Sermon Illustrations

Evangelism

Washed Clean Magic

I saw a video on the internet of something like this a couple of years ago and searched high a low for details of how to do it. I eventually worked it out with Iodine, spray starch and Sodium Thiosulphate.

But I have just come across this from one of my colleagues in the Portsmouth Diocese Fr Simon Rundell. Here are his instrcuctions:

Two bowls of water – one clean water and one filled with water 100-200mls of FILM FIXER. You can buy it at a photographic supplies shop – Jessops still have a few bottles at the back for those who still develop proper film: £9 for a litre which will last ages.

One white linen handkerchief, chopticks or tongs to handle them

One small bottle of Iodine Tincture from the Chemists/Dugstore (79p from Rowlands Pharmacy)

1. Add Iodine to clean water

2. Cloth in ‘dirty water’ so it becomes stained.

3. Transfer Iodine cloth into fixer solution -> the iodine is neutralised by the fixer and it goes back to white

4. Transfer cloth now soaked in fixer solution into bowl with iodine water in it, so that iodine is neutralised and both bowls appear clean

5. Dispose of carefully as the chemicals are poisonous.

There! You can dress up sin and redemption how your theology paints it (you can tell, I don’t do penal substitution) and you can explain it according to your audiences (Infant and Junior School Collective Worship love this!). Over to you all now – make the most of it!

Topics:

Cross - The, Jesus, Easter, Evangelism, YouTube Videos,

i-Share Evangelism Video

The evangelism tool for our media generation. i-Share - The Gospel visualized on your screen or on your iPod and in multiple languages. i-Share is a new evangelism tool meant to help individuals, youth groups, mission trip participants and beyond share their faith in a new and relevant way. The i-Share video can be used in a public setting in your favorite presentation software or personally in your own video iPod or similar device. The i-Share also comes in more than one language!! By using the i-Share video mission trip participants are able to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ no matter the language barrier.


This version is on YouTube, however more information, full quality videos and versions in different languages can be found here.

Topics:

Christianity, Conversion, Cross - The, Easter, Evangelism, Good Friday, YouTube Videos,

Pre-Paid Admission

I found this by accident while looking for other illustrations. It is a wonderful drama about salvation by faith alone, not by works and how Jesus takes our place.

Topics:

Grace, YouTube Videos, Afterlife, Evangelism,

An Unspoken Plea

This video is a raw and straightforward illustration about love, judgement and evangelism. It verbalises the deep cry of many, asking us to stop judging and to show God's unconditional love. Very Powerful.

 

    This video is included with full permission from SermonSpice.com

    This actual video can be viewed and purchased from their website Here

Topics:

SermonSpice Videos, Evangelism, Conversion,

Singer Boy George

Singer Boy George said, "On Sunday I attended the christening of my year-old godson Michael, and he was as restless as everyone else. The priest was a lovely man with impeccable dress sense, but I was confused from the moment he took the pulpit. Most of us only ever go to church for weddings and funerals, so sticking to the Book is pointless...and what's the point of rattling on about sin when most of us are doomed to eternal damnation? It doesn't warm people to Christianity, it only makes them feel like hypocrites. Worse still are the utterly depressing hymns. I'd like to see live music, acoustic guitars, and percussion. Church should be a joyous and liberating experience--[it] badly needs a facelift because it is God's theatre on earth, and he should be packing them in."

Boy George, London's Daily Mail, Feb. 23, 2000

Topics:

Church, Evangelism, Preaching, Worship,

Honk if you love Jesus

The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a "honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker. I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper. Boy, am I glad I did! What an uplifting experience that followed!

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is... and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed!

I found that LOTS of people love Jesus! Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, "For the love of GOD! GO! GO! ...Jesus Christ, GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!

Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!

There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a "sunny beach"... I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. then I asked my teenage son in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something. Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My son burst out laughing...why, even he was enjoying this religious experience!

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So, I waved to all my sisters and brothers grinning, and drove on through the intersection. I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Topics:

Evangelism,

You don't even know your way to the post office


The Rev. Billy Graham tells of at time early in his career when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon.

Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy told him, Rev. Graham thanked him and said, "If you'll come to the Baptist church this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get to Heaven."

"I don't think I'll be there," the boy said.

"You don't even know your way to the post office."

Quoted from funny(at)net153.com email list

Topics:

Evangelism, Mission,

Spurgeon's Heart

"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for."

