Evangelism Explosion 4/26/06
Good morning everyone!
Last night was our second to last night of visits - this coming Tuesday night will be the last that we will go out with the trainees to share; the following Tuesday night will be the banquet which concludes the semester.
As Dot notes, Ken, Jared and I went to an apartment complex in Pearl and found a lady named Debbie after talking with a guy named Mike who leads a "house church". We sort of tag teamed the presentation - Jared did most of the work and did a great job; Ken picked up with the clarification after she indicated that she would like to receive Christ; then he handed the ball off to me and I ran with it (to use a football analogy) in praying for Debbie and then with her in the Sinner's Prayer. Then, I handed it back to Jared to pray again and he gave it back to Ken to finish up.
By my count, we now have 86 professions of faith for this semester. I won't put it past God to, if He wills it, allow us to see 100 professions of faith this semester - we need just 14 next week and we all know that nothing is impossible for God.
In Him,
Peggy
Dear EE Friends,
Tonight the Gospel was presented 16 times and there were TWELVE professions of faith!!
All of these people who accepted Christ tonight were met completely under God's guidance.
The religious questionnaire was used, and the people were complete strangers to us and our church. They were Divine appointments indeed.
Ken Blackstock, Jared Yates, and Peggy Alford met Debbie as they went door to door. She is about 49 years old and was lost until she openend her heart tonight.
Ladd Bratcher, Hank Holman and Linda Clark met a Portuguese couple in their early thirties, Marcel and Samira, as they took the religious questionnaire and went door to door. This couple prayed to receive Christ, and they are potential church members for us.
William Pierce, Diann Zachery and Vic Holsapple visited with a man and his four daughters, ages 9,13, and 20. They are from Magee, MS, and were in the lobby of our Baptist Hospital. They each answered the diagnostic question " Do you know for certain, that if you died tonight that you would go to heaven" by saying "yes", but did not know why God would/should let them into heaven. After hearing the Gospel presentation they understood clearly what Jesus had done for them on the cross.. and why their faith alone, in Christ alone, would mean that they could enter heaven sin-free. What a gift our Lord offers us!
Then Terri Wissel, Chris Miller, and Jamie Butler led five people at the Methodist Rehab Center. Three were from Jackson and two from Rolling Fork.
Tonight God's Word was left in many places, and He promises that His Word never returns void.
"So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accopmlish that which I purpose. Isaiah 55:11 (NRSV)
The Gospel was shared 16 times tonight and five other people received assurance of their
Salvation.
We have only one more week for the teams to go out visiting this semester. Then there is our final banquet because the training will be completed for this semester. We will all be equipped now to share the Good News where ever we might be in our everyday way of life.
It is our prayer that God will put people right in our faces that want or need to hear His Word.... We are ready and eager!!
"Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life...Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you." Matthew 28:19-20 (MSG)
Thank you for being faithful prayer warriors for us.
In His Love,
Dot
Last night was our second to last night of visits - this coming Tuesday night will be the last that we will go out with the trainees to share; the following Tuesday night will be the banquet which concludes the semester.
As Dot notes, Ken, Jared and I went to an apartment complex in Pearl and found a lady named Debbie after talking with a guy named Mike who leads a "house church". We sort of tag teamed the presentation - Jared did most of the work and did a great job; Ken picked up with the clarification after she indicated that she would like to receive Christ; then he handed the ball off to me and I ran with it (to use a football analogy) in praying for Debbie and then with her in the Sinner's Prayer. Then, I handed it back to Jared to pray again and he gave it back to Ken to finish up.
By my count, we now have 86 professions of faith for this semester. I won't put it past God to, if He wills it, allow us to see 100 professions of faith this semester - we need just 14 next week and we all know that nothing is impossible for God.
In Him,
Peggy
Dear EE Friends,
Tonight the Gospel was presented 16 times and there were TWELVE professions of faith!!
All of these people who accepted Christ tonight were met completely under God's guidance.
The religious questionnaire was used, and the people were complete strangers to us and our church. They were Divine appointments indeed.
Ken Blackstock, Jared Yates, and Peggy Alford met Debbie as they went door to door. She is about 49 years old and was lost until she openend her heart tonight.
Ladd Bratcher, Hank Holman and Linda Clark met a Portuguese couple in their early thirties, Marcel and Samira, as they took the religious questionnaire and went door to door. This couple prayed to receive Christ, and they are potential church members for us.
William Pierce, Diann Zachery and Vic Holsapple visited with a man and his four daughters, ages 9,13, and 20. They are from Magee, MS, and were in the lobby of our Baptist Hospital. They each answered the diagnostic question " Do you know for certain, that if you died tonight that you would go to heaven" by saying "yes", but did not know why God would/should let them into heaven. After hearing the Gospel presentation they understood clearly what Jesus had done for them on the cross.. and why their faith alone, in Christ alone, would mean that they could enter heaven sin-free. What a gift our Lord offers us!
Then Terri Wissel, Chris Miller, and Jamie Butler led five people at the Methodist Rehab Center. Three were from Jackson and two from Rolling Fork.
Tonight God's Word was left in many places, and He promises that His Word never returns void.
"So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accopmlish that which I purpose. Isaiah 55:11 (NRSV)
The Gospel was shared 16 times tonight and five other people received assurance of their
Salvation.
We have only one more week for the teams to go out visiting this semester. Then there is our final banquet because the training will be completed for this semester. We will all be equipped now to share the Good News where ever we might be in our everyday way of life.
It is our prayer that God will put people right in our faces that want or need to hear His Word.... We are ready and eager!!
"Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life...Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you." Matthew 28:19-20 (MSG)
Thank you for being faithful prayer warriors for us.
In His Love,
Dot
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