Grab a cup of coffee and dig in. We offer these stories to encourage you that ANYONE can share their faith. These are real people, just like you... if they can do it -- you can do it!
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..:: Showing the Church that ANYONE Can! ::..
Sent in by Craig H. (Linton, IN)
We have been studying [biblical evangelism] at our church and I kept hearing people say "normal people couldn't do that like Ray and Kirk do." So another member and I decided to make our own "Way of the Master" video and show the church that truly anyone could walk up to a stranger and witness using this method. We went to Indiana University and just began to walk the campus and talk to people. It was so easy and a very wonderful experience. In about a two hour period we were able to witness to a Muslim, a Buddhist, two Jewish girls (who claimed that Jews did not believe in the Ten Commandments), a Mormon student, and two atheists. We were just so encouraged that we were able to share our faith with these people. Thank you for being so faithful and for teaching me how to truly witness to someone without just inviting them to go to church with me. By the way, I have now begun to use many of your tracts at my work place to witness to my co-workers. I work in an underground coal mine and let me just say that it isn't the best environment to witness to people in but your tract's have made it extremely easy to do. Thank you!

..:: Those 'Hard-to-talk-to' Family Members ::..
Sent in by Kim S.
One thing that has always been an inspiration to me about Ray is how he is faithful in the little things. I remember reading once that he said you have to be creative. I have been wanting to witness to my 86 year old Grandpa for a long time. He lives a couple of hours away from me and we do not have a very close relationship yet I see him a few times a year and I send him cards in the mail. This year as his birthday approached I was thinking hard about what I could do for him. He has a very hard heart and my parents have tried witnessing to him a few times this year and he did not take it well at all. I knew a phone call was not the route to go and he is not a reader so a letter would not due either. I decided to make a cassette of me sending him a "birthday message". I started in the natural and talked about how long he has lived and how I was proud to be a part of his big family and then I swung it to the spiritual and shared the Ten Commandments and the realities of hell and what the Bible says about it. (my parents told me he said he was not afraid of hell because he just believed he would cease to exist when he dies). I was able to sit and go through the law and the gospel and plead with him about the realities of the Bible...all in a relaxed atmosphere knowing I could always stop and rewind and start over if I felt I was messing up. Though I didn't have to do that....my first try the Holy Spirit really helped me with the right words. I am going to start doing this for other family members and friends who live far away who I don't see too much that have been on my heart. What a great way to share the gospel in a personal way and I really think people will appreciate the time taken to do that. Anyway, that is my little idea on a creative way to share the gospel with others...it's also nice for those of us who are new at sharing our faith. Thanks Ray for encouraging me to get creative!