Charles Spurgeon - Quoted from the Sermon Fodder email list

Topics:

Evangelism, Mission,

Too long to wait

A troop of Boy Scouts was being used as "guinea pigs" in a test of emergency systems. A mock earthquake was staged, and the Scouts impersonated wounded persons who were to be picked up and cared for by the emergency units.

One Scout was supposed to lie on the ground and await his rescuers, but the first-aid people got behind schedule, and the Scout lay "wounded" for several hours.

When the first-aid squad arrived where the casualty was supposed to be, they found nothing but a brief note:

"Have bled to death and gone home."

Only in games and tests can we delay helping the lost.

Quoted from www.cybersalt.org email list

Topics:

Evangelism,

Fathers in Faith

If a child is the first person in a household to become a Christian, there is a 3.5 percent probability everyone else in the household will follow. If the mother is the first to become a Christian, there is a 17 percent probability everyone else in the household will follow.

But if the father is first, there is a 93 percent probability everyone else in the household will follow, according to figures from Focus on the Family. Yet out of the 94 million men in the U.S., 68 million don't attend any church, although 85 percent of those say they did grow up with some sort of church background.

Statistics from Focus on the Family Publishing, "Promise Keepers at Work."
See http://www.baptistpress.com/bpnews.asp?ID=15630

Topics:

Evangelism, Fatherhood, Families,

I like my way of doing it better

One day a lady criticized D. L. Moody for his methods of evangelism in attempting to win people to the Lord. Moody's reply was "I agree with you.

I don't like the way I do it either. Tell me, how do you do it?"

The lady replied, "I don't do it."

Moody retorted "I like my way of doing it better than your way of not doing it"

Quoted from Pulpit Pieces Weekly email list

Topics:

Evangelism,

Master's Card

There are some things money can't buy, for everything else there's Master card. I'm sure you've all received their applications in the mail.

However, I'm here to advertise a different card. You see, my life is a product for others to see. I'm a card carrying representative for The Master's Card. That's right, The MASTER'S CARD.

**Let me tell you about it.**

There are no finance charges, no payments due. My bill has already been covered...it's a prepaid deal. I couldn't afford the price, so Jesus stepped in and paid it for me.

My name is written on the card for all to see. It is accessible twenty-four hours a day from anywhere in the world. The MASTER'S CARD has so many benefits it's hard to list them all. Let me share some of them with you... you might want to apply for a personal card yourself.

Just for starters there is:

**UNLIMITED GRACE.
That's right, there is no preset limit to the amount of grace you receive from the MASTER'S CARD. Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places? Then, look no farther than The MASTER'S CARD. It offers the greatest rate on love that has ever been offered.

The MASTER'S CARD gives you access to many "members only" benefits. Want real joy despite the difficulties of life? Apply for the MASTER'S CARD. Want a lasting peace? Apply for the MASTER'S CARD. Looking for something you can always rely on in a jam? The MASTER'S CARD is perfect for you.

Another great thing about The MASTER'S CARD is that it never expires and will never be canceled. Once you're a member, you're a member for life... eternal life, that is. Membership has its privileges, you know.

So why not apply today? It's only a prayer away.....

Catherine Majorfor Quoted from Cybersaltlists.org email list

Topics:

Evangelism,

Mission

The church exists by mission as fire exists by burning.

Emil Brunner

Topics:

Evangelism, Mission, Church,

How long is your plan for?

If your plan is for a year plant rice
If your plan is for a decade plant trees
If your plan is for a lifetime, educate children.

(Confucius 551-479BC)

Topics:

Children, Education, Evangelism,

Evangelize or fossilize

The law of any church is, and always will be, evangelize or fossilize.

George E. Sweazy, Let’s March Abreast.

Topics:

Evangelism,

Who does the church exist for?

"The Church is the only institution that exists for those who are not yet its members."

William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-1944

Topics:

Evangelism,

Comfortable in the pigpen

In our quest to reach people for Christ, we must caution ourselves to never compromise the gospel's standards in order to accommodate those people who are not interested in repentance. Billy Graham's sentiments on this concern are most appropriate: "We are dangerously near to saying to the prodigal son, 'It is not necessary to return to your father and home; we can make you comfortable in the pigpen.'"

Quoted from the Sermon Fodder Email List

Topics:

Evangelism,

Starfish On The Beach

The story was told about two men walking down a Mexican beach, talking with one another. They could see a man in the distance throwing something into the ocean. As they got closer, they saw that he was bending over, picking something up and throwing it into the ocean. The closer they got they noticed that he was one of the natives.

