What People Can Do

I have not posted anything in a while and I won’t unless something happens. Most posts are only when I evangelize. So today me and 3 other friends went out to a park looking to serve people. We split in two groups trying to talk to people and hear their stories while sharing Jesus with them. We had two guys from my hall that have never evangelized before; they have never went up to a stranger and shared their faith. We(more experienced) guys split up and went with one of them. So the group I was in approached a man. He turned out to be homeless. We told him we were heading to McDonalds and asked if he wanted to join us to get something to eat. He agreed. So he ordered his food and we both got something and sat down with him and began to talk. He was 55 years old and his parents threw him on the streets when he was 5. He would not let us talk or ask question. He just kept on telling us that no one ever cared for him and all people have in life is themselves and that is the only person you can count on. He said you have to have faith and Jesus in God but he did not know what that meant. He thought that his parents were his heaven and to be honest he had mental problems and he told us that he had been locked up before and been locked in a mental ward. It was nearly impossible to talk to him and when I was with him my heart just hurt. He told us that no one cares about him. It was harder to talk to him because we were white and he thought we were different because of race. The homeless man kept on saying how preachers preach and teach but they don’t prove anything. So today I told him that we were not here to preach or to teach but prove that all we wanted to do was listen to him, hear his story and have him eat. When I was hungry did you feed me the lord said and if you see someone like that feed them Christ, feed them YOUR LORD. The guy that was with me came because he had difficulty sharing his faith. We talked afterwards and he talked about how he was discouraged. But honestly I was so proud of him. He is growing as a Christian and it is so cool to see it and he realizes what he needs to do and wants to change. It is so encouraging. To anyone that has problems and wants to grow as a Christian doing things in your comfort zone will not make you grow. But doing things outside of it, being awkward and uncomfortable that’s where it is. That’s where Christ wants to see us and today my friend was part of that. He told me he was discouraged because he couldn't do anything and nothing happened but let me just reiterate WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING, IT IS THE HOLY SPIRTIT AND THE WORD OF GOD THAT CONVICTS AND CHANGES HEARTS. So keep that in mind. the other group had a great experience, talked to multiple people, including a drug dealer that started thinking about Christianity. You never know who Christ will reach and that is what you have to believe in. You have no clue where things are or where they are heading and to be so insecure of what can happen but you are assured that everything will work out because of the Lord. Hebrews 11:1 faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen and Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful. With got the impossible is possible ONLY THROUGH HIM. As I am typing this my friend played amazing grace and I just started crying. The reason why people do not come to Christ and are angry with the Lord is because no one shows them Him. No person is more righteous than another. BBIC…Be Bold In Christ, start to do something, pray deeply and God will appear and He will consume you. To those that are reading this do not be afraid to act the hardest thing is opening your mouth and then everything follows. The title of this is What People Can Do. Don’t be like the people that led a homeless person to hate the world but be like the people who talked to a stranger and reached a drug dealer. You can made a difference. I don’t share names with the people I encounter but I am going to change that. The people’s names I list I need you to pray for. The homeless man’s name is Robert. Pray for him and the guys in the group that are going out to talk to people. Pray for us that people’s ears will be open and receptive. Thank you