Help Wanted

Do you live in North Dallas?

Are you a member of the Bezeugen Tract Club?

Each box contains 4 trays of tracts.

Would you be willing to spend 1-2 hours a month in your own home volunteering to serve the Lord?

If you answered YES to all three questions, then please contact Carl.

We are looking for several volunteers to help us with counting the tracts for the Bezeugen Tract Club mailing. Each month you would take a box of about 5,500 tracts to your house and count the tracts into stacks of seven tracts each. You would then return the tracts to Carl by the First Monday of the month, or bring them to our First Monday tract club meeting to help pack the tracts. Most of the people that are doing this currently tell me that they can count the whole box of tracts in 1-2 hours. Most of them do it while watching a movie or a TV show. It is a great way to involve the whole family in serving the Lord.

Please let me know if you can help. We are expanding the tract club and can use at least two more volunteers to help with this task. Kids can help provided that their parents are overseeing the activity to make sure the tracts are in stacks of seven.

Thanks for your prayerful consideration. Please contact Carl to volunteer or for more information.

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January Logistics

Thursday, January 3rd is the first Thursday of the month. We will have our monthly prayer meeting at City Hall and at HOBI International. If you do not live near one of our locations, then please prayerfully consider starting a prayer meeting at your City Hall on the first Thursday of each month. We gather to pray using the ACTS model of prayer. This months suggested verses are:

  • Adoration: Luke 2:14
  • Confession: Zephaniah 2:1-3
  • Thanksgiving: Ezra 3:11-13
  • Supplication: Psalm 7:1-2

We have decided that this year, we will pray for our nation EVERY Thursday. While we will only gather at City Hall on the First Thursday of each month, we would encourage prayer for our nation every Thursday. Will you join us? Here is an email with the background and some suggested prayer points:

I recently sent an email titled, “A Nation that has forgotten God”, the day after the election. But after sending it, I thought what I should have titled it is,  “There is still hope for a Nation
that has forgotten God.” There is always hope because our great God is sovereign. Even when we see tragedy after tragedy such as what happened on last Friday when 20 children and 6
adults were murdered, there is still hope! I believe we are experiencing the consequences of a Nation whose majority and it’s leaders have forsaken the only true God and His Son, Jesus
Christ! I believe, the Lord is removing His protection and we are being judged by our sin and rebellion against Him. Please read Jeremiah, chapters 1-5 and notice how God’s chastening and
punishment against the Nation of Israel parallels what is taking place before our very eyes because of this Nation’s all out rebellion against the Lord. Murder, sexual immorality, idolatry,
theft, you name it and it is being practiced. I wonder if the Lord has just about reached His threshold with us and there is no human remedy for this problem. How could there be, because our sin against God is the problem. It is a spiritual problem. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness in this world. See: Ephesians 6:10-14.
And don’t you love how the media will blame anything other than the root of our problem which is sin. Rather than recognize our rejection of God and our rebellion against Him, they prefer to place the blame on anything other than our own moral depravity. And in the case of this most recent massacre
the media has even chosen to make an inanimate object the culprit. Wow! Are firearms really our problem? It is terribly tragic that the lives of 20 innocent children were taken and appalling that  thousands of children’s lives are taken every year and none of these media personalities, our president, the leadership of our government or the majority of our population is looking for the real solution to that problem. Why would they? To the contrary, in addition to many other atrocities; they condone, help fund and protect the murder of innocent children by law. How accurate is God’s word when in Psalms 94:20,21
it says, “Shall the throne of iniquity which devises evil by law have fellowship with you? They gather together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.” Do you think it has ever crossed their minds that our sin against God and the gross disregard for human life might encourage an event like what happened on Friday? I can only conclude that the majority of our nation has been completely deceived and blinded by sin! See Jn 9:39-41 Oh’ the hypocrisy of it all!
So what are we to do? You know the answer. We have to seek the Lord’s face and plead with Him to help us and we have to do it now! We need to join with the prophets and Godly men of all ages and call upon Him to help us! Read of the prayers of Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Solomon, Hezekiah, Jehoshaphat and so on. We need to fast and pray to our God to deliver us. Therefore, I am calling upon you as brothers and sisters in Christ to join Deb & I in asking the Lord to save our nation. We will set aside every Thursday of each week to seek the Lord’s face. You may pray and fast as the Lord leads.
I have thought of at least 6 different prayers we can ask of the Lord:
  • That the body of Christ would confess it’s sins and walk in holiness before the Lord. See: 1st Peter 4:17, Psalms 66:18 As Christians, we do not want our prayers to be hindered because of unconfessed sin and a lack of repentance in our own lives.
  • That the Lord would raise up believers to intercede for and seek the lost, just as Christ did. See: Matt 18:11
  • That the Lord would be glorified in His Body, the church! See: Ephesians 4:25,26
  • That the Lord would convict the nation of it’s sins and bring them to repentance and faith in Christ! See: John 16:8
  • That the Lord would forgive the sins of our Leaders and this nation as a whole. See: 2nd Chronicles 7:14
  • That there would be a revival that would sweep the nation and that we would glorify God with our lives and that we would receive His blessing once again! Zephaniah 3:17
If you would like to commit to joining us in this ministry to our Lord, please use the manage your constant contact settings to subscribe to the First Thursday prayer list.  We would also like to hear your comments about things that the Lord would put on your heart. Please also send this message to anyone in the body of Christ. There is power in numbers and the Lord will hear our prayers, answer our petitions and heal our land so that He may be glorified in this nation once again!

