IANA Ministry

This is a great idea.  We are working on it.

God is so good.  We have now completely wiped out all our tracts even after getting tons of them earlier this year. This parade was another great time of seed sowing as hundreds of tracts were given out and we had some good witness encounters too.

This guy has REALLY BIG HORNS

Peter and Connie witnessing

A great day of witnessing.  May God be praised and glorified!

We had a team of seed sowers handing out tracts and sharing the gospel with thousands of bikers last weekend. The Tejon Street Biker Fest was going on and there were thousands of people and motorcycles downtown. We handed out over 1000 tracts and share the gospel with at least 20 people. May God be glorified.

This video shows how persecution is coming in the U.S. for those who witness to the Christian faith.  We even had an incident like this here in Colorado Springs.  After preaching at a DMV in town, the police came and told us that we could not do it.  Even at City Hall, when we preached, a police officer told us we could not do it unless we were across the street.

Many open air preachers nowadays(in the U.S.!) are always videotaping themselves to be able to defend themselves when the police come to stop them or arrest them.

Is God sovereign in the act of salvation?  Or can we “make a decision” and control the act of salvation?  One of the subjects we are discussing in our Theology class is something called “natural theology”.  This is the idea that a person can understand and know God by his or her own reasoning processes.  But the bible is clear that “no one can understand the things of God unless the Spirit of God lives in him”(1 Corinthians 2:14).  Someone is saved when the gospel is presented and God grants repentance and faith(2 Timothy 2:25, Ephesians 2:8-9).  This is not something we can conjure up and those who go for this make themselves the determining factor in the process.  So if this is true, God is not sovereign in this process, which is absurd.

Salvation is from the Lord(Jonah 2:9).  People are “born(again), not of blood nor the will of the flesh(a decision) nor of the will of man, BUT OF GOD”(John1:13).  We are not saved by baptism or by making a decision.  God saves  us according to His perfect will.  So let’s get out there and share the gospel, and let God do what He does in saving the lost.

GOOD TRACTS. We had a great day of witnessing at Territory Days here in Colorado Springs.  While there we passed out over 2000 gospel tracts and shared the gospel a few times.  Actually sharing the gospel verbally is tough in a setting like this, however, as it is busy and NOISY.  Oh well, the gospel was proclaimed anyway, even in written form in a tract.

BAD TRACTS.  Now while down there, someone gave me a bad “gospel tract”.  A picture of part of it is below.  Now, the title of the tract shows how bogus it is.  NO ONE knows the hour or time of Christ return (Matthew 24:36)

There is some truth in these tracts, but just a little poison in something like this is enough to kill..

This is the reason some reject giving out tracts, but don’t let that stop you.  God will use your faithfulness to save those who believe.

BTW..check out the radio station in Pueblo, CO.. K FRY.

Turn or burn baby…not good.

Just got an order of gospel tracts for Memorial Day.

Robert, one of our local seed sowers, spent last January in Jamaica preaching the gospel and witnessing to the lost.  I noticed a journal of this on a website, and thought I would share one entry they had.  For the entire journal, go to THIS LINK.  I am praying about joining Mike and Robert there next year, if they decide to go again. 

Monday, January 18, 2010:  An email from our brothers in Jamaica… please keep praying for them!!! Here is what they wrote: “We are doing very well. We think we’ve distributed nearly 9000 tracts. We claimed a place downtown Montego Bay called Sam Sharp Square as holy ground and we give tracts and do various readings from the Bible in the open air during the mornings. Sam Sharpe is a national hero who spent most of his time travelling to different estates in the area educating the slaves about Christianity and freedom. He became a Baptist preacher. We preach in the evenings and give more tracts and bibles. We are down to about 500 tracts which we hope will get us through next week. Someone told us people wouldn’t listen to us yet we know they are because people take bibles and tracts, some are broken and others ask us to pray for them for various things going on in their lives. Everyday the question of the day we get is,” what must i do to be saved?” Yesterday someone asked after his friends mouthes were stopped by the Law, “what must i do to get under the Blood?” We met a great Irish family, a pastor, his wife and three sons, Pastor Paul, Pamela and their sons Luke, John and Jason. Miss Pamela heard us preaching in the square one morning and since then they have invited us to their prayer meetings, out for dinner and for fellowship. We’ve been praying for the growth of their ministry and the people of Jamaica. We are in awe of Pastor Paul preaching and his prayers! Everyday we see the hand of God working! We serve an awesome God!  Thanks to everyone praying! Don’t quit.”

 

 

 

Connie and I attended a booth at Territory Days here in Colorado Springs a few years ago.  We handed out water, gospel tracts and shared the gospel with hundreds of festival people.  One of the guys Connie shared with REALLY appreciated her sharing with him. Of course, they guy might have had a few beers or something, but he still was into it.

The point that I am trying to make is that you can share the gospel and not be a jerk.  Now, some people will not like it, but most of the folks we talk to shake our hands, or give us a hug(maybe not quite a big hug as this though).

I have also heard lately from some folks how you cannot share the gospel with someone until you have a long lasting trusting relationship with them.  WHY?  You can have a relationship with someone in 5 minutes enough to share the gospel.  This is what Jesus did with the Woman at the Well.  The story you are telling is His story, not yours.

This picture is also getting me fired up for the upcoming holiday parades and festivals.  Should be a great year to be “fishers of men(and women)”.

There is an optical illusion gospel tract we use that looks like this.  Obviously, it is smaller, but this will get peoples’s attention maybe from across the road or park or something.

The real tract is so nice to give out at parades especially when everyone is just hanging out waiting for it to start.  The kids get a kick out of it and we give them the tracts and they show their folks.

Once the tracts get into their hands, the gospel is preached……even by a child.

The link to this tract is HERE. Order some and hand them out.  They are fun and effective!