Sunday, February 13, 2011

"I am 100% sure there is NO GOD!"

As I was witnessing this past week, I spoke to an atheist. When I asked him if he was an atheist or an agnostic he confirmed – atheist. I asked him to look up the beach and then down the beach as far as he could see.

“How many grains of sand are there on that beach”
-- Zillions and zillions

“So you don’t really know the exact #?”
-- No, there are many things I don’t know

“So could you be wrong saying there is no God?”
-- No – since I was 13 I knew there was no God. I was raised as a Catholic and I learned there is no God.

I asked if he would mind talking some more and he agreed. He was very cordial. We spoke some more. He said that the universe and everything in it was made but he did not know how, but it was not by God. Something or someone hurt this man and turned him vehemently against God.

Matthew 10:33 says: but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

I gave him one of our latest tracts. As I walked down to talk to a couple, I noticed he was reading the booklet – he read it all and kept it.



Please pray, he will ask for repentance for whatever turned him against God.


Sunday, January 9, 2011

Dayna's Day

Got this encouraging note from Dayna today...just had to share it.


After I left the church today, I wanted to run by Book-A-Million to find a book for Steve. I was closest to the one Merritt Island, so I went there, but they did not have it. Initially, I was a little irritated because I really did not want to make two stops, but that was when I believe the Holy Spirit told me I needed to go to the store in Viera. While in the Viera store, I heard three teenagers talking very loudly about death (and some other not real nice things), and I knew I needed to hand them a tract (the pit in my stomach is always my indicator). So, I prayed and handed them tracts. Just then, a woman walked up, so I handed her a tract too. Well, to make a long story short, they were Jewish, and they got very loud and very rude almost instantly. Within three to five minutes there were six Jewish boys, and one of the guys started using the Savior's name as a curse word, very loudly. But, glory to God for the Holy Spirit, He filled my heart with the love and the words for these lost souls. However, within another minute or two, one of the Jews got the store manager to come and ask me to leave the store. She was not very nice either, and she told me I was disrupting the whole store and bothering people. Anyway, the Holy Spirit led me in a conversation for a few more minutes with the only civil one of the six. I just knew I was there to speak to them even if it wasn't going good. We'll have to talk more about that encounter in person.

So, here comes the real blessing. I left there and headed home praying the entire way. When I got to the house, I went to the community mailbox to get our mail. As I am at the box, an SUV pulls up in front of the house where the box is and a teenage girl gets out of the front seat and goes in the house. The boy that was in the back seat gets in the front as I am passing by the car. I have no tracts on me because I left my purse in the car, and at that moment, the Holy Spirit reminds of the three tracts in my back pocket that the Jews handed back to me. So, I handed the teenage boys two tracts and immediately they were excited because they were the million dollar tracts. Then, I asked them the million dollar question, and they both said "yes, they were going to heaven because they were good people." I asked them if I could test that, and they said "yes." We went through the law and they admitted to everything, not one bit of justifying. They both said they would be guilty of breaking God's law, and at that moment, Joe hung his head and looked at me with fear in his eyes and said "UT OH." He knew he was going to hell because he wasn't really a good person. Joe had never heard the Gospel, he did not know what it took to get to heaven. So, by the grace of God, I was able to share the best information he had ever received with him. His heart was so open! Hallelujah, praise God! See, if my steps had been any different today, I would have never met up with Joe. My armor got a little dinged at Books-A-Million, but Joe was worth every bit of it.

I thank you both for your faithfulness in bring WOTM the Calvary and continuing on with FFM because we are here for His honor and His glory! I love the Lord Jesus with all my heart and I want to share Him with everyone even if they don't want to hear it.

I pray this blesses you! God bless you both!


It absolutely blesses us, Dayna and now many more people! Thank you...

Monday, December 13, 2010

Be Careful what you Preach!


This year's local Children's Christmas parade was a chilling event. Instead of our usual 75 degress in Florida, it was in the 50's. More chilling was the group from FamilyRadio.com handing out their blasphemous message proclaiming the end of the world.



"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. (Matthew 24:36)

I found it very difficult to try and talk to these people as they were handing this message out. They would say "Here's some information from the Bible". This parade is mostly for youngsters. It would not be a wise thing to have them see a disagreement among, whom they perceive, as Christians. This group takes a few scriptures, calculates the date of the flood, adds 7000 years and comes up with the date of May 21, 2011.

