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Date Posted: 20:18:08 04/06/08 Sun
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gavyn
's message, "Re: Please consider this!!" on 20:15:58 04/06/08 Sun
>>>If God cannot lie. Then he means that every time you
>>>spread his word he will honor your efforts and use
>>>them for a purpose. No matter how you do it as long
>as
>>>it is not illegal or disrespectful I know of alot of
>>>people that think that tracts are ineffective and
>just
>>>a waste of time. My hope is that after reading this
>if
>>>you are one of those people that you will change your
>>>mind and be encouraged to pass out tracts. .
>>>Sowing the seed of the gospel.
>>>A student at Jacksonville University in Florida was
>>>given a tract. The student crumpled the pamphlet up
>>>and tossed it into a trash bin in his dorm. Later,
>his
>>>dorm mate picked it out of the trash, read it, and
>was
>>>soundly saved. He is now a pastor of a church in
>>>Florida. “A Christian I met in a home group said his
>>>job was raking litter off the Avon River. It was
>dull,
>>>boring work and he often wondered what life was all
>>>about. One day he raked a soggy piece of paper off
>the
>>>water and decided it was interesting enough to keep,
>>>so he carefully placed it in his bag and took it
>home.
>>>That evening he dried the paper in front of a heater
>>>and carefully unfolded it, then he read it . . . it
>>>was a gospel tract. He became a Christian that
>>>evening.” Richard Gunther
>>>Gospel tracts-how to use them. If Paul meant “by all
>>>means,” he no doubt would have used gospel tracts as
>a
>>>means to reach the lost. A Christian book relates the
>>>true story of a diver who saw a piece of paper
>>>clutched in the shell of an oyster. The man grabbed
>>>it, found that it was a gospel tract and said, “I
>>>can’t hold out any longer. His mercy is so great that
>>>He has caused His Word to follow me even to the
>bottom
>>>of the ocean.” God used a tract to save the man.
>>>Why should a Christian use tracts? Simply because God
>>>uses them. He used a tract to save the great
>>>missionary Hudson Taylor, as well as innumerable
>>>others. That fact alone should be enough incentive
>for
>>>a Christian to always use tracts to reach the lost,
>>>but there are even more reasons why we should use
>>>them. Here are a few: Tracts can provide an opening
>>>for us to share our faith. We can watch people’s
>>>reaction as we give them a tract, and see if they are
>>>open to listening to spiritual things. They can do
>>>the witnessing for us. If we are too timid to speak
>to
>>>someone about the things of God, we can at least give
>>>them a tract, or leave it lying around so that
>someone
>>>will pick it up. They speak to the individuals when
>>>they are ready-they don’t read it until they want to.
>>> They can find their way into people’s homes when we
>>>can’t. They don’t get into arguments; they just
>>>state their case.
>>>
>>>Dr. Oswald J. Smith said, “The only way to carry out
>>>the Great Commission will be by the means of the
>>>printed page.” Charles Spurgeon stated, “When
>>>preaching and private talk are not available, you
>need
>>>to have a tract ready . . . Get good striking tracts,
>>>or none at all. But a touching gospel tract may be
>the
>>>seed of eternal life. Therefore, do not go out
>without
>>>your tracts.” If you want people to accept your
>>>literature, try to greet them before offering them a
>>>tract. If you can get them to respond to a warm “Good
>>>morning,” or “How are you doing?” that will almost
>>>always break the ice and they will take it. After the
>>>greeting, don’t ask, “Would you like this ?” They
>will
>>>probably respond, “What is it?” Instead, say, “Did
>you
>>>get one of these?” That question has a twofold
>effect.
>>>You stir their curiosity and make them ask, “One of
>>>what?” That’s when you hand it to them. It also makes
>>>them feel as though they are missing out on
>something.
>>>So they are.
>>>Perhaps you almost pass out at the thought of passing
>>>out a tract. Don’t worry; you are not alone. We all
>>>battle fear. The answer to fear is found in the
>prayer
>>>closet. Ask God to give you a compassion that will
>>>swallow your fears. Meditate on the fate of the
>>>ungodly. Give hell some deep thought. Confront what
>it
>>>is that makes you fearful. Do you like roller
>>>coasters? Some Christians want to try bungee-jumping
>>>or sky diving. Isn’t it strange? We are prepared to
>>>risk our lives for the love of fear-and yet we are
>>>willing to let a sinner go to hell for fear of giving
>>>out a tract. Ask yourself how many piles of bloodied
>>>stones you can find where Christians have been stoned
>>>to death for preaching the gospel. How much singed
>>>soil can you find where they have been burned at the
>>>stake? Part of our fear is a fear of rejection. We
>are
>>>fearful of looking foolish. That’s a subtle form of
>>>pride. The other part of our battle with fear comes
>>>directly from the enemy. He knows that fear
>paralyzes.
>>>We must resist the devil and his lies. If God is with
>>>us, nothing can be against us.
>>>Never underestimate the power of a gospel tract.
