Encounters

  We had a great time at the U.T. vs. Florida football game this last Saturday. We had the privilege to hand out close to 1,700 gospel tracts, which is a record for us at a football game. We had several people come by to give us support and encouragement. Please pray for all of the people who took the tracts, that God would grant them saving grace.

Newsletter

I am excited to announce that the new website that I have been working on is finally up. It is more interactive and has more videos. Also, it has more information about Words of Life. The URL will remain the same. It is wordsoflife4u.com. Go by and check it out. Let me know what you think, and give suggestions to improve the website.

We will also be going to the U.T. vs. Florida game this coming Saturday. We meet a couple of hours before the game starts and leave before kick-off. This is a great first time event to go to. If you have never given out gospel tracts, this is a very non-threatening way to experience evangelism. Let me know if you would like to go, and I will give you more information. 

Evangelism Needs

   We have had a great year this year! We have been to the U.T campus, the Water Angel’s Ministry, and the mall. We are planning trips to the Sugarland’s Visitor Center and some U.T. football games this Fall. We are also about to reach another milestone in giving out our Gospel tracts. We are  close to giving out 20,000 Gospel tracts in our own backyard of East Tennessee. That is a lot of “seeds planted”! Thanks be to God!

   None of this would have been possible without the support and gifts you have provided over the years. Once again, we need your financial help. You may not feel led to come out with us. By giving a gift to the ministry, it is as if you were there with us. Your giving makes it possible for us to go, so you play a huge part in the ministry by giving.

Please begin now to pray about your gift to the ministry. Maybe you could give monthly, quarterly, a one time gift, as a Sunday School Class, or as a corporate sponsor through your company. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, so all gifts are tax deductible, and legal receipts are provided. Would you help us reach the lost here in East Tennessee? We cannot go without your help. Thanks for making this a matter of prayer.  

Newsletter

We have two opportunities this week to share the Gospel and minister to the community. The first opportunity is this Thursday night at the mall. We will be sharing the Gospel. Our second opportunity is this Saturday the 11th. We will be working with The Water Angel Ministry thewaterangels.com during their “Back to School Party”.  They do a great job helping the homeless in our community. We will be on site to share the Gospel and counsel with anyone who comes over to our tent. If you would like to be a part of either one or both of these events, please let me know before then. If you can’t make it out, please pray for the people going and the people who will hear the Gospel.

Evangelism

Are you saved? We ask that question a lot, or we ask it about other people. Is he or she saved? Let me ask you, what does that question mean. “Are you saved?” What exactly are you saved from? Some might say, “I’m saved from sin, hell, wondering through life, etc…” How would you answer that question? The Bible gives us an answer that might surprise you. The Bible says we are “saved from God.” In Romans 5:9 it says, “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by His blood, much more shall we be saved by Him from the wrath of God.” When we say we are saved, what we are saying is “we are saved from God” and the wrath we deserved.

 The Bible tells us in Ephesians 2:3 that we were by nature “children of wrath.” One of the greatest verses in all of the Bible follows it. In verse 4 it says, “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in or trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved.” Take some time this week and thank God for saving you from the wrath to come. Rejoice in the fact that you are no longer an enemy of God and a child of wrath, but a friend of God.

Encounters

            A few of weeks ago we were at the mall and had the privilege to share the gospel with at least 8 young men. They were between the ages of 13-15 years old. Some of them said that they went to church. One of them said that his dad was a missionary. Most, if not all of them, said that they were lost, after we spoke with them. One of the mothers walked up as we were talking with her son and said, “Thank you for sharing with them, they need to hear that.” Some of their names are Rob, Cameron, Zack, Chris, Parker, and Travis. Please pray for all of these young men that God would grant them saving grace.
  

Encounters

This past Thursday night (4-12-12) at the mall, we had the privilege to talk to two young men from Powell, TN.  Both of these young men, Andy and David, said they went to church and thought they were saved. Ed and I spoke to both of them about the holiness of God and His righteous standards to enter heaven. We also talked about how we all fall so miserably short of that standard. They both listened to what we told them and began to examine their own lives. They took some tracts and DVD’s to watch later that night. Please pray for these young men Andy and David that God would grant them saving grace.