There were starfish on the beach which were left by the outgoing tide. The native was throwing them out where they could swim away. One of the two men asked, "What are you doing?" The man replied, "I am throwing the starfish back out to sea. If they don't get back into the deeper water, they will die." The other man replied, "I understand that part, but look at this beach. It is covered with starfish. There must be thousands stranded out here. How do you feel that this will make a difference?"

The native bent over, picked up another starfish, hurled him out to sea, and with a smile on his face said, "Made a difference to that one!"

There are thousands who need the Lord and need the care of Christians.  Each one of us can "make a difference" to someone.

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Topics:

Evangelism,

What’s your purpose in life?

Josh McDowell tells about an executive “headhunter” who recruits corporate executives for large firms. This headhunter once told McDowell that when he interviews an executive, he likes to disarm him. “I offer him a drink,” said the headhunter, “take off my coat, undo my tie, throw up my feet and talk about baseball, football, family, whatever, until he’s all relaxed. Then, when I think I’ve got him relaxed, I lean over, look him square in the eye and say, ‘What’s your purpose in life?’ It’s amazing how top executives fall apart at that question.”

Then he told about interviewing one fellow recently. He had him all disarmed, had his feet up on his desk, talking about football. Then the headhunter leaned over and said, “What’s your purpose in life, Bob?” And the executive said, without blinking an eye, “To go to heaven and take as many people with me as I can.”

“For the first time in my career,” said the headhunter, “I was speechless.” No wonder. He had encountered someone who was prepared. He was ready. His purpose, “To go to heaven and take as many people with me as I can.” You and I might not express it that way, but do you doubt that this is one man who has extra oil for his lamp?

Dr. Gary Nicolosi, Sermons: "Preparing for the End Time"
Quoted from www.actsweb.org/encwknd4702.htm

Topics:

Evangelism, Second Coming,

Evangelism Statistics

Ninety-five percent of all Christians have never won a soul to Christ. Eighty percent of all Christians do not consistently witness for Christ. Less than two percent are involved in the ministry of evangelism. Seventy-one percent do not give toward the financing of the great Commission.

One particular denomination did a survey on its leadership ministries. The results are as follows:

63% of the leadership in this denomination, including deacons and elders, have not led one stranger to Jesus in the last two years through the method of “Go Ye” evangelism.

49% of the leadership ministries spend zero time in an average week ministering outside of the church.

89% of the leadership ministries have zero time reserved on their list of weekly priorities for going out to evangelize.

99% of the leadership ministries believe that every Christian, including leadership, has been commanded to preach the gospel to a lost world.

97% believe that if the leadership had a greater conviction and involvement in evangelism, that it would be an example for the church to follow.

96% of the leadership believe their churches would have grown faster if they would have been more involved in evangelism.

Because of this, our results in evangelism have been mediocre, at best.

“Street Level Evangelism, Where is the Space for the Local Evangelist,” by Michael Parrott, Acts Evangelism, Spokane, WA, 1993, pp. 9-11.

Topics:

Evangelism,

Beggars together

One beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.

Topics:

Evangelism,

How much you care

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Topics:

Church, Caring For Others, Evangelism, Friendship, Love,

God Insists

C.S. Lewis said: "God will insist in saving people by means of which I do not aprove."

UK Focus - Holy Trinity Brompton Mag, Aug 97, J. John

Topics:

Evangelism,

Artic Rivers

Many christians today are like artic rivers; they are frozen at the mouth. And many christians today have a 'Private and confidential' lable over their faith.

UK Focus - Holy Trinity Brompton Mag, Aug 97, J. John

Topics:

Evangelism,

Commands Obeyed

If there is one commandment that christians have kept, one commandment of Christ that christians have really followed, it is Jesus' admonition to three disciples, "See that you tell no-one!"

UK Focus - Holy Trinity Brompton Mag, Aug 97, J. John

Topics:

Evangelism,

Being outward looking

Sometimes we have the impression that being outward looking means that you put the sign of the fish on your car. All unbelievers who see the fish on the car think we belong to an angling society.

UK Focus - Holy Trinity Brompton Mag, Aug 97, J. John

Topics:

Evangelism,

People Watch

John Wesley was asked, "Why are people drawn to you?" and he replied, "When you set yourself on fire, people will come and watch you burn."

