Monthly Archives: December 2010

Browsing at the Store

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We went to Best Buy to look for a computer for our youngest son. While looking around a young man helped show us a couple of machines. When we were done talking about computers with him, I handed him a Gospel tract and said, “thanks for your help, here is a gift… it’s a gospel tract.” He took it and read it. Then he told me that he is active in his church, how he got saved, etc. We had a nice chat and encouraged each other in the Lord.

While wondering around the store looking at various things we came across several other employees offering help and asking if we needed anything. They each received a tract.

On young lady looked incredibly bored. I handed her a tract and said, “here is something to keep you occupied since you look so bored.” She said thanks and started reading it.

Even the two guys at the security desk leaving the store each got a tract!

So try it out next time you are browsing at the store. Bring some tracts and hand them to the people you encounter.

It doesn’t get much easier

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Christmas time is about the easiest time of the year to hand out tracts and talk to people about Christ. Christmas tracts are about the easiest tracts to hand out. Simply hold out the tract and say “Merry Christmas” and most people will take one. The airport is an easy place to hand out tracts because people are standing around with nothing to do. What happens when you couple all three together? Well at that point, it doesn’t get much easier!

While traveling this weekend many tracts went out to people at the airports and on the planes. Many more were handed out around Chicago during our visit.

Be sure to share the true meaning of Christmas as you go this week.

I’m good

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Ever asked someone a simple question like “how are you today?” and they respond with “I’m good?” Well, I’ve found that this is a simple starting point to transition to the Gospel. We made a new tract with the standard question “Are You a Good Person?” on the top. These will be in a future mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club. I always like to try out new tracts before we send them out in the tract club.

I walked into the dry cleaners and asked the gal at the counter, “how are you today?”

“I’m good.”

Me, “here check this out to see if you are really good!” while handing her a tract.

This tract is one where you put your finger on a spot for 8 seconds and it supposedly changes color if you are good. Of course it never changes. So she checked it out and we had a short conversation.

That’s how easy it can be to share a tract, the Gospel and get someone thinking about Eternity “as you go”!

Farmers Market

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We went to the farmers market this morning in Coppell. The people are very friendly. Many of the vendors were handing out samples which makes for an easy transition to say, “since you gave me something, I must give you something too.” Then I handed them a gospel tract. Some just said thanks and took the tract. Others would look at it right then. I was handing out both Christmas trivia and the which list are you on tract.

One woman at the seafood stand went through the trivia questions and then announced that she would be on the nice list. Then as she read the next sentences about God’s Law she realized she was not nearly as “nice” as she thought she was.  She allowed me to share the entire Law and Gospel with her. She kept the tract and said thanks for the conversation.

May I encourage you to shatters the gospel as you go!

Will you celebrate Christmas?

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This simple question “will you celebrate Christmas” is a simple way to enter into a spiritual conversation with someone, especially this time of year. It works well with store employees, other shoppers at the mall or people you just happen to meet while standing in line for a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

“Sir, do you celebrate Christmas?”

If they say yes, then ask “why do you celebrate Christmas?” Either they tell you the Gospel or you get to tell them.

If they say no then ask “may I tell you why I celebrate Christmas?”

Don’t forget to give them a tract after your conversation with them.

Try it! Post a comment to let me know how it works for you. If you need tracts, you can enroll in the Bezeugen Tract Club for FREE!