Sept.at the Friday Night Art Fair

Another glorious night for the Lord, as His prayer in (Luke 10:2), was being answered. Again the streets were overflowing with lost souls just like the hurricane on the East coast produced rivers that overflowed it's banks. Tonight we had many followers who wanted to get out of their comfort zone, and be true laborers for the Lord and not do the typical, just sit home and watch TV.

 There was Alan, Alex, Brandt,Catherine, David, Jeremy, Joe, Joshuah, Karen, Kat, Marcus, Steve, and Tish,  all who came out to honor the Lord's command. To name a few:  (John 14:15), (Mark 16:15), (Acts 1:8). Oh and if you would like to be Jesus' friend as I have heard a song sung in church, then you need to obey (John 15:14).

This night Catherine and I brought our 11 month old granddaughter Addisyn with us. She was such a joy, even the loud speaker didn't prevent her from comfortably going to sleep, so we could stay passed her bedtime.

Jeremy, Tish and their 16 yr son, Joshua ,who just got his driver's license(pray for him), is the perfect example of the Lord's blessing of a Christ following family. It's always a joy seeing them together reaching out to those souls who are less fortunate. Jeremy and his family need our prayers as he is now going to start his own church.

Karen, from North Mountain Church, had attended The Way of the Master seminar that I gave at her church in July and this was her first time out. She told Catherine that she couldn't get over  how the people who were taking the Good Person Test stayed and listened intently to the end.
They did not seem to be offended even after they admitted to lying, stealing, lust in public. Yet, she really couldn't understand why those in church do!!!

Of all the years she has been in church she has NEVER seen anything like it taught.This was the first time she saw this kind of interaction with strangers, and admitted she didn't think she could do it. That's when I asked her if she could sew? She said, "Yes". Then I asked was she able to sew perfectly the  first time? She, smiled and said, "NO". That's when I explained that I couldn't do what she sees me doing now either...it took practice and desire.

 Kat, brought her friend Laura from CA.This was Laura's first time experiencing how we use the Ten Commandments to help the lost understand why they need a savior. She too was enamored about how those who we interacted with responded to our questions.

Brandt with microphone in hand, stepped up on the step stool to reach out to the tide of people and asked if anyone would like a glow-stick. All they needed to do was to admit that they were a "Good Person" and  answer a few questions using God's Ten Commandments to see if it weer true. You really have to be here to see how many raise their hands with excitement claiming that they are GOOD.

One of my prayers is that the Holy Spirit would work on the hearts of those who claim Christ as Lord and act as His obedient servant by coming out just to watch how many souls can be reached in just one night. I was told that those of us who go out into the night to reach the lost witness to more people on one night than most churches do in a year. (Can you imagine how many people we are reaching in a year?)

After a while because of the crowds in front of us, Alan went across the street as he saw the banks overflowing there as well. He came back about an hour later extremely excited and announced that he had just given away 700 Gospel Tracts with the Ten Commandments on them. He also had several one 2 one conversations asking them if they had kept the commandments and if not what would a Just God have to do to them. Several seemed to be convicted and pray that the Lord can open their hearts to let the seed that Alan planted take root.

While Brandt was sharing with a group I saw a young lady off to the side staring at him. I asked if she would like to have a glow-stick, she replied, "Yes". I then stated that in order to get one she would have to prove that she was a good person using God's Ten Commandments as the standard.  Without hesitation she stated she was a good person and was willing to prove it by taking the test.

Well I won't bore you with what happened next a you know she admitted to lying, stealing, Blasphemy, and lust of the heart. She now realized she wasn't good and she would be sent to Hell if she died then.  I asked if she knew what God did for her so that she wouldn't have to go to Hell, and she said, "NO". I asked if she had any religious upbringing, she said some, she was raised Catholic.

I then told her the GOOD NEWS, that only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ our sins are forgiven. No Priest can save her. Just because she confesses her sins to a him...he didn't die for her sins, Jesus did! Then as Jesus states in (Luke 13:3-5), we must REPENT, which means to have Godly sorrow, heart felt remorse, for having caused His Son, Jesus, to be sent as a sacrifice to pay the penalty that I deserved and now she knows she deserves. She would need to ask God to help her hate the sin as much as He does. I then told her she didn't deserve the glow-stick, as she didn't prove she was a Good Person. Now I noticed that her head hung down and I then stated:
 
(Eph. 2:8-9),  For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;  not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

I then told her that this glow-stick is a paltry example of what Jesus did for her on the cross and all she had to do was to reach up and accept the free gift. She reached up and then thanked me.

I pray that these stories open your heart to want to go and do  something different with your life.
 Paul states in (Rom 10:17) So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
 So come out and learn how to speak to strangers.