UK Focus - Holy Trinity Brompton Mag, Aug 97, J. John

Topics:

Evangelism,

Lost Child

Imagine my wife and I go to Sherward forest for a day's picnic. At the end of the day, we are packing up and realise we only have one of our sons with us. We've lost the other two. "Oh no! What shall we do? Let's go and look for them."

We go back into the forest and hunt all over the forest. We find one of them and say, "Oh well, at least we have found one. Let's go! We lost two, we got one back. You lose 100%, you get 50% back - that's the way life is. Win some lose some."

NO! What would we do? We would go back into the forest and we'd search for our lost son until we found our son, alive or dead. We wouldn't stop.

That's the heart that the church needs to have as part of this whole thing of being outward looking, to have a heart for the lost. I am not saying that every minute of every hour of every day, we are out seeking the lost, but if that's the heart of the church, then its troops are going to be active at different times and different places doing this.

UK Focus - Holy Trinity Brompton Mag, Aug 97, J. John

Topics:

Evangelism,

My Purpose

"My purpose in life is to go to heaven and take as many people as possible with me."

UK Focus - Holy Trinity Brompton Aug 97 Magazine, J.John, D.L. Moody

Topics:

Evangelism,

Win the lost

"Win the lost at any cost."

J. John - in UK Focus, Aug 97 (HTB)

Topics:

Evangelism, Commitment - Cost Of,

Spiritual Fruits

God wants spiritual fruits, he dosen't want religious nuts.

J. John - in UK Focus, Aug 97 (HTB)

Topics:

Christianity, Fruit Of The Spirit, Evangelism,

Bambi or Rambo

When asking people to church or church functions, chill out about it. Don't get too intense. Use the Bambi approach, not the Rambo approach.

J. John - in UK Focus, Aug 97 (HTB)

Topics:

Evangelism,

Daily doses of penicillin

A helpful analogy of how we share our faith is that of taking daily doses of penicillin in order to remove an infection. Just as taking all the penecillin at once makes little inpact on the infection, so a bombardment of Christian truth rarely has a positive effect on an unchurched friend or family member. It is likely to so more harm than good.

J. John - in UK Focus, Aug 97 (HTB)

Topics:

Evangelism,

Some kneeling form

Every work of God can be traced to some kneeling form.

J. John - in UK Focus, Aug 97 (HTB)

Topics:

Evangelism, Prayer,

If we do not speak ....

Jesus was born in a borrowed manger. He preached from a borrowed boat. He entered Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey. He ate the last supper in a borrowed room. And he was buried in a borrowed tomb. Now he asks to borrow the lives of christians to reach the rest of the world. If we do not speak then he is dumb and silent.

J. John - in UK Focus, Aug 97 (HTB)

Topics:

Evangelism,

Sunday School

"During the war a man lay dying in the trenches. A friend leaned over him and said, 'Is there anything I can do for you?'
He replied, 'No I am dying.'
'Is there anyone I can send a message to for you?'
'Yes, you can send a message to this man at this address. Tell him that in my last minutes what he taught me as a child is helping me to die.'
The man was his old Sunday School Teacher. When the message got to him, he said, 'God forgive me. I gave up Sunday School teaching years ago because I thought I was getting nowhere. I thought it was no use.'"

Questions of Life, Nicky Gumble, p200

Topics:

Evangelism, Sunday School,

What to taske to work

To avoid the risk of losing their religion, a lot of people don't take it to work with them.

Topics:

Evangelism, Work,

The best evangelist

"There is not a better evangelist in the world than the Holy Spirit."

D L Moody

Topics:

Evangelism, Holy Spirit,

The Church The World & The Holy Spirit

"Before Christ sent the church into the world, He sent the Spirit into the church. The same order must be observed today."

John R W Stott

Topics:

Evangelism, Holy Spirit,

All Christians

Mother Teresa:
In India I was asked by some government people, "Don't you want to make us all Christians?" I said, "Naturally, I would like to give you the treasure I have to you, but I cannot. I can only pray for you to have the courage to receive it."

Topics:

Evangelism,

One Sunday school teacher started it all!