Harold Camping (FamilyRadio.com) conveniently ignores the second half of 2 Peter 3:8, “and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8 is not providing a method for dating the end times - Peter is saying that God is above and beyond time. Second, nothing in the context of Genesis 7:4-11 indicates that the “seven days” and “seventeenth day of the second month” are to be interpreted as applying to anything other than what God was specifically saying to Noah. Third, the Flood being dated to 4990 B.C. is speculative at best, with no explicit biblical evidence. Camping’s calculation of May 21, 2011 falls apart with even the most basic biblical scrutiny. Jesus may be coming back on May 21, 2011? Or He will come back on some other date. Does Harold Camping’s particular dating methodology have any biblical validity? No! Assuming that Jesus does not return on or before May 21, 2011, Camping, and others, will surely calculate new future dates and will attempt to explain away mistakes by “errors in the formula” or something to that effect.

The key points are: (1) the Bible nowhere encourages us to attempt to discover the timing of Jesus’ return, and (2) the Bible gives no explicit data by which the timing of Jesus’ return can be determined. Rather than developing wild and speculative calculations to determine when Jesus is coming back, the Bible encourages us to “keep watch” and “be ready” (Matthew 24:42-44). The fact that the day of Jesus’ return is unknown is what should motivate us to live every day in light of the imminence of Christ’s return.

fyi: On Sept. 6, 1994, dozens of Camping's believers gathered inside Alameda's Veterans Memorial Building to await the return of Christ, an event Camping had promised for two years. Followers dressed children in their Sunday best and held Bibles open-faced toward heaven. But the world did not end. Camping allowed that he may have made a mathematical error. He spent the next decade running new calculations, as well as overseeing a media company that has grown significantly in size and reach.

Why do I say it's a blasphemous message?
Because by saying you know the exact day and hour, says you know as much as God.
And you don't - God is timeless, infinite, and eternal.

I ignored their presence and delivered about 150 tracts into the kids, and their parents' hands.

May this FamilyRadio group come to Repentance.....

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Take the time.

Ever think it's too much of a pain to return something? I know I do.... but I'm sure glad I didn't do that today.

After talking to Chenise about this $9 item for over 15 minutes I'll admit to being aggravated. But suddenly I came to my senses. This wasn't about the light bulb I was trying to return. It was about the light bulb that had just come on in my heart!! This was really about the soul of the person on the other end of the phone.

While Chenise typed I asked her if I could ask her some questions. She agreed readily. I asked her where she would go when she died. She told me that she was going to Heaven.

"Why will God let you in?" I queried.

"I go to church and live my life according to His ways," she said.

"Well, think about your whole life, how many times have you lied?" I asked her.

"Wow, ummmm I have no idea...a lot." Chenise admitted.

"Did you know that scripture says "no liar shall enter Heaven"?

"No...."

"Have you ever stolen anything? I mean, even one minute on the time clock?"

"Well, when I was little..."

"That makes us thieves."

Chenise was getting more quiet all the time.

"Ever use the phrase OMG Chenise? Because that is blasphemy."

Chenise admitted to all of these but didn't want to think that God would condemn her. We talked about simply apologizing to a judge in court and expecting to be set free. She thought God would be more lenient than a human judge.

"Do you think a pedophile should be set free if his uncle is the judge presiding over his case?"

She adamantly declared that he should not.

"God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Psalm 5 says that God is holy and cannot dwell with evildoers and lawbreakers. Revelation 21:8 states that all liars shall have their part in the lake of fire...we deserve Hell Chenise, but do you know what God did so we don't have to go there?"

"Yes, He died on the cross." she said, gaining confidence.

"Did you know that simply being aware of that will not get you into Heaven? You see the demons know all of that, too. They are not destined for Heaven, are they?"

"No, they're not." She became quietly serious again.

"Chenise, God's desire is that we humble ourselves before Him and repent- not just apologize but turn away from our sin and follow Jesus with our whole heart and life. Do you think this information is important?" I asked.

"Oh, absolutely!"

"Chenise, I hope that you will seriously consider the things we've talked about. Does it make sense?"

"Oh yes, perfect sense. I will consider this."

"I don't know you but I'd sure like to see you in Heaven."

I could hear joy in her voice as she said, "Oh, I believe you will. God bless you!"


It would have been so easy to miss this opportunity....glad I didn't.

Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."