First Thursday Prayer – December 2018

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Carl

December 6th, is the First Thursday of the month. We will meet in Carrollton and Dallas for prayer. In Rockwall there will be prayer this Sunday (the normal second Sunday), December 9th. Each month since May 2010 we have taken the first Thursday of the month to stop and pray for our nation, leaders and revival. Today our Nation observes a national day of mourning for President George H.W. Bush. Pray that this will bring healing and unity to our nation. The one constant is that the Gospel of Jesus has the ability to change the way people think and act! In short: Jesus is the answer. We need prayer! We currently have THREE locations:

  • Carrollton City Hall – Will meet on Thursday, November 1st at noon.
  • HOBI International, Dallas – will meet on Thursday, November 1st at 11AM
  • Rockwall – meets on the second Sunday of each month – October 14th

In Carrollton, meet by the flag poles in front of City Hall at noon.  Prayer is from noon to 12:30. In case of rain we will move under the stairs by the entrance to the city hall. Weather permitting, I typically arrive early and eat lunch by the flag poles. So if you are able, come early and join me.

In Dallas we meet at HOBI International (7601 Ambassador Dr, Dallas). Security access to the building is required. If you plan to attend that meeting, please contact Craig Boswell in advance. Prayer this month is from 11 to 11:30AM. If you are coming, please arrive early to clear security. As a reminder, this month the meeting is Wednesday, October 3rd.

In Rockwall prayer is on the second Sunday of each month at Rockwall Bible Church (http://www.rockwallbible.org) from 7-8PM. This month it is November 11th.

The suggested ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication) verses this month are:

Adoration

 Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
2     sing the glory of his name;
give to him glorious praise!
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
4 All the earth worships you
and sings praises to you;
they sing praises to your name.”  (Psalm 66:1-4)

Confession

We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.. (Nehemiah 1:7)

Thanksgiving

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” (Psalm 50:14-15)

Supplication

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me[a] anything in my name, I will do it. (John 14:13-14)

 If you are unable to attend in person, we hope you’ll take time from your busy schedule to pray for our nation, leaders and revival in our churches.

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2018 Year End Matching Fund

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Carl

Update: December 31, 2018 – Thank you for helping us reach our 2018 matching fund! While the match has been made, please prayerfully consider donating today!

One of our donors has offered to match up to $2,018 in donations from now until the end of the year. That means that for each dollar you donate to Bezeugen Ministries through December 31st will be doubled. Please prayerfully consider supporting the work the Lord is doing through Bezeugen Ministries.

It costs roughly $20 per year to send 30 FREE Gospel tracts per month to each member. Donate $10 today and with the match it would cover your own membership. Or perhaps you could cover the whole amount of your membership with at least a $20 donation. Then the match would cover a second member! Is the Lord leading you to donate $100 and cover your membership plus four more and then with the match cover five more memberships for a total of 10 members? Pray about it. Let the Lord lead you!

In 2017 Bezeugen celebrated it’s tenth year in ministry. To commemorate the occasion we released a ten year anniversary booklet with a history of the ministry as well as testimonials from you, our tract club members, with how the ministry and tract club have impacted you personally. We have some copies of this booklet on hand. While supplies last with a donation of at least $50 you’ll receive a copy of this booklet. To select follow this link to donate and put “Booklet” in the memo.

Finally, we have a few tract Rolodex’s on hand. The tract Rolodex holds 100 tracts and comes loaded with a supply of a selection of Bezeugen tracts. For a minimum donation of $75 you’ll receive the tenth anniversary booklet and a tract Rolodex (while supplies last). To select follow this link to donate and put “Rolodex” in the memo.

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Extra Christmas Tracts Available

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Carl

The December mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club will go into the mail this week. There will be extra Christmas tracts left over from the mailing. Since we know that Christmas is the easiest time of year to share the Gospel we know you may want extra Christmas tracts to share with family, friends or at an outreach. To request extra Christmas tracts go to donate.bezeugen.org to make a donation and then indicate in the note how many tracts you’d like. For details see below. We have some of each of six designs as well as the candy cane bookmark available.

To view the text of the tracts or order in bulk click the links below.

Requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. A donation of any amount to help cover postage is appreciated. To request extra Christmas tracts:

  • go to donate.bezeugen.org
  • Enter your donation amount (suggested donation for tracts of $5 for 100, $10 for 200, $20 for 500. Suggested donation for bookmarks is $5 for 50, $10 for 100, $20 for 250.)
  • Enter a note indicating you would like extra Christmas Tracts. You may specify the designs you prefer. However, requests will be filled with available stock on hand.

For larger quantities these tracts may be purchased from One Million Tracts.

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First Thursday Prayer – November 2018

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Carl

Tomorrow, November 1st, is the First Thursday of the month. We will meet in Carrollton and Dallas for prayer. In Rockwall there will be prayer on the normal second Sunday, November 11th. Each month since May 2010 we have taken the first Thursday of the month to stop and pray for our nation, leaders and revival. This month is no exception. The mid-term elections are less than a week away. There are many issues impacting our nation. The one constant is that the Gospel of Jesus has the ability to change the way people think and act! In short: Jesus is the answer. We need prayer! We currently have THREE locations:

  • Carrollton City Hall – Will meet on Thursday, November 1st at noon.
  • HOBI International, Dallas – will meet on Thursday, November 1st at 11AM
  • Rockwall – meets on the second Sunday of each month – October 14th

In Carrollton, meet by the flag poles in front of City Hall at noon.  Prayer is from noon to 12:30. In case of rain we will move under the stairs by the entrance to the city hall. Weather permitting, I typically arrive early and eat lunch by the flag poles. So if you are able, come early and join me.

In Dallas we meet at HOBI International (7601 Ambassador Dr, Dallas). Security access to the building is required. If you plan to attend that meeting, please contact Craig Boswell in advance. Prayer this month is from 11 to 11:30AM. If you are coming, please arrive early to clear security. As a reminder, this month the meeting is Wednesday, October 3rd.

In Rockwall prayer is on the second Sunday of each month at Rockwall Bible Church (http://www.rockwallbible.org) from 7-8PM. This month it is November 11th.

I recently came across a Bible teacher I was not previously familiar with. I was watching the Gospel of John on YouTube. The movie is broken up by chapter. After chapter 16 of the movie played auto play forwarded to a sermon. I was on the elliptical at the rec center and before I had a chance to select something else within just a few minutes I was captivated by this man’s teaching on John 16. So much so that I not only listened to the rest of that sermon, but from there to the rest of John. I have since done some additional research into who he is. Skip Heitzig is the pastor of Calvary Chapel in Albuquerque. His teachings are excellent. I just finished listening to his sermon series titled The Disciples Prayer a teaching on what we typically call the Lord’s prayer. If you have some time, I’d encourage you to check this out as I was incredibly blessed by listening. You can find the series online here.

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen

In light of the, the suggested ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication) are:

Adoration

 Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name. (Matthew 6:9)

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. (1 Chronicles 29:11)

Confession

forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors. (Matthew 6:12)

 Thanksgiving

Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10)

Supplication

Give us this day our daily bread,
…

13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. (Matthew 6:11, 13)

If you are unable to attend in person, we hope you’ll take time from your busy schedule to pray for our nation, leaders and revival in our churches.

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First Thursday Prayer – October 2018

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Carl

Each month since May 2010 we have taken the first Thursday of the month to stop and pray for our nation, leaders and revival. This month is no exception. The mid-term electons are a month away. The FBI and Senate are involved in Supreme Court Nomination proceedings. And even locally in Carrollton last week two men got into an argument at a JV football game and one of them shot the other. In a word, Jesus is the answer. We need prayer! We currently have THREE locations:

  • Carrollton City Hall – Will meet on Thursday, October 4th.
  • HOBI International, Dallas – will meet on Wednesday, October 3rd.
  • Rockwall – meets on the second Sunday of each month – October 14th

In Carrollton, meet by the flag poles in front of City Hall at noon.  Prayer is from noon to 12:30. In case of rain we will move under the stairs by the entrance to the city hall. Weather permitting I typically arrive early and eat lunch by the flag poles. So if you are able, come early and join me.

In Dallas we meet at HOBI International (7601 Ambassador Dr, Dallas). Security access to the building is required. If you plan to attend that meeting, please contact Craig Boswell in advance. Prayer is from noon to 12:30. If you are coming, please arrive early to clear security. As a reminder, this month the meeting is Wednesday, October 3rd.

In Rockwall prayer is on the second Sunday of each month at Rockwall Bible Church (http://www.rockwallbible.org) from 7-8PM. This month it is October 14th.

The suggested ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication) are:.

Adoration

I waited patiently for the Lord;
    he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
    out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
    making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
    a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
    and put their trust in the Lord.. (Psalm 40:1-3)

Confession

Blessed is the man who makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
    yet they are more than can be told.

6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
    but you have given me an open ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
    in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
    your law is within my heart.”

(Psalm 40:4-8)

Thanksgiving

I have told the glad news of deliverance[b]
    in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
    as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    from the great congregation.

11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
    your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will
    ever preserve me!
12 For evils have encompassed me
    beyond number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
    and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head;
    my heart fails me.

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me!
    O Lord, make haste to help me!
14 Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonor
    who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
    who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”

(Psalm 40:9-15)

Supplication

But may all who seek you
    rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
    say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
    but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
    do not delay, O my God! (Psalm 40:16-17)

If you are unable to attend in person, we hope you’ll take time from your busy schedule to pray for our nation, leaders and revival in our churches.

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First Thursday Prayer – September 2018

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Carl

Thursday, September 6th, is the first Thursday of the month. We will meet to pray for our nation, leaders and revival. Praise the Lord, we currently have THREE locations:

  • Carrollton City Hall
  • HOBI International, Dallas
  • Rockwall – meets on the second Sunday of each month

In Carrollton, meet by the flag poles in front of City Hall at noon.  Prayer is from noon to 12:30. In case of rain we will move under the stairs by the entrance to the city hall. Vinood John will lead prayer this month.

In Dallas we meet at HOBI International (7601 Ambassador Dr, Dallas). Security access to the building is required. If you plan to attend that meeting, please contact Craig Boswell in advance. Prayer is from noon to 12:30. If you are coming, please arrive early to clear security.

In Rockwall prayer is on the second Sunday of each month at Rockwall Bible Church (http://www.rockwallbible.org) from 7-8PM. This month it is September 9th.

The suggested ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication) are:.

Adoration

My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed. (Psalm 71:23)

Confession

I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. (Daniel 9:4-5)

Thanksgiving

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name! (Psalm 100:4)

Supplication

 With my voice I cry out to the Lord;
with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.
I pour out my complaint before him;
I tell my trouble before him. (Psalm 142:1-2)

If you are unable to attend in person, we hope you’ll take time from your busy schedule to pray for our nation, leaders and revival in our churches.

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Door Hangar Overstock

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Carl

We are overstocked on door hangers. They are not doing any good sitting in storage. The

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Gospel is the power unto salvation. But it needs to be unleashed onto your neighborhood. We have thousands of door hangers in stock. So here is the challenge. Let us send you 100 door hangers (suggested donation of $10 or more). You go and reach your 100 closest neighbors. Want to find those neighbors? We have used Pray 4 Every Home to identify and pray for our neighbor. When you login and create an account it identifies the 100 nearest homes to you. Then the challenge is to pray for your neighbors. Don’t know how to pray? Well that’s where the door hangers come in. Put one on each door, then pray for the salvation of those who live there. It’s that easy! Get some exercise, walk your neighborhood and pray for the salvation of those who live nearby!

Once you complete 100 houses maybe you’d like to keep going and reach more of your community. That’s great! Check out our 100 challenge and the corresponding map. Then request some more door hangers or order them from One Million Tracts with your customized contact information. Schedule regular times to go share the Gospel in your community.

Ready to get started? There are other articles here on the BLOG about door to door evangelism including our Door to Door 101. You’ll also find videos our YouTube channel explaining door to door evangelism.

Door hangers available

  • Bucket List
  • It’s 2AM
  • Are You a Good Person – bi-lingual English and Spanish with text from the tracts in English and Spanish.
  • YOLO –  bi-lingual English and Spanish with text from the tracts
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Bezeugen answers your questions

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Carl

We receive a number of questions from tract club members about a number of topics that involve the use of tracts and evangelism in general. We figure if one person asks probably others have the same question. So when we answer the question we have started creating videos to explain the answer. Then we are sharing the answers on YouTube. We have started a new video series on titled “Bezeugen Answers Your Questions”. In the intro playlist I explain the purpose of the video series and then answer the first question “How does the Bezeugen Tract Club help ordinary Christian’s share the Gospel”.

The first few videos are a little raw. After realizing that I purchased a DJI Osmo Mobile 2 image stabilizer, so you’ll notice the second video in the playlist is much smoother. We have already posted other videos in the series including

Got a question about sharing the Gospel? You can email with your question and we will attempt to answer it for you and in a future video post.

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First Thursday Prayer – August 2018

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Carl

Thursday, August 2nd, is the first Thursday of the month. We will meet to pray for our nation, leaders and revival. Praise the Lord, we currently have THREE locations:

  • Carrollton City Hall
  • HOBI International, Dallas
  • Rockwall

In Carrollton, meet by the flag poles in front of City Hall at noon.  Prayer is from noon to 12:30. In case of rain we will move under the stairs by the entrance to the city hall.

In Dallas we meet at HOBI International (7601 Ambassador Dr, Dallas). Security access to the building is required. If you plan to attend that meeting, please contact Craig Boswell in advance. Prayer is from noon to 12:30. If you are coming, please arrive early to clear security.

In Rockwall prayer is on the second Sunday of each month at Rockwall Bible Church (http://www.rockwallbible.org) from 7-8PM. This month it is August 12th.

The suggested ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication) are:.

Adoration

Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!
We will sing and praise your power. (Psalm 21:13}

Confession

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8-10}

Thanksgiving

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. (Romans 1:21}

Supplication

 I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalm 116:1-2}

If you are unable to attend in person, we hope you’ll take time from your busy schedule to pray for our nation, leaders and revival in our churches.

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We never meant to start a prison ministry

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Carl

It’s amazing how God works. We did

not set out to start a prison ministry. Yet here we are sending more than 5,000 tracts per month into prisons across the United States each month. A number of years ago we got an online enrollment form a man who was incarcerated in a prison in Texas. It seemed odd because as far as I knew Texas prisons don’t provide internet access to inmates and yet the enrollment came in via our website. We later learned that he and I had a mutual friend who enrolled him. He and I started corresponding by letter and eventually he would complete the School of Biblical Evangelism course with us via correspondence. He since ha served his time and we have had the chance to meet in person. God has transformed his life. Since that first inmate enrollment the Bezeugen Tract Club has grown not only within the Texas prison system but across the entire country. Over the years we started getting requests by inmates to be enrolled in the tract club. We later learned that tract club members would send a tract or two and tell them to contact us to receive more. So we enroll them and send them tracts. Today we have over 100 inmates enrolled in the Bezeugen Tract Club with over 40 of them in Texas spread across 9 prisons. Early this year the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) notified us that their mail policy changed and we could no longer send our regular mailing into the Texas prisons because it contains duplicate materials. Feeling somewhat discouraged by this roadblock we soon after received a letter from on of the inmate members asking us to just send one of each tract to him and then also provide the contact information for the chaplain at his unit and suggested we could send the tracts to him. I made a phone call to the chaplain and he agreed I could send the tracts to him. I then reached out to the chaplains at the other units where we had members and each agreed we could send the tracts via the Chaplaincy Department. At the same time a woman from my church agreed to send a monthly mailing with one of each tract to each Texas inmate member so that they still receive a monthly letter. The Lord put it on my heart that still there were other prisons in Texas aside from the nine we were sending tracts to. Actually there are over 100 prisons in Texas. We sent a letter to Chaplains of 50 of them around the first of July. The letter introduces Bezeugen Ministries and the tract club and offered to send 30, 60, 90, 150 or 500 tracts per month. So far 13 of them have replied favorably requesting a monthly supply of tracts and one other requested a one time shipment. What appeared to be a closed door has found wide open to sharing the gospel within the Texas prisons. Previously 42 inmates in 9 units were receiving 1260 tracts per month. Now 22 units are receiving over 4300 tracts per month. Counting the other inmates around the country that is close to 6000 tracts a month going into the lesson system to be distributed. The Gospel is the power of salvation. It changes lives. And that is what is needed. Please keep this in your prayers as we continue to equip and encourage believers (even behind bars) to share the gospel. On a related note a tract club member from Washington DC contacted us a couple months ago indicating she’d like to serve in some way. I suggested she could be a pen pal to the women inmates in the tract club. She agreed! So we now have pen pals for all the female inmate tract club members. We continue to pray for pen pals for all the males. If your interested in that please contact us.

Updated December 2021: There are now 24 chaplain’s across the country receiving tracts. We are excited to announce that our new Free Indeed tract will be in the February 2022 mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club!

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