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Post by watchman35 on Aug 12, 2017 16:26:23 GMT -6
Without setting any dates, I know most who post on this board and, I would assume (risky thing to do, I know), many who just "lurk" as readers here are all convinced there is a very, very good chance we may be going home in a matter of days or weeks, as opposed to months and years. That being the case, I would like to throw an open question to the community.
Given the sense of urgency that most of us are feeling, what sorts of creative things might the Lord have us to do in these final hours to get the word of warning & Good News out to as many as possible?
I am going to start the thread by sharing several ideas that the Lord has me involved with in these last hours:
1) Started a "sign" ministry--I go to one of the busier intersections around my neighborhood and hold up a sign to cars passing by. My current sign reads:
Warning
Rapture Soon
Then Judgment
Please Trust
In Jesus Now
I spent about 4 hours today at this, with the sign read by several thousand cars. Had a chance to witness to a Muslim woman walking by. Had two fellow believers stop and fellowship for about a half hour. She knew a little about the sign and I pointed her to Scottie' s Youtube channel. They may come to church tomorrow. I get a few thumbs up and a few middle fingers. A fair amount of mocking. I am worn out but I know God is using my time out there to really make people think. It is awesome.
2) Letters to Co-Workers--this one has not worked out so well, at least yet. In respect and submission to my boss, I told him about my plans to share a personal letter with a number of my co-workers bearing witness to time being short and the consequences at stake. He ran it past HR and they "recommended" I not do it--did not flat out say I could not and that if I did I would be fired. Just recommended against it. I am pretty sure I have safe legal grounds to move forward, but so far I do not feel led to pursue that yet. Still praying about another way I might be able to get a warning to my co-workers. Praying for wisdom.
3) A letter to neighbors--our sub-division has about 400 homes in it. Back in the fall of 2015, I did the same thing. Distributed a one-page letter rolled up and stuck in the consistent circular metal design that is used throughout the neighborhood--so I don't violate any laws about putting stuff actually inside of the mailbox (could be wrong, but I think there may be laws against that). I have new letters printed up and ready to go--now just waiting for a sense of confirmation from the Lord on the timing. Maybe early tomorrow morning. I am sensing He wants them out prior to the eclipse.
Anyway, those are just three examples of small things the Lord has brought to my mind. I would be interested to hear of other creative ideas or experiences you have as far as different ways to warn folks and share the Good News before we go home. As I watch the masses drive by when I am out with my sign, it is so painfully apparent most have absolutely no idea what time it really is.
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Post by Natalie on Aug 12, 2017 16:41:09 GMT -6
There is a lady I know of that hands out free Bibles. She stands on the median with a sign, makes sure she doesn't touch the cars or get in the way. I wonder if that would get less mocking? (Probably not) You could stick a printout about the sign and the Gospel in the Bibles. I know places like christianbook.com sell some NTs for pretty cheap.
I've been praying about what God wants me to do. I have three kids I homeschool and a husband that travels a lot right now (it's his busy season). I have a Catholic neighbor, a couple who are Christians but aren't in a church at the moment, and one that I think was raised going to church but doesn't attend. I'm not real close to her. We are taking one of my daughter's friends with us to church Sunday. My daughter (age 9) has two best friends who don't attend anywhere. She has given them each Bibles and asked them to come to church with us. She loves Jesus and is excited about His return.
I plan on posting more on Facebook. Otherwise I have no ideas yet.
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Post by lookuptim on Aug 12, 2017 17:22:04 GMT -6
We live in the greatest time of opportunistic evangelism, in my opinion. Social media - twitter is a TREMENDOUS avenue (using this now, PM for more details), message boards (put Bible verses or the warning in your signature), YouTube videos, instagram posts. I think there are numerous options. God bless you for your boldness! That's who He's looking for. Let's live with reckless abandon for Him (pray for what that looks like) and let Him take care of the rest.
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Post by lookuptim on Aug 12, 2017 17:24:39 GMT -6
Talk to people at your grocery stores, cashiers, etc. (just being loving, saying God bless, planting little seeds, working your way up though I know time may not be on our side). But I think one of the *fastest* ways in terms of getting the most exposure is online activity on boards and social media.
