Chinese Food and the Gospel

This year has already started out much better than 2009 ever was! Today we had the sweetest thing happen I'd like to share with you. My husband came home to pick me up to take me out to lunch. When we returned our oldest son told us this story.

We had left for our lunch date and our kids were supposed to make lunch for themselves. They decided they wanted Chinese food today and wanted to know if they could order take out since they had never ordered on their own before. I told them that if they wanted to order this, they would be using their own money since we had food in the house. They couldn't get off the phone fast enough! They called a place a few miles up the road and ordered General Tso's Chicken- their favorite!

When it was delivered, they tipped the guy well and stuck a million dollar bill in with the tip. This is a principle that we've hammered into them- tip well if you leave a tract. There have been too many cheap and tacky Christians that have come before us that give Christianity a bad name.

Our oldest noticed that the delivery man sat in his car reading for just a moment before he took off. Since he didn't want to sit there staring at him from the front door, he assumed he was reading the tract and went to divide the food. About five minutes after the delivery man had left they received a call from an unknown number. Our oldest son answered and it was the man calling from his cell phone on the way back to the restaurant! The delivery man said, "Thank you for the million dollars." Our son said, "You're welcome. Glad you liked it." Then he said that the gentleman laughed and said, "This is a good day in my life- I now have a million dollars." It was as simple as that and then the conversation was over.

Lest you think that he was going to cash it at the bank- it was a celebrity million. There is no way that it could have been thought of as one million REAL dollars with a cartoon caricature of a Hollywood movie star on it.

It's a new year. Make sharing the Gospel a priority in your life this year. Pray that God would allow you to not be ashamed of the Gospel but to share it biblically and frequently this year. Buy a package of tracts and see if you can give out the whole package in a month. It works out to about 3 tracts per day. You never know how God will use that tract. It encouraged our son tremendously! I can't guarantee that you will have people calling you back on their cell phones thanking you for them, but right now while we still have the freedom, take advantage of every opportunity you have to share the Gospel.

Everyday Club- update

Well, how are you doing? Have you been handing out Gospel tracts? Have you been intentionally trying to engage people in conversation?

I've been trying to hand out tracts every day this month or engage people in conversation. The highlight of this month happened when I got to phone fish for Ambassador's Alliance Radio. That was really fun and it really stretched me. I had about twenty-five minutes to find someone. So, I prayed God would send me a fish in less than 20 minutes. He did it and two people got to hear the Gospel. One of the most difficult places to share the Gospel, in my opinion, is the South. So many people are Gospel hardened. They have heard it all before since they were in diapers and they don't believe it applies to them because they are basically good people who go to church.

I have handed out some tracts everyday so far. I have been to a Festival and handed out hundreds and then I went to Sam's Club today and handed out two. You want consistency not quantity. If you've never handed out a tract, try it. If you can't muster up the courage, try stuffing them in magazines or books at stores you visit.

I look forward to the new year. I have had a lot of growth through a most difficult situation. I believe it has changed how I view situations and people and hope that it will help me to continue to never quit. Looking forward to the New Year, I hope to be more consistent about sharing my experiences in hope that it will encourage you to share your faith.

Everyday Club

One of the best ways to be consistent about sharing your faith is handing out Gospel tracts- they always know what to say and never get tongue-tied. I joined Steve Sanchez's everyday club earlier this year. Click here if you want to check out his blog: http://stonethepreacher.com/category/everyday-club. The goal is not to engage in sanctimonious, pharisetical tally marks. It's just to be used to help you stay actively committed to sharing the Gospel.

Well, I made it to December and while I know I've been more obedient this year and shared my faith consistently and biblically, I have never had a month that I handed out a tract EVERY single day. There are just days I don't leave the house. I work from home and don't always need to go out. God, isn't going to strike me dead if I don't. It's a condition of the heart. I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could engage in conversations about Christ and if I could hand out a Gospel tract EVERY day.

So, this month I promised I would get in my car every day and go somewhere, anywhere and hand out tracts. I also wanted to challenge myself to try to hand out tracts everyday since I had never done that before.

So, here it is the 15th of December and I'm 100%! I have handed out a tract at least every day and when possible, I try to engage in conversation. Pray that I am able to meet my goal and not miss a single day. I'm still thinking about where to go on Christmas Day since almost everything will be closed. But, there is a truck stop on the interstate about 15 miles from here. So, if I have to I'll go there. You know, it says we should take the Gospel to the highways and the biways... :)

It's Called Christmas

Just thought I'd share a humorous reminder of what the Christmas season is all about.

Origin into Schools Project- the video

Here is a video account of our experience distributing Darwin's "Origin of Species" book on the campus of the University of Kentucky.