In 1858, a Boston Sunday School teacher named Kimball began visiting one of his students at the shoe shop where he worked as a clerk. Eventually, he led him to Christ. That student’s name was D.L. Moody. Twenty•one years later, Moody, now an evangelist, visited London and a great spiritual awakening took place. F B. Meyer, a local pastor, went to hear Moody and his life was transformed. Later Meyer went to America to preach and in one of his meetings a student
named J. Wilbur Chapman got saved. Chapman became active in the YMCA, where he met and discipled a former baseball player called Billy Sunday. Sunday became a great revivalist and, in one of his crusades in Charlotte, a group of
businessmen came to Christ. A year later, they decided that their city needed another crusade, so they invited Mordecai Hamm to be their speaker. After 3 weeks Hamm left town, discouraged because he’d only had one convert a 12 year-old boy called Billy Graham!

One Sunday school teacher started it all! One brother, Andrew, led another brother called Peter to Christ, then Peter brought multitudes. One woman, whose name he still doesn’t know, led David Yonggi Cho, pastor of the world’s largest church (800,000 members), to Christ. One person - just one can make all the difference. You can be that one!

Topics:

Evangelism,

Now go and do it

A congregation turned up one Sunday morning to find the church barred and bolted at the normal service time. On the door of the church was pinned a note in the Vicar's handwriting. It read "You have head about it long enough, now go and do it."

Topics:

Evangelism, Church,

The Wordless Book

I first came to accept Jesus as my personal savior at age 6.

My mom had a doctor's appointment one morning and left me to be watched by her friend, Pearl.

Pearl was a wonderful Christian woman. She loved the Lord.

She asked me if I would like to hear a story. Naturally I said yes, for entertainment and for much craved attention!

She showed me a "wordless" book with different coloured pages.

"GOLD is for Heaven and God wants us all to go there but..." as she turned to the black page, "we can't because of our BLACK sins. Turning to the red page she stated, "RED is for the blood of Jesus that was shed on the cross for us". She then turned to the white page and continued with the story, "and when we ask Jesus to forgive our sins and come into our hearts as Lord and Saviour, our BLACK sins are turned WHITE as snow.

She turned back to the gold page and continued on, "When we die we can go to Heaven (GOLD)" and closing the pages, she showed me the cover and said "the color GREEN is for all growing things and we can GROW in the Lord."

I accepted the Lord as my Saviour right after the plan of salvation was presented to me in The Wordless Book.

From: www.lifestorywriting.com/wordless.htm

Topics:

Conversion, Evangelism,

I see people going to hell

While speaking in London, evangelist D. L. Moody was approached by a British companion who wanted to know the secret of Moody's success in leading people to Christ. Moody directed the man to his hotel window and asked, "What do you see?" The man looked down on the square and reported a view of crowded streets. Moody suggested he look again. This time the man mentioned seeing people--men, women, and children. Moody then directed him to look a third time, and the man became frustrated that he was not seeing what Moody wanted him to see. The great evangelist came to the window with watery eyes and said, "I see people going to hell without Jesus. Until you see people like that, you will not lead them to Christ." What do you see in five o'clock traffic, a busy restaurant, a crowded waiting room, your neighborhood, or your extended family?

From The Sermon Fodder Email List

Topics:

Evangelism,

Beatle George Harrison Searched for God

Following the news of ex-Beatle George Harrison's death, "Today" show anchor Anne Curry interviewed Anthony DeCurtis, a writer for *Rolling Stone* magazine. DeCurtis talked at length about Harrison's search for a meaningful spiritual life. Curry said, "Apparently Harrison was the most spiritual of the group [speaking of the Beatles]; in a recent interview, he said, 'Everything else in life can wait, but the search for God cannot wait.'"

Dave Slagle, Lawrenceville, Georgia; source: NBC's "Today" (30-11-2001)

Topics:

Evangelism,

William Booth's Vision (Founder of Salvation Army)

He had a vision once, William Booth. He tells the story of the time when he was travelling in a coach, and he was thinking about the millions of people in his own country, who lived in opened rebellion against God, addicted to their sin and ignoring Christ. He said that at this moment I had a vision.

"I saw a dark and stormy ocean, over the top were deep dark clouds, and the wind moaned and the waves would rise up, tower, foam, crashing down only to rise up again, and then he said I noticed in the ocean, that it was filled with millions and millions of people. Poor humans screaming, cursing, crying out, dying . Well that was until I noticed that in the middle of the ocean was a mighty rock, rising out of the ocean. All around the base of this rock I saw had been build vast platforms. I noticed with delight that a few of these poor wretches would be washed unto these platforms and climb out to safety. Then I noticed that others who had already been saved in that way, working hard on the platform with ladders, ropes, boats and any other means possible to rescue other. They would sacrifice themselves, endanger their own lives, they were entirely wrapped up in their effort to save others from the dark ocean.