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Post by sawdy on Aug 12, 2017 18:10:34 GMT -6
It is great to see all sorts of good ideas!
I personally feel very overwhelmed by trying to share the knowledge. Perhaps it is because I haven't even been able to share/convince my husband that anything is happening. Also, we live in a smaller community and his job relies on him to have an "image". It tires me a lot not being able to share an opinion anymore.
I have noticed that a lot of the witnessing ideas targets those outside our faith. What about those that are part of our faith? If we all can convince a few more Christians of the sign, and exponentially do this, (Yardstick- I'm using math- lol) it can easily grow into reaching many more people.
My ideas for "inside" our faith witnessing:
- if your church has a directory or church mailboxes- consider mailing something or putting a pamphlet about the rev12 sign in their mailbox.
- strike up a conversation with someone in your church. Stop talking about the weather after church and start by asking them what they thought of the sermon. If you can find a person willing to talk about scripture, you can easily Segway into sharing what you've been learning online.
-invite a family from church over. Share the message.
-Utilize any business-building skills you may have had in the past (if you were ever a part if Amway, or another MLM company) Use the FORM technique: Find out/talk about their family, occupation, what they do for recreation and then hit them with the Message- in this case about Rev12. If you already know the F/O/R about a person, you all ready to approach them with the M.
Other witnessing:
-consider purchasing a table at a local community registration night (most are in the beginning of September). Tables at my communities are $10. Create a "Rapture Sign-up" table. Most people will be unwilling to approach your table, so make sure to be readily available at the front of the table to hand out information.
-try to not overspend on getting the message out. It is very easy to spend a bunch of money getting stuff printed that people won't pay attention to anyways. It is sad, but a lot of people won't pay attention to the message.
If you can get two like-minded people to join you, consider hosting a revival in your community. Rent a small space and have some videos ready to play and a few witnessing materials ready about the sign. Put up posters and post on Facebook about your event.
Ideas for all of us together:
Facebook live seems to be fairly popular lately. Perhaps we could put together a Facebook live event to invite people to?
Those are a few of the ideas that came to mind as I was typing. Personally, I have been trying to witness about rev12 in my church with not much ground gained so far. I have also shared a couple of articles off Unsealed.org but haven't had any traction yet.
When I used to have a MLM business, one tip I had was to try and collect No's rather than Yes's. The goal was to set a goal of No's to collect, and work towards obtaining that number. The challenge was that more often than not, you would have a hard time collecting even 10 no's without having one Yes in the bunch. This subject might require you to get the No requirement a little higher, then again if God wants his message to get out, you may have excellent traction.
I have been reading a history book of the church I belong to. In the past, there has been many documented cases of great revival happening. One church, had revival services for over a month straight, with 100s coming to Christ. What I feel is that we need to go back to the grassroots movement and not rely on a big name to share our faith. Share with others what is on your heart. Share with them about Rev12 and why you trust in God. Share with them how awesome God is! I know this can be hard (obviously as I can't even talk to my own husband about it 😔), but it is amazing what God can do if you are just willing to try.
Please pray for me to be able to speak to my husband.
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Post by cwood85 on Aug 12, 2017 18:28:32 GMT -6
I have two children under the age of 5, so venturing out to the street and handing things out/holding a sign is not much of an option... currently however I have printed flyers from the link posted for the rev. 12 brochures and keep them on me wherever I go.
Currently in what I consider a miniature spiritual war for the little magazine table in the women's bathroom at my work. I put some brochures on the table in the upstairs and downstairs bathrooms and a couple hours later they are in the trash. So I put more down. Next is going to be a note accompanying the brochures stating "Jesus loves you, and I will keep putting these in here because I know Jesus loves you and wants you to go to heaven." I am trying to think of more ways to get the word out other than the brochures.
