Slow Trading Day Becomes Gospel Opportunity

Had a really good conversation with the person in charge of the watch/cobbler/engraver store.
Just had a chat for sometime about general things and prayed for an opportunity to turn the conversation to spiritual things concerning her soul.
Thank God the opportunity came when she asked me what I was studying and I told her how wonderful studying the Bible had been to me recently, found out she came from a Catholic background but had been out of it for 10 years because of an incident in her church where someone's leg was broken in a fight.
She hadn't really considered whether there was indeed a God so I asked her about the all the watches on display.

I told her that I had never seen a watchmaker or a watch being made so how would I know that the watch had been made and not formed by chance? Of course from the intricacy of the design which she as a watch repairer would understand better than anyone else.
Thank God she could see the argument that this world which is far more complex must have a Maker although we cannot see Him.
Gave her a tract and shared the Gospel with her, showing her how it was different from all other religions and Catholicism even because it is not salvation by our works which we cannot do at all but it is salvation by Christ's works and His salvation alone.

I had to leave in a hurry but thank God that when I told her to read it carefully she said very seriously that she would and when I told her that our church doors were always open to her she said she might see me there then.

Thank God for this great opportunity and His providential arrangement of things so that she would be there.
She normally works somewhere else but as the normal attendant at that watch store was ill she had to fill in just for that night and had not much business for that day and was bored so was very happy to talk.

May God have mercy on her soul (Katy) as He has given the opportunity to share the Gospel to her. @ 9:10pm on Thursday 10/9/15 in Bull Creek

Be a listener when preaching the Gospel

When I was getting my groceries today, Teryl the check out lady started a conversation with me and asked me how my day had been. I in turn asked her how she was and she told me she had been better. I asked her why and she said life had been pretty tough for her of late - her dog had been sick and also her marriage was starting to fall apart. I told her that I believe that everything happens for a reason and through difficulties, we can grow. 

She smiled and she said 'I hope so'. She then apologised for unloading on me and I just said, it was no problem at all and I told her I was a Christian and that I would pray for her, to which she replied 'really? you would do that?' and I said of course! At that moment I could see her eyes getting 'moist' so I offered her a tract 'this is for you, it's a gospel tract and I hope it will bring you some encouragement' and she received it with a smile. Thank God for the opportunity and if you read this, please keep Teryl in prayer

Agnostic to Hopefully Saved

Praise God for a very good opportunity to evangelise.

This man (Dominic) first declined a tract because he said he believed there was no God.
Thank God that instead of giving up and moving on, God moved me to stick on and ask why he didn't believe in a God.

This led to showing him how not believing in God is as ridiculous as saying that a watch has no maker.

Managed to fully share the Gospel with him, of how we are all sinners who can never do enough good to get to heaven, how our conscience itself proves that there is a God who will judge us, the fiery end which awaits all those who die in their sins, the infinity of this judgement because of our infinite sin against an infinite God, how we are all condemned by the law which is already in our conscience, how we break God's law specified in the Ten Commandments and reflected in our conscience, how we are rendered without excuse from the creation of the world, how we are thus condemned to hell for our sins and how we can never make up for our broken record.

But also the good news of the Gospel, how God so loved the world, that God the Father would send God the Son in the flesh to live perfectly and earn the righteousness we could not, how He would die an excruciating bloody death on the cross in our place, how He not only took the physical torture but also the anguish of God the Father placing His wrath upon the Son, and how He rose victorious from the grave in a glorified physical body because He is God and to seal our salvation and give us the hope of resurrection.

Thus we no longer fear death but look forward to it, for to be with the Lord is far better and that it is the beginning of our life, awaiting the resurrection of our bodies and how glorious, eternal, wonderful, and worth-it it is.

After this, evolution was addressed and shown to be false: a blind faith. For there are no "missing links" : they are all misnomers or hoaxes, and evolution of kinds is not seen and completely different from natural selection and adaptation.

After the Gospel, general apologetics: such as Christianity being different from all other world religions like genuine money is distinguished from counterfeit money by the major differences of the founder being resurrected not dead, the Saviour who has done the good works necessary for our salvation not salvation by our own good works. And other things.

Thank God that for one solid hour the Gospel and apologetics was shared with him, and he was extremely receptive and listened attentively.

After a few minutes of sharing the Gospel with him he reached out for one of the tracts in my hand and read through it as I talked to him, also gave him a tract about evolution which he also took.
As we were about to part he said he would read the tracts again when he got home, and I told him to read them very carefully like he would read a treasure map which would lead to treasure or a booklet abut a foolproof way to become a billionaire.
"For what shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36

In closing the conversation with him I again asked him if he would repent and believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ, His person, His works, His death and resurrection to save him and his sincere answer was "I hope that God will save me." I asssured him of God's promise of salvation to all who repent and believe with John 6:37 "…him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out."

What a change from the agnostic who didn't believe there was a God and who initially refused a tract and now one hour later acknowledged that he was a sinner and hoped that the God he did not believe in previously would save him! Other words he dropped seemed to indicate his change of heart, as I left instead of saying "have a good one" accidentally said "have a good life" and he said "yes, a good after life." and he returned my "God bless".

Thank God, this opportunity is not by chance, the Gospel I have been privileged to share to this man may either be a savour of death unto death or a savour of life unto life and this looks promising!

May God have mercy on his soul, and all thanks and praise be to God who gave the great joy and privilege of sharing the glorious and wonderful Gospel of His Beloved Son to this wretched and unworthy worm and empowered me to share this Good News!

Where have we been so far?

Thank God that over the last week, over 300 people have been reached around Perth (and Brisbane) through the participants in September 30in30. Here is a map of the outreach in Perth so far. Participants will be able to get a link to this interactive map but for privacy reasons, here is only a screenshot of the map. Stay on this page to see testimonies from the log books of those participating in September 30in30. If you are reading this from some other part of the world, maybe leave us a comment below.

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And ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea..

After submitting to the Lord's will and the Holy Spirit and obeying today's daily devotion of witnessing at home first, the Lord immediately granted me the opportunity to sow a seed to one of our neighbours - Ted. On my previous delivery runs, riding on the spiritual high from camp, I had prayed to the Lord for an opportunity to share the gospel with him. But it felt like the Lord stayed my hand and mouth. Instead I talked to him and got to know him better. Tilling the soil first I suppose. And now was the right time, the Lord answered my prayer! :) 

I embarked on my final delivery run for the day and lo and behold he was out tending to his garden. After a short prayer I went to give him his brochures and also gave him the tract and engaged in conversation.

He was raised Catholic but doesn't really practice much anymore. I asked him if he knew he was saved and whether if he died tonight he would go to heaven. He replied "I don't know" with an apprehensive chuckle. So I encouraged him to read the tract and told him it has the good news of Jesus Christ! :) @ 3pm on Wednesday in Success.

September 30in30 has begun!

This year there are 67 participants who have committed to share the Gospel with 30 people in the 30 days of September. That's over 2,000 people will receive a Gospel tract in Perth and whereever the Lord leads them in the next 30 days. Currently this includes Singapore, Brisbane, Spain, Austria, Germany and France. Their testimonies and updates from the outreach will appear here.