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Mid-term elections are Tuesday, November 8th. Both chambers of the US Congress along with many Governors and local elections are on the line. