Matthew 28:19

I went into Starbucks and ordered a cup of tea. While one employee was fixing my cup of tea I asked the other if they were celebrating St Patrick’s Day? They said no. But, I still asked if they were lucky and handed them an “are you lucky” tract. He immediately put his thumb on the clover to see. Meanwhile the other employee came back with the tea. I asked her the same question. She said she celebrated St Pat’s last year, but was not even sure when it is this year. I told her it is tomorrow and handed her a tract. As I left they were both reading the back of the tracts.

We were at the mall eating lunch at Chik-fil-a. I had already ordered and given the cashier a tract. While waiting for my order, another cashier asked if he could help me. I told him, “I’ve already ordered, but you can have one of these” and handed him an “are you lucky” tract. He smiled and said thanks!

The point here is like Peter wrote, “always be prepared.” I could have just as easily said, “no” or something. But by making the most of that couple of seconds, I at least was able to give him a Gospel tract that he could read.

While at the mall, we gave a “Get out of hell free” card to one guy. Later, while talking with some teens, he walked by and asked if he could have some more of them. We, of course, gave him as many as he wanted to go and hand out.

Later we were talking with one of the employees at the Verizon kiosk. We had just gotten to the point in the conversation of explaining that Jesus had paid his fine and handed him a Million Dollar Bill tract. Just then his co-worker came back into the kiosk. So I gave him a Million Dollar Bill tract too. The co-worker sat down and read the entire tract while we were finishing up the conversation with the first guy. Then I asked the second guy, what he thought of the tract. That lead to an opportunity to have a discussion and share the Gospel with him. It was really great to see that people read the tracts we give them!

After church, my family and I went to Pizza Inn for lunch. I asked the cashier if she was lucky. She said she was not sure. So I handed her an “are you lucky” tract. She checked it out. As she was looking at it the other cashier and the manager were both interested, so I gave them each one too.

When I hand these tracts out, I like to make people laugh and show them how ridiculous luck is all at the same time. I tell them that although the card says if they are lucky the clover will turn gold, I figure that if they are really lucky a pot of gold will appear. They laugh and it lightens the mood.

Then I like to share that there is no such thing as luck. The ultimate thing is that if they are banking on luck to get to heaven then they really need to read the card.

Today while at the mall we had a wonderful one on one conversation with Jose. He was ripe to hear the Gospel. When I asked if he was good enough to go to heaven he said, “no” yet he also did not know how to get to heaven.

I reviewed the Ten Commandements with him to be sure he understood the Law and sin. Then I explained the good news of the Gospel using a million dollar bill to explain the payment was more than he could afford.

Afterwards I gave him a Spanish tract so he could review it. I also gave him a “where will you spend eternity” and encouraged him to get Mark’s book One Heartbeat Away.

How are you doing? Are you handing out your tract each day?

Today I had to go to Home Depot to get a new water filter for our refridgerator. Since I’d be in the home appliance section, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to ask for help and then ask when 90 is greater than 100 and hand out a Microwave Oven tract. However, the guy working the section was one that I’ve already witnessed too, and he was not too receptive to the Gospel last time. So, once I got the filter I needed, I left the tract on the handle to one of the microwaves!

I was walking through the mall. Came up to someone and asked if he liked riddles. He said “yes”. So I handed him a Microwave Oven riddle tract that asks on the front “when is 90 greater than 100?” He pondered the riddle for a few moments and then turned the card over and read the back!