The RESULTS of sharing over the phone (and a hard heart story)...

We’re on the road again, a month-long ministry trip. I’m still planning on posting about tracts, but wanted to give some quick updates…

My father was sharing on the phone last week with a customer service rep using the same method the Lord has led us to use in sharing many other times over the phone. He encouraged the lady to repent and surrender to the Lord that night when she was at home. The next day he ended up talking to the same lady at the same company – and she had done it! Only time will tell if it was a genuine surrender to the Lord – but Praise Him for a sinner that repented (notice Scripture says that the angels rejoice over a sinner that repents – not over a person that “says a prayer”)! May I be diligent to ALWAYS seek to share the gospel when I have phone conversations.

We pass out a number of tracts while traveling, and seek to talk with people as opportunities arise. I haven’t had any unique interactions, but my father did.

Yesterday, at a gas station, he was asking the attendant if he knew where he would spend eternity. The answer “absolutely, I’m headed for hell.” My father asked him if that concerned him, and he said no. Did pain bother him? Nope, he felt he could get used to it.

My father pointed at the lighters that were there and said he didn’t see him holding his finger over the flame. The young man said, “not a problem” and grabbed a lighter, lit it, held his finger over the flame for a second, and then turned it off and said “see!” My father pointed out that it was only a second, not an eternity, and the young man said that he didn’t want to make a mess on the counter (although my father noticed him holding the finger against the glass of the counter as if it was smarting). We are praying that the finger will hurt over these next few days and the Holy Spirit will use that to convict him.

My father asked if he had ever read the Bible, and he said he had – and the Koran, and other religious books. My father asked if he had ever read the Bible and told God that, if He was real and revealed Himself to the young man – he would promise to obey. The young man said he had done that. At one point in his life, he had looked up to the ceiling, and basically swore at God (and he demonstrated for my father). What was interesting, the young man said, was that three minutes after he had previously done that, his ceiling had collapsed on him. My father was flabbergasted and said “Didn’t you see God’s hand and choose to surrender and believe?” and the young man simply said “nope, it was an old ceiling.”

Amazing how hard the human heart can be!

I’ll post more as time allows (being on the road, keeping up with my regular work via the laptop, and ministering while traveling – keeps me very busy).