 

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December Logistics

Thursday, December 6th is the First Thursday of December. We will be hosting our First Thursday prayer meetings at Carrollton City Hall and HOBI International. If you can’t make either location, you are welcome to start your own group at your city hall or place of employment.

This months suggested verses for the ACTS model of prayer are:

Adoration: Exodus 15:1-2

Confession: Exodus 32:30-32

Thanksgiving: Psalm 138:1-8

Supplication: Lamentations 1:20-22

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2012 Matching Fund

One of our donors has offered a $2,012 matching fund for donations made to Bezeugen between now and the end of 2012. As you plan your year end giving, please prayerfully consider donating to Bezeugen. All money received is used for the furtherance of the Gospel.

Each month we mail 1000 envelopes each containing 30 tracts to households around the US and Canada. Your donations will help to make these Bezeugen Tract Club mailings FREE to all of our members.

In addition, we buy tracts, Bibles, books, bottles of water and other items to use at outreaches around the Dallas area.

As the Lord leads and provides funds, we are also able to provide our two-hour Basic Evangelism Training Seminar around North Texas and across the country. Your donations could help bring this seminar to another city to empower more people to be BOLD, and overcome their FEAR of sharing the Gospel.

We thank you for your prayerful consideration.

You can make a donation online or by sending a check.

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You’ve Got The Time

One of the most important things in the Christian life and sharing the Gospel is being in the Word. How will you know when talking with someone if what they say is in accordance with the Bible if you are not familiar with God’s Word for yourself?

There are common misconceptions like “God helps those who help themselves”. But the one I seem to hear the most is “we are all God’s children.”

It sounds good. Until you read John 1.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
(John 1:12 ESV)

I can not even remember how many times I have pointed this out to people that I’ve been witnessing to. So, in order to encourage being in the Word daily, we are promotion the “You’ve Got The Time” event. Starting Thursday, November 22nd and running for 40 days, ending on New Years Eve, December 31st, we will go through the New Testament.  You can RSVP to the Facebook event where we will also post periodic updates.

The daily schedule can be found online with an audio that you can click on and listen to on the web. Or you might prefer to use the youversion Bible and the audio feature there.

The “You’ve Got the Time” comes from Faith Comes By Hearing and you can also obtain a FREE audio Bible from their site.

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Basic Evangelism Training Seminar in Roanoke, VA

The Bezeugen Ministries Basic Evangelism Training Seminar has been presented 59 times. The 60th presentation of this material will take place December 8th in Roanoke, VA at Parker’s Seafood, 1336 Peters Creek Road from 9-11AM.

Do you have a desire to share the Gospel with others but are afraid or not sure what to say? There is an acronym F.E.A.R. which we call False Expectations Appearing Real. This YouTube clip of Brad Stine sums up the idea pretty well. The idea here is that many people FEAR that if they were to hand someone a Gospel tract or tell them about Jesus that the person would freak out, get mad, throw a fit or something like that. Nothing could be further from the truth. Most people when we hand them a Gospel tract will simply say “thank you!”

Others may worry about the time commitment. Maybe you don’t feel called to open air preach or travel the country telling others about Jesus. That is OK. Jesus said “As You Go” make disciples. That means you can do it “as you go” to work, school or the store! Right in your own neighborhood. Right in the midst of everything you are already doing!

In this two hour seminar we present some simple, effective and Biblical ways to incorporate sharing the Gospel into your day to day life “As You Go”.

Please join us. You can RSVP online.