But as I kept looking, I saw that there were a multitude of others, who took no part in the rescue. They were busy with all other kinds of other past times. What puzzled me though is that they themselves had been rescued at onetime, yet they seemed to show no concern for others who were perishing. And this inspite the fact that they regularly attended lectures which told of how awful it was to be unsaved, and how wonderful it was to be safe and on the rock. Some of these people were absorbed in study and business, in order to make great profits which they could store away. Others amused themselves with constant paintings, sports, music, clothing or tours around the Island. Although, those on the platform said that they would obey their Lord, They didn't seem to hear him calling, calling to them from down in the sea to where he himself had gone.

Anyhow if they did hear him they did not feel as they had time to work with him. And I noticed something very odd indeed. Those people on the platform were always calling on Him to come to them, to make them happier, to assure them that they would never fall off the rock. To answer some doubts and troubles they had with the letters he had sent to them. Sometimes they would get together at the top of the rock and look across to the mainland where they imagined He dwelled, and cry, oh come to us, oh come and bless us please. And all this while this great being was by his spirit, among the poor, blind creatures in the angry deep. Putting his arms around people, pulling and pushing them towards the platform. And as he did so he would look up all so longingly but all so in vain. To those upon the rock, and he would cry out with his voice hoarse from crying, come and help me, come and work with me.

Then I understood. All those in the sea were those cut off from God and perishing. The rock was the cross the only place of safety and forgiveness. And on the rock people used their time and abilities in two basic ways. Either for themselves or the unsaved. They were either passengers or soldiers. My friends do not be deceived by appearances. Men and things are not what they appear to be. If they are not on the rock they are in the sea. Jesus is calling all his people to love as he loves, to see as he sees, to go down to the ocean, to put all they have at his disposal, forget your pride your love of ease, your ambitions, your love of comfort, and come down to where you are needed. We've had a very nice time as Christian, much fun, much joyful singing, many nice outings. Go now and tell him that you will heed his voice, and go down and spend yourselves for the perishing.

William Booth finishes up by saying, now what will you do?

Topics:

Evangelism,

The Maravian Brethren

There was a group of missionaries from a couple of centuries called the Maravian Brethren. They heard of various needs, and two of the most impressive stories, these are young people just like ourselves, with the same hopes and the same desires for comfort and joy. They heard of a leper colony in Africa, where there was a huge wall built around it and it was guarded by soldiers and once you were found to have leprosy you were taken in and you never got out. There were farms, there were shops, and there was a graveyard in there. And these guys asked the obvious question who shares the gospel with them? So they didn't write books and send them in which they could have. Two of the young men went in and they never came out. That is the level at which they cared. Another couple of the young men, were trying to reach out to the slaves in the Carribbean. And they found that they had no time where they could actually find the slaves and speak to them. So two of them where sold as slaves and they lived and died as slaves. Not just for a week or two, they shared themselves, they went in amongst them. Now I'm not telling you that to make you feel guilty, I'm saying it's that sort of thing that says I want to be able to reach these people, I want to share myself with them so I can get the gospel to them.

Ian Powell : KYC 1990 "Learning the game by watching others play"

Topics:

Evangelism,

Lord, is this a sign?

Norman Cates shared the humorous story of a guy who prayed this prayer every morning: "Lord, if you want me to witness to someone today, please give me a sign to show me who it is." One day he found himself on a bus when a big, burly man sat next to him. The bus was nearly empty but this guy sat next to our praying friend.

The timid Christian anxiously waited for his stop so he could exit the bus. But before he could get very nervous about the man next to him, the big guy burst into tears and began to weep. He then cried out with a loud voice, "I need to be saved. I'm a lost sinner and I need the Lord. Won't somebody tell me how to be saved?" He turned to the Christian and pleaded, "Can you show me how to be saved?" The believer immediately bowed his head and prayed, "Lord, is this a sign?"

Are you looking for a "sign" to start witnessing? It can be found in Matthew 28:19-20 and Acts 1:8.

(Deacon, Jan.-March 1995, p. 34) By way of the Gospel Radio Group

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The Greatest Promise

This video develops the best known verse in the Bible - John 3:16 -  in a wonderful way. THe only downside for the UK is the introductory frames which are of Americal Football, but still useable here.

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