Friday, August 20, 2010

Type of tract to use

BE SURE
"Christ died for our sins and rose again" is ESSENTIAL if the tract is to be effective. I NEVER would give out a tract that does not have the gospel plainly in it.

Invitation
Personally, I want a tract that gives the person a chance to pray to receive the Lord Jesus in it. If they do not do it, you can be sure the devil will snatch away what was sown in their hearts, Matt 13:19.

Well done
We live in a sophisticated society and well done, on good paper, in color tracts are much better received and read.

Tracts on cults
You win people to Christ by a positive gospel message. I never carry tracts that deal with cults and their belief. I cannot remember when I talked to someone in the Jehovah Witnesses or other cults. Many of them will read a gospel tract when they would not read a tract against their cult or come to your church. They then have the gospel in their hands are and have heard it.

Tracts for everyone
Hundreds have asked about a tract for Policemen or Doctors or Firemen etc. Truthfully, how many of this specific group of people do you contact regularly? Hardly every. Find tracts that would fit everyone.

Get samples
"Mickey Mantle," "Amazing Grace." "America Under Attack." American Tract Society puts these out. Call 1-800-548-7228 or write American Tract Society, P.O. Box 462008, Garland, TX 75046 and ask for samples and prices.

Good News Publishers, 1300 Crescent Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 is a good tract company. "A moment Ago" is a very good tract to use. Write them for samples.

"God's Simple Plan of Salvation" is one of the all time great tracts. One half billion have been printed in over 100 languages. Written by Ford Porter, now in heaven, but still greatly used. Write Lifegate, P. O. Box 5, Monrovia, IN 46157, for samples and price.

Prayer:  Father, bless Your word as it goes out in tracts. Help Your people to plant seed through tracts for Your glory. In Jesus name. I LOVE YOU dear people ABC, sumner

I led a man to Christ on the phone today! God had him so ready. "Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully" 2 Cor. 9:6.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Interview with God Video

There was a video to watch about an interview with God but it has been changed so I did not include the link.  The rest of this devotional refers back to the above mentioned video.  At the end of this devotional is a narrative of the interview with God video.

Followup
This is awesome. The pictures are gorgeous, you will love them alone. The message is stirring. The last answer of God is good BUT whoever wrote it would have made a better impact if they had given this answer by God, "Tell them I sent my Son, Jesus, to suffer and die for their sins, paid their debt in full and rose again so they could trust what He did was the only way to heaven, receive Him as their personal Savior, just as a man receives a woman to be his wife, and they will be forgiven of their sins, born again and go to heaven."

And I now add, if YOU are not SURE you have done this, do it right now. Pray this, "Dear God, I know I have sinned too and deserve to punished. I believe You that the Lord Jesus suffered and died for my sins, paid my debt in full and rose again. Lord Jesus, I trust what you did paid my way to heaven and right now I receive you as my Savior too. Come into my heart, give me a new birth and the power to live for You. In Jesus name I pray." Please write and tell me if you did this just now or tell me when you did. I love you, with all my heart and want to see you in heaven. all because of Calvary, sumner

" He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life " 1 John  5:12

" He who believes in the Son has eternal life " John 3:36.

Here is the interview in case you could not bring it up on our computer. I dreamed I had an interview with God. So you would like to interview me, God asked. If you have the time, I said. God smiled. My time is eternity. What questions do you have in mind for me? What surprises you most about humankind? God answered, that they get bored with childhood, they rush to grow up and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future. That they live as though they will never die and die as though they never lived. God's hand took mine and we were silent for a while and then I asked, As a parent what are some of life's lessons you want your children to learn? To learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can do is let themselves be loved. To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness. To learn it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they love and it can take many years to heal them. To learn a rich person is not the one who has the most, but one who needs the least. To learn there are people who love them dearly but simply do not yet know how to express or show their feelings. To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently. To learn it is not enough to forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves. Thank you for the time, I said humbly. Is there anything else you would like your children to know? God smiled and said, Just know that I am here -- always.

Oh dear people, the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. Thousands will read this and still not know the Savior. The most important thing we can do for anyone, for the whole world, is to give them the gospel every time we have a chance. Make sense?

Monday, August 16, 2010

Leading Kings to Christ

Read about 3 Kings being led to Christ-AWESOME

Dave Teis, went to his home town of Las Vegas and he and his wife knocked on 100 doors a day to reach people for Christ 25 years ago. They had over 1000 attending twice during the month of May. A fantastic church.

Meeting a King
One of the missionaries, Mike Patterson, told about being introduced to a real King in Africa. He put his hand out to shake the Kings hand, which you are not supposed to do. He spoke directly to the king, another no no. When he was explained his lack of protocol he apologized profusely. Then speaking properly through a third person, he told the King that he was the adopted son of the King of Kings. The King was intrigued and asked him to come back the next Thursday and tell him about it

Leading the King to Christ
Mike went back and started with Genesis 1:1 told the King the whole story of the Bible for two and a half hours. When he told how the Lord Jesus suffered and died for our sins and rose again, the King was deeply moved. When Mike asked if he would like to receive the Lord Jesus, he gladly prayed out loud with him and was gloriously saved. Through all of this he was later introduced to two other Kings and had the joy of leading them to Christ.

"Pray for kings"
For years I have prayed, like God told us in 1 Tim. 2:1, for the kings of the world. When I heard Mike tell this I burst into tears as I realized I had a part in their salvation! Oh dear people, it will transform your lives to pray for the things God told us to pray for in the Bible. I have written on this before but here is a live demonstration of why we should pray for ALL kings.

Father, thank you for this wonderful story of how You work in answer to our prayers and our faithful witness. Help Your people to pray and witness like You told us. In Jesus name. And I LOVE YOU, all because of Calvary, Sumner