Evangelism Tip Tuesday ~ Leave Your Comfort Zone in the Dust!

It's that time again! . . . Are you up for another challenge? Last week's was as easy as they come, get ahold of some excellent Biblically sound gospel tracts and simply leave them in places for someone to find. Piece of cake, right? This week's challenge may get your heart pumping a little more, let the adrenaline rush compel you towards action this week! I challenge you to intentionally go out of your way to pass out one of those great Gospel tracts to someone, any one, how about just one? You can do this!

When you are out an about this week have a tract handy and use it! It may be frightening at first, but take a moment to really put things into perspective and soon compassion will help you swallow any fear you may have. Think about the incredible difference between the worst case scenario of the person you will be giving the tract to and your own personal worst case scenario in the process. If they die tonight in their sins, they will spend eternity in hell. Think on that for a moment, ETERNITY in HELL! Now, what is the worst case scenario for you as you pass along this tract? Realistically, the worst you'd probably encounter passing out a tract here in the States is hearing, "No thanks." While rejection is never fun, you will get over it!

Not sure where to start? I've found that some of the easiest people to give tracts to are those you encounter when making a purchase. Whether it be at a grocery check out or a fast food drive thru window, it's pretty simple to get a tract into a hand that is already extended in putting a receipt into your own! Try giving a million dollar bill tract at the end of a transaction along with a quick, "Thanks a million"! "Keep the change!" always goes over well too! Sometimes people consider refusing it at first only because they are thinking it is real money and they'd be in trouble if they took it from you! If that happens I usually respond with, "Here, be sure to read the million dollar question on the back"or "It'd be great if you could really get the change!" As soon as they realize there's more to it people are normally delighted to receive it. I've heard so many "Hey, look! I got a million bucks!", "I can't wait to show this off!", and "Thanks!" Often, I also end up receiving multiple requests from bystanders who'd like one of their own!

Another of my personal favorites is "101 Funniest One Liners". I worked in retail for several years and know firsthand how long a slow night can seem. I like to give these to people at the check out with a little, "Here this is for you. If you get slow at all tonight it's a really great time passer!" These are very well received in such settings! Best of all, these tracts contain a very clear Gospel presentation!

I've mentioned a few of my favorite tracts. Now, I'd strongly urge you to take the time to look through the variety of sound Gospel tracts in search of a tract that YOU love! If you really enjoy it yourself you will feel more comfortable in giving it out and your own enthusiasm will spark curiosity in others as well!

If in thinking about getting started in all of this you still feel more apathetic than compassionate, pray! Pray that God will allow you to fully grasp the seriousness of what is at stake for these people you will meet throughout your day if they are to continue on as rebels against a Holy and Just God. Think about what our Amazing God has done on behalf of that person! How can you possibly withhold the information that glorifies our Precious Savior and offers eternal salvation! This person before you is not promised another breath, yet they will live forever, either in Heaven or Hell. When you really think about the magnitude of eternity, suddenly the discomfort of a mere few seconds that it will take you to give out a Gospel tract seems much more than doable!

Think on Proverbs 28:1, "The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are bold as a lion." Be bold for the One who deserves all glory, honor and praise!

"Even if I were utterly selfish and had no care for anything but my own happiness, I would choose, if God allowed, to be a soul winner, for never did I know perfect, overflowing, unutterable happiness of the purest and most ennobling order till I first heard of one who had sought and found a Savior through my means." - Charles Spurgeon