>After
>>>George Whitefield read one called “The Life of God in
>>>the Soul of a Man,” he said, “God showed me I must be
>>>born again or be damned.” He went on to pray, “Lord,
>>>if I am not a Christian, or if I am not a real one,
>>>for Jesus Christ’s sake show me what Christianity is,
>>>that I may not be damned at last!” Then his journal
>>>tells us “from that moment . . . did I know that I
>>>must become a new creature.”
>>>If you have never given out tracts, why not begin
>>>today? Leave them in a shopping cart, or put them in
>>>the mail when you pay bills. Then each night as you
>>>shut your eyes to go to sleep, you will have
>something
>>>very special to pray about-that God will use the
>tract
>>>you put somewhere. You will also have a deep sense of
>>>satisfaction that you played a small part in carrying
>>>out the Great Commission to reach this dying world
>>>with the gospel of everlasting life. Don’t waste your
>>>life. Do something for the kingdom of God while you
>>>are able to. Always remember: treat every day as
>>>though it were your last-one day you will be right.
>>>
>>>Charles Spurgeon on Tracts:
>>>“I well remember distributing them in a town in
>>>England where tracts had never been distributed
>>>before, and going from house to house, and telling in
>>>humble language the things of the kingdom of God. I
>>>might have done nothing, if I had not been encouraged
>>>by finding myself able to do something...[Tracts are]
>>>adapted to those persons who have but little power
>and
>>>little ability, but nevertheless, wish to do
>something
>>>for Christ. They have not the tongue of the eloquent,
>>>but they may have the hand of the diligent. They
>>>cannot stand and preach, but they can stand and
>>>distribute here and there these silent preachers . .
>.
>>>They may buy their thousand tracts, and these they
>can
>>>distribute broadcast.
>>>“I look upon the giving away of a religious tract as
>>>only the first step for action not to be compared
>with
>>>many another deed done for Christ; but were it not
>for
>>>the first step we might never reach to the second,
>but
>>>that first attained, we are encouraged to take
>>>another, and so at the last . . . There is a real
>>>service of Christ in the distribution of the gospel
>in
>>>its printed form, a service the result of which
>heaven
>>>alone shall disclose, and the judgment day alone
>>>discover. How many thousands have been carried to
>>>heaven instrumentally upon the wings of these tracts,
>>>none can tell. “I might say, if it were right to
>quote
>>>such a Scripture, ‘The leaves were for the healing of
>>>the nations’-verily they are so. Scattered where the
>>>whole tree could scarcely be carried, the very leaves
>>>have had a medicinal and a healing virtue in them and
>>>the real word of truth, the simple statement of a
>>>Savior crucified and of a sinner who shall be saved
>by
>>>simply trusting in the Savior, has been greatly
>>>blessed, and many thousand souls have been led into
>>>the kingdom of heaven by this simple means. Let each
>>>one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin
>>>to do something
>>>now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing.”
>>>Just a few Ideas on where to put tracts
>>> At pay phones In shopping carts In clothes
>pockets
>>>in stores In letters to loved ones With a generous
>>>tip even if the service wasn't the best. On seats in
>>>restaurant lobbies With fast-food employees,
>>>cashiers,flight attendants, cab drivers, and gas
>>>station workers. In restrooms At rest areas On
>>>ATM machines and bank counters In envelopes with
>>>bill payments. Please make sure the bill is on time
>>>In elevators On hotel dressers for the maid and in
>>>the dressers On ice machines
>>> On newspaper racks In waiting rooms of doctors’
>>>offices and hospitals On seats at airports,
>subways,
>>>and bus stations In plane seat pockets Inside
>>>magazines In cabs In laundromats
>>>At truckstops in the lounge In canisters at the
>>>drive-up tellerand in night deposit box In the
>>>postage paid reply envelopes you get with Junk mail
>>>Mail tracts to families that have just lost loved
>>>ones look through your papers obituaries. You can
>also
>>>mailthem to people convicted of DUI or other crimes
>>>Put some in a plastic brochure holder by your door
>to
>>>give to anyone who comes to your door, and as a
>>>reminder to bring some with you when you leave the
>>>house. In open car windows To people you see waitng
>>>in their cars at parking lots. At libraries in
>books,
>>>magazines etc. If you rent videos put one in the
>>>movie you are returning. Leave them on video games
>>>in the arcade
>>>Basically anywhere you go. Just pray that God will
>>>prepare peoples heart and open doors before you leave
>>>for the day and trust God to do the rest. Remeber it
>>>is God who does the saving not us. We are merely
>>>planters and waterers.
>>>If God is speaking to you about your lack of
>>>evangelistic concern, pray something like this now:
>>>Father, please forgive me for my lack of love for
>this
>>>dying world. From this day forward I
>>>will strive to be a “true and faithful witness.”
>>>Please give me the wisdom to know what to
>>>say to reach the lost. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
>>>I hope that this will encourage some if not all to
>>>consider tracts. May God bless you.
>>>Taken from the evidence bible
>www.theevidencebible.org
>>>
>>>Intersted try
>>>www.fellowshiptractleague.org
>>>www.raycomfort.com
>>>www.chick.com
>>>www.av1611.org
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