and been involved in some very difficult situations. It was clear that this was something he had been dealing with for a long long time. I shared that any of that done in service for our country was not the same. I thanked him for his service and was able to continue on to talk of judgment, destiny, concern, and ultimately the Gospel. They thanked me for the conversation and he reached out to shake my hand. I couldn't help but thank him again for his service to all of us.

My last conversation of the day was with David. He indicated that he didn't believe in heaven or hell or any religion. He would just "be buried and rot" I quizzed a bit and discovered he was forced to go to a catholic church as a child until he punched the priest for trying to push religion on him. "So David", I said, "are you going to punch me if I talk with you about Christianity?" I wasn't sure if his comment was a warning or just narrative on is background. Well he smile and said no but also clearly wasn't about to talk. So I asked if he would take a little booklet and read it, Ray Comfort's "Why Christianity". He said he would probably just rip it up when he got home but yet I still sensed that I need to give it to him. He took it and I tolded him that it was a short explaination of the world's religions and why Christianity was different. I said he could read it in maybe 20-30 minutes. "Not for me" was the reply, "I'm illiterate." I suggested that maybe, who I believe to be his wife and sister in law, could help him with it so he could understand. He thanked me and went on down the street. It was a hard one but not too hard for our Lord to reach. Please pray for David.

Until the Nets are Full,

Nate

Church's Open Gym Night

2008-08-23T14:04:00.003-04:00

We had a good first open gym night at our church. To be honest we were a bit overwhelmed by the turn out. We had at least 75 and probably over 100 kids come through our doors to play games and hangout. Most were new faces to our church. Obviously sharing the Gospel with them was a priority. It was hard to get the kids interested in any conversations. Most were there just to hang and fool around which presented some difficulty with crowd control. I did get to share one on one with Tyheem, Joe, and a few others. (see pictures) Lots of kids got Million Dollar Bills so I can only pray that they will eventually be read.
Thanks for your prayers, Nate

Me witnessing to Joe.

Tyheem

Weekend Outreaches

2008-08-22T12:03:00.006-04:00

www.tractfromnate.blogspot.com

My church has a couple of outreaches coming up this weekend. I'd appreciate your prayers for many opportunities to share the law and gospel.

First, tonight we are having an open gym fun night from 7-10PM for teens and pre-teens. This is something new for us. While there will be fun stuff to do, more importantly the law and the gospel will be shared "one on one" or "via group" to everyone that shows up. Please pray that the "fun" is balanced properly with opportunities to witness.

Second, Saturday morning and early afternoon is a neighborhood garage sale on our church's street. We will be handing out free bottled water and more importantly sharing "Living Water" to those walking by the church for the sales. We have done this for a few years now. Like the Friday night event, I ask you to pray for the proper balance of opportunities.

Thanks, Nate

Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally

2008-08-10T21:15:00.000-04:00

My favorite local festival to witness at has to be Binghamton's Spiedie Fest and Hot Air Balloon Rally. (www.spiediefest.com) This was the third year now that my church has participated. Since it is a balloon fest, we had blow up punching balloons to give out to the children and plenty of Gospel Tracts to any and all that would take them. Well over a 1000 tracts were give out including WOTM Million Dollar Bills, Big $100 bills, pink and blue curves, Evangelism Team's 3's & 7's. One thing that attracted people this year were the pressed pennies with the Ten Commandments on them. I quickly learned a quick 30 second witnessing presentation to run through from the moment anyone asked what they were. Beyond the tracts, we had several lengthy "one on one" or "one on group" witnessing conversations sharing the Law and the Gospel. Many were very greatful to have Christianity explained and most took the excellent "Why Christianity?" booklet from Ray Comfort at the conclusion of talking. I pray now that the seeds planted via tract or conversation will find good soil, will be watered, and that the LORD of the harvest will cause the seed to grow and be reaped for God's Glory and Honor alone.

Pictures:

Sue and Bekah Pumping Balloons

Jeremy All Set for the Crowds

Me witnessing to Brandon

Me sharing with a Lady interested in Pennies

The Lady in the bottle costume came looking

for the guy with the MDB. She couldn't read

it through the face meshing so she asked me

to read it to her. Never witnessed to a bottle

of marinade before.

One group of guys that came back looking for

more million dollar bills. Of course I made sure

to get more they needed to talk to me about

the Million Dollar Question. The conversation

went really well and they wanted the Why

Christianity booklets to read more. Pray for

them.

2008-08-10T17:06:00.000-04:00

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