 

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Dallas Cowboys Outreach

On Sunday a group of about 30 of us went out to Arlington during the Dallas Cowboys game. We arrived in the middle of the 3rd quarter. We handed out tracts and had some great one on one conversations with people. We also set up and open air preached outside the east exit of the stadium. As the game got closer to ending, more and more people left. As an aside, I have honestly never understood coming to a game to leave early. So, I was able to use that as an opening to ask people “why are you leaving early?” The answers ranged from everything from not wanting to deal with traffic, getting home to late, or “already being in enough trouble” from a couple of guys who had left a wife home with two 4 month old twins and the others pregnant wife with a two year old!

In each case, these conversations lead to a great opportunity to share the Gospel.

The game went to overtime, so that prolonged the trickle of people coming out of the stadium. When the Cowboys finally won it, there was a steady stream of people out of the stadium. In all we handed out around 7,000 Gospel tracts, had countless one on one conversations and read the Bible and preached in the open air for more than 90 minutes!

The following update was added on November 27, 2012:

The students in the GFA School of Discipleship provided me with the following comments about the outreach:

It was evident that the Lord was in charge, especially of the timing of when people left the event. He brought them right to us–I’ve never handed out so many tracts before! -Jenny-

It was very humbling to see all the people and having the privilege to hand out Gospel tracts. -Miles-

The outreach went differently than I expected. Good, but different. In the process of handing out gospel tracts to the taxi drivers we started a conversation with a Muslim man. A few minutes later another taxi driver (who was an Arab Christian) came up to us with the gospel tract he had received. He talked to us for a bit and then he and the Muslim man arguing. I tried to interject a couple times, but finally decided to leave them be. I hope that the things we shared with the Muslim man will stick with him. -Brenda-

It was such a nice day to go out and pass out Gospel tracts. One of the first people that we ran into was a drunk man cheering for the Cowboy’s. I asked him if he “got one of these” and “could you take our picture?” It was interesting. I’m glad that the Cowboys won.

I think that it was a great idea for us to be their while everyone was leaving the game. We were in a prime spot to pass out tracts and our team did great! We were courteous and could not keep up with as many people who were receiving the tracts. Also, had one person encourage us and said “keep up the good work!”

It was a great time especially knowing that many “seeds” and MANY people were given the chance to read about spiritual things. Hopefully this topic was brought up as we heard them read them out load to their friends. Praying that they will coming to a saving knowledge of the Gospel. It was fun. -Tony-

It was great to see people were thankful to receive the tracts, even when they knew what it was about. It was the most joyful time I’ve had sharing the gospel. -Emily-

It was beautiful to see the Lord drawing people to Himself. It was one of the best experiences I have ever had! -Nikki-

God provided. He did great things. He set up the situation perfectly for many to receive the good news. I had a great time. The group I was with gave out hundreds of tracts and had many meaningful conversations. May God bring the increase! -Andy-

Ten days after the outreach, I received an email from a Sunday School teacher who received one of the tracts at the game asking how to obtain more of the Are You A Good Person tracts that were being distributed. I have emailed her back with how to order them. Very encouraging! Only God knows what other fruit has come from this outreach.

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Got Peace fan

Recently we got a request from Hawaii to reprint the Got Peace tract as a fan and use that for an outreach at two parades. We approved the request. The finished product looks great.

The first outreach took place on Saturday, November 17th. The second one is on December 15th. Please keep this outreach in your prayers.

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Dallas Children’s Parade Outreach Logistics

One of the largest events in the Dallas area each year is the Dallas Children’s Parade. The parade benefits Children’s Hospital. Over the past five years we have been there to hand out tracts and preach the Gospel. This will be our sixth year. You can view all the past experiences by following this link. This year we will be there as well. There is a new parade route. We will meet at the corner of Main and Akard in Dallas at 7:30AM. You can RSVP to the Facebook event or contact Carl and he will keep you posted via email with the up to date logistics.

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November Logistics

Thursday, November 1st is the First Thursday of the month and we will have our First Thursday Prayer meetings at noon. We have two locations on the map. If you’d like to host a prayer meeting, please contact me and I can add you to our map.

This months selected verses for the ACTS model of prayer are l:

  • Adoration: 2 Samuel 7:22-29 – this scripture has to do with the nation of Israel, just as we need to plead for this nation’s deliverance
  • Confession: Joel 1:5-12 – a confession and mourning of sorts for God’s land. We need to confess and mourn over our land.
  • Thanksgiving: 2 Corinthians 9:15 – God’s gift of Jesus is the only thing that can change an individuals heart and save a nation
  • Supplication: 1 Timothy 2:1-7 – prayer for kings and all who are in authority

Please join us as we pray for our nation, leaders and revival.

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