It’s been said that “April Showers bring May flowers”. Well in the case of the Bezeugen Tract Club, May brings tracts for May the Fourth, Mothers Day, Prayer and a new design to address a popular misconception about the Bible! I can’t remember the number of times I’ve heard something to the effect that “we are all children of God.” While we are all created by God in his image, the Bible clearly teaches than unless you receive Him, Jesus, as your Lord and Savior, then your father is the devil. This month we are introducing a new tract that teaches this basic Biblical fact!
May 4th is considered “Star Wars Day” because it is a play on words of “May the Fourth” with the popular phrase from the movie “May the Force be with you”. The original Star Wars movie, episode IV called A New Hope, was originally released in May (25th) 1977. Amazingly this will be the 45th anniversary of the movie release. A few years ago we released the enclosed “May the Lord be with you” tract. These are popular with Star Wars fans and non fans alike. Like the concept that we are all God’s children, many believe God will be with them no matter what. Again, there is a Biblical truth we can cling to and share from Matthew 28 that Jesus is with His believers always!
May 5th is the National Day of Prayer. Since May 2010 Bezeugen Ministries has been hosting events on the First Thursday of each month in the style of National Day of Prayer. Each month we send an email with suggested A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) verses for prayer. Typically local groups meet at noon at their respective city hall. If you’d like to host a group, or simply receive these notifications to pray please contact us. We also will hold a 7AM (Central time) prayer conference call on May 5th as well as each First Thursday of the month. The information will be provided in the monthly email.
All of that to say, prayer is important! It’s an often untapped resource. The Bible says to pray for all people, especially those in authority. In March we released the Pray for America and Pray for Canada tracts. This month Texas members of the Bezeugen Tract Club are receiving “Pray for Texas” tracts. For the background on these tracts please see the information from the March mailing (https://www.bezeugen.org/blog/?p=2166). If you are interested in a tract to pray for your state let us know. If you’d like monthly email reminders with ACTS verses to pray, would like to host a local prayer meeting, or be reminded of local prayer meetings please contact us. If you would like to participate in a National Day of Prayer event near you at you can find local events at www.nationaldayofprayer.org.
Mother’s Day is May 8th. Mother’s are great gifts to us. If you are able, go see your mom on Mother’s Day. If not, if she is still alive, call her. No matter if the relationship is strained or great, reach out to her. A day will come when you can’t make that call or visit. So cherish every moment you can with the woman who brought you into this world. This tract came from a conversation with Phil, a good friend and long time tract club member. I remember sitting with him over coffee one afternoon when he was visiting Dallas and I asked him to describe sharing the gospel. He talked about seeing mom’s with their babies and complementing them on how the child is such a great gift. But then transitioned to “that’s great, but what’s the greatest gift?” Instantly we knew there was a tract in that. We have a Christmas and a more generic themed version of this tract. We also now have this tract translated into Spanish (see the front side of this letter).
The “Greatest Gift” tract has been a favorite since it was introduced a few years ago. Recently we had this translated into Spanish. They are now available by donation. Submit a request online or by sending a donation ($5 for 100, $10 for 200, $20 for 500) in the envelope enclosed with your monthly mailing.
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General Housekeeping
Before closing this letter, I’d like to spend a little time on some general housekeeping. While the tracts are mailed free to you, please keep in mind we use God’s resources to purchase and ship them. We use the USPS Bulk mail service to keep our costs as low as possible. However, unlike first class mail, when mail is returned as undeliverable or forwarded due to change of address we receive a charge (up to $2.50 per envelope) from the post office. Please review the following and help us all be good stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us.
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