Last year, I wrote a series of posts entitled “As you go” with the encouragement to take a step by step process to engaging in personal evangelism. The idea is to put into action the command of Christ in Matthew 28:19 to make disciples of all men. Of course, we can only make a disciple if we first share the Gospel so that they can become born again and believe in Jesus in the first place.
Everyone may not be called to “stand on a box” and preach the Gospel. However, it is reasonable to expect that everyone who knows Christ to share him with others. 1 Peter 3:15 says, “always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.” People talk about what (and who) they love. If you love football you talk about it. If you love your wife, you talk about her. And if you love Jesus, it is reasonable that you will talk about him. Mark Cahill said:
“If you don’t talk about Jesus, then maybe you don’t love Him half as much as you think you do (if at all).”
So rather than suggest that everyone should open air preach, or even hand out tracts at an event, I am starting a new blog to encourage daily personal evangelism “As You Go”! Specifically, I am suggesting that you too can hand out Gospel tracts as a simple way to share the Gospel “as you go!”
The first thing you need is some tracts. Bezeugen will supply you with 30 gospel tracts per month for free along with the encouragement to hand them out – one per day! You can enroll online.
Starting March 1, I will post a new entry each day to the new “As You Go” blog documenting how I handed out a tract from the March mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club. I encourage you to follow that blog and post comments of how you handed out your tract that day.
In the meantime, as we look ahead to the daily posts, here are simple ways that I have handed out tracts recently:
Tuesday
- handed a tract to the cashier at Wich-Wich
- gave tracts to three people in line at the Wich-Wich
- gave spanish million dollar bill tracts to four spanish speaking workers at the mall
Wednesday
- gave a tract to the cashier at the rec center
- gave a tract to a guy at the rec center while he was watching racquetball
- Put a tract on the bulletin board near the racquetball courts at the rec center
- put tract in the the credit card slot at the gas station while filling up the car with gas
Thursday
- I attended a seminar at a hotel and gave spanish million dollar bill tracts to two groundskeepers working in front of the hotel on my way in
- At the Honda dealer, I gave trillion dollar bill tractst to two of the workers. One read it right then, said he had never seen that message before and then had to go back to work before we could discuss the gospel.
- Gave a trillion to the cashier at Honda
- Gave tracts to a customer and his daughter while I was leaving Honda
- Sent a tract to the cashier at the bank from the drive thru lane
- Left another tract in the carrier of the drive thru lane for the next customer to receive
- At the toll tag store I gave a million dollar bill to the cashier
- As I was leaving the toll tag store, I gave a riddle to one of the people waiting in the lobby.
Friday
- Gave a tract to the cashier at breakfast
- Left a tract on the bulletin board at the restaurant where I had breakfast
- Gave a tract to the hostess at dinner. This is kind of fun. Even though we had a reservation, I said, “can we please get a table right away” and handed her a million dollar bill tract.
- Left a tract when paying the bill at dinner
- When returning a DVD to blockbuster, I put a tract in DVD case.
Saturday
- I didn’t go anywhere. But, I was still able to put a tract into an envelope when paying a bill
Sunday
- While using the ATM, I left a tract for the next customer
Monday
- I went to the post office and gave a tract to the worker there.
- Gave a tract to the hostess at lunch. Using a St Patricks tract I asked her if she is lucky. She did the test and was disappointed that the clover did not turn to gold. I pointed her to the gospel message on the back.
- Left a tract with the bill at lunch
- Went to the airport and gave a tract to the bus driver that drove me to the terminal.
- Gave a tract to the cashier at Starbucks
- Gave a tract to the waitress at breakfast
- Gave tracts to the employees at the airport and the man next to me on the plane
- Gave tracts to all the restaurant employees and waitress at Spaghetti Warehouse
- Gave a tract to the toll booth attendant while paying the toll on the Dallas North Tollway
