Praise the Lord! We have been receiving lots of encouraging reports from those of you who shared the Gospel last week as part of the Challenge II! Not everyone was able to actually lead someone to the Lord, but some sowed, some watered, and some reaped! If you haven’t shared with us what the Lord taught you through this experience, please send us a note today. It doesn’t have to be long, just a couple paragraphs is fine.
Here is one story we enjoyed from Christen. We’ll look forward to posting many more similar testimonies on the blog this week!
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“This last week, God allowed me to talk to one of our neighbors about the Gospel. My mom was also there talking to her husband, so I knew that she was praying for me.
Before I got out a tract, I was really praying that God would help me know which one to share. It was getting dark outside, so I knew it would be impolite to expect the neighbor to be able to read it right then. The Lord then gave me an idea. These neighbors have grandsons, who would probably love a million dollar bill! I got out the million dollar tract and told her that on the front it looks like a million dollar bill and on the back it has a Gospel message. I told her that it has some of the Ten Commandments on it and then went through some of them with her. When we got to the commandment to not murder, I mentioned that God considers hatred to be the same as murder. She said that she does struggle with this, and thinks that everyone does all their life.
I also shared James 2:10, “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” She thought that she was saved when she was eighteen but at the time she felt like she was saved all of her life. We can pray for her because only God knows her heart, but I am not sure that she really is saved.
I learned quickly that I need to have a lot of Scripture memorized, and that I need to know it well enough that I can quote it even when I am nervous. Thank you for making this second Challenge possible!”
~ Christen
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May 14th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Way to go, Christen! God bless you and keep it up…His Word will not return void and it gets easier to remember the more times you have to share it when you’re nervous!
Thanks for encouraging all of us to follow your example.
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:28 am
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