Business is Picking up and Delivering...

Just a quick note to say you should give tracts any where and any place.  While waiting at a local store's loading dock for some items, I saw the UPS and FedEx guys doing their jobs.  So I gave them each a million $$. The FedEx guy read it, smiled and said "this is great!"  The UPS guy kept reading....
Pray the Lord's Word will not return void.

A Jewel For Tiffany

Walking across the grass I spotted a young lady sitting on a bench.  She was reading what looked like a textbook.  I started a conversation with her by asking directions that I needed to a nearby park.  She was quick to provide them for me.

"Hey, thanks.  By the way I've got something for you."  I gave her a Million Dollar Bill.

"Hey I really love these.   My friend has some of them."  Well, since I was in Salt Lake City I knew there was a chance she might be a religious person, but still not a Christian.  "She is 'of the faith'."

"Will you be going to Heaven when you die, Tiffany?"  I wanted her to define her view of the afterlife for me.

"Well, yes, we believe in different levels you know."  She said cautiously.

"I understand that, yes.  Do you think you are good enough to get there?"

"Yes, I do, I strive to do right..."

"Have you lied?"

"Yes, I have."

"Stolen anything..even a minute on the time clock?"  I asked her.

"Yes..."

We went through the Law and although she admitted to breaking many of the Commandments, Tiffany was insistent that she would be in some level of Heaven.  When speaking with Mormon people it will always come down to their idea of being saved by their good works.  In other words, 'I do my best and Jesus does the rest'.  According to scripture this is absolutely wrong.  Jesus paid it ALL.

"Tiffany we can't even add one inch to our stature according to scripture.  Have you ever read that?  How can we expect to even get one inch closer to Heaven with something we do?"  I pulled up the Blue Letter Bible app on the phone and referenced Ephesians 2:8-9.  She asked which version of the Bible I had open.  According to the Mormons it must be KJV.  "I have the KJV open here.  Can you read this?"
I handed it to her and she read it.

"I have not read that before."  She said softly.

"OK, well that clearly states that salvation is a gift of God to us.  We wouldn't want to cheapen it by attempting to pay a couple pennies for it would we?  That's insulting, really."

Tiffany agreed but began to shut down.

Seeing Tiffany stand up I said, "Tiffany I know you have to go, but do you know what the scriptural test for a prophet is?"  I opened the Bible to Deuteronomy 18 and started reading at verse 18 and on to the end.  ""But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die...when a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously;  thou shalt not be afraid of him.""  Letting her see it, I asked her if she believed the scriptures.

"Yes, I do."

"Tiffany I want to ask you something respectfully and I just want you to think about it, OK?"  She nodded.  "Did Joseph Smith prophesy that the Temple would be built in Independence, Missouri in his lifetime?"

"Yes he did."  She got a funny look on her face.

"Did it come to pass?"

"No, it didn't...but things changed!"

"God never changes, Tiffany."  For this she didn't have an answer.  She just stood still.  "Just think about all of this, OK?  Have a great day."

I walked away from Tiffany praying that God would continue to deal with her heart.  Many young people are seeing the contradictions in Mormonism and they are walking away from it.  That's a great thing.  But what are they walking to??

According to a recent study by Advocate.com, Salt Lake City has been christened the #1 Gay City in the US.  The suicide rate there is also one of the highest in the nation. 


A local Pastor told me on Sunday that the spiritual warfare he is enduring is 'really bad'.  He asked us to please pray for his family.


We are.  I'm also praying that God will call people to this beautiful place.  There are so many here who are willing to listen.

No Greater Love

I have no words yet to describe this video....so I will leave it at that.  Hoping you will take a moment from your very busy day to watch this.

John 15:13

Greater love  has no man than this , that  a man lay down his life for his friends.

Door Hangers Will Travel

This just in from Carolyn and Luke, students from our most recent class in Richardson, TX:

I hope you're doing well and enjoying the time with your family. I wanted to let you know that all the door hangers that I was given have been hung on hotel doors on our floor! As I finished hanging the last few today, I told God that if even one soul came to know him, it was worth hanging them. I guess I'll find out in heaven!

This morning on our way out, I put a million dollar bill inside the free morning papers that were near the elevators. Why not give them something really good to read? I have also given out the bills to some of the hotel staff and a young man I met yesterday; hope to talk to him again tomorrow and see if he read the bill. He thought it was neat when I told him it was a gospel track. God can do anything with them!

Take care,
Carolyn

Prague: A Jesus-Free Zone

I am in Prague, Czech Republic for some meetings. I had a free day so I went to spread the Gospel message.
Prague has many beautiful buildings, churches and is in preparation for Easter. There are bands, drinking, dancers, fun stuff and many things happening.
I noticed one big item not present in anything – JESUS!
No one would take any of the tracks, either the English ones or Czech language ones.
Then I got an email from Steve saying he and Dayna would be, “...praying God will grant you many opportunities to witness.”
Things changed.
There were a couple of people in front on the candy store they work out, handing out samples.
The guy said he spoke English when I gave him a trillion dollar bill to read the message and I said it has a great question on the back.
We spoke a few minutes and he quickly took the conversation away from God.
His associate, Sabrina wanted a bill as well.
She’s Muslim and thinks as long as you are good, ‘god’ will see that and you do not need to pray, go to a church but need to open your heart to ‘god’.
We never sorted out which ‘god’ she was speaking about.
I talked to her about Jesus and He is the Son of God.
She admitted He was a great prophet and one day will return to rule the earth – not Mohammed.
When I told her what John 14:6 says, she again said ‘god’ will know your heart and will decide if you go to heaven or not.
I saw she wanted to go back inside, since her boss came out so I quickly told her that Jesus is the Messiah, and yes He will come back and rule the earth, but before then, she would need to be sure she has repented and her faith and trust in Him.
She left and asked for a tract for her boss..Pray for all of them.

One of the vendors accepted a tract but did not have time to talk.

By then, I needed to return the hotel.

I am so glad Steve and Dayna prayed.

A quick observation:  I have been in Europe several times during the  Easter season, and it is so sad to see them celebrating this special time in different ways yet always excluding the Savior.

Luke 8:13, “...  and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.