I have put them everywhere I can when I am out. Trying to have any form of intelligent conversation with someone for more than 3 minutes with an 18 month old and a 5 year is honestly like trying to clean a toilet with peanut butter...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 19:37:47 GMT -6
If you want to reach Muslims, I would pray for Jesus visiting them in a dream and send them to you. There mind set values dreams very highly, there are many reports of Jesus speaking to Muslims in dreams. I would like share a photo, of a individual riding a mule in one of Mexico's most remote areas sharing the Rev 12 Sign and Luke 21:25 Wave sign with the Book of Luke.  |
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Post by socalexile on Aug 12, 2017 19:49:34 GMT -6
If you want to reach Muslims, I would pray for Jesus visiting them in a dream and send them to you. There mind set values dreams very highly, there are many reports of Jesus speaking to Muslims in dreams. I would like share a photo, of a individual riding a mule in one of Mexico's most remote areas sharing the Rev 12 Sign and Luke 21:25 Wave sign with the Book of Luke. Honestly, you can evangelize Muslims using the Koran - Jay Smith here tells you how to do it, because even in the Koran, Jesus is greater than Mohammed. Then you move them to the Bible: Long version: You can do this, because Islam pulled much of it's text for the Koran from Gnostic texts: Also look up Acts17Apologetics on YouTube. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 20:16:55 GMT -6
I think prayer would be quickest with little time left, I have read the Koran and I don't think I could twist their teaching over to Jesus if I tried, in their teaching says:
Jesus did not die on the cross
Jesus is not the son of God
Jesus is a lesser prophet
Jesus will come back serving their prophet
The reason dreams of Jesus is so very effective is that the Koran writings came from dreams. The moment a Muslim has a Jesus dream it overrides all the Koran teachings.
The power of God is amazing, it can instantly change hearts.
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Post by whatif on Aug 13, 2017 0:21:12 GMT -6
Great thread, watchman35! And great ideas, everyone! I was thinking about the bulletin boards that many businesses keep for customers to post event notices, business cards, and so on. Perhaps these can be utilized to post some great information about the prophetic season we are in.
Jimla, I love the idea of praying for the Muslims to have dreams of Jesus! I have heard so many amazing, beautiful stories of this occurring and bringing them to salvation.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 1:02:53 GMT -6
Great thread, watchman35! And great ideas, everyone! I was thinking about the bulletin boards that many businesses keep for customers to post event notices, business cards, and so on. Perhaps these can be utilized to post some great information about the prophetic season we are in. Jimla, I love the idea of praying for the Muslims to have dreams of Jesus! I have heard so many amazing, beautiful stories of this occurring and bringing them to salvation. I have praying for one Muslim student that knew my son in college for 5 years, about a year ago a lady who did not know me was prompted by the Holy Spirit ( which I could sense ) told me I would know my prayer was answered when I was healed. All the raptured Christians will be healed. |
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Post by whatif on Aug 13, 2017 1:09:57 GMT -6
That is beautiful, jimla! What a blessed day that will be!
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Post by BSG-Mom on Aug 13, 2017 10:19:40 GMT -6
My son and daughter in law are church planters.
They go to the local bars and coffee houses.
What did Jesus do?
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Post by mike on Aug 13, 2017 11:39:06 GMT -6
I don't think there is one method but many depending on you and ultimately the audience you intend to reach. I don't know what method works best for you as I don't know "you" (anyone) well enough to say. For me the street corner wouldn't work well. As much as I think we need "John the Baptist" types I like to engage in conversation with people rather then that means. I guess that's we, as the body, have a part to play. So (for me) the eclipse is a great conversation starter, which I've been using. Likewise the turmoil with NK is another good starting point.
However I am not of the opinion to slam people with "end of the world news" many don't want to hear it, others don't believe it. We think the eclipse is a sign or perhaps something will happen, but most will think you're nuts (like John or Noah). Instead the approach for me is to make people aware as Jesus did in Luke 13. What happened yesterday in VA was horrible. Last I saw 2 people lost their lives. Were they ready to meet Jesus?
Luke 13:1There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
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Post by whatif on Aug 13, 2017 18:26:37 GMT -6
I don't think there is one method but many depending on you and ultimately the audience you intend to reach. Yes, I agree, mike! Each of us has different personalities, and the Lord can use each one to reach a different kind of heart that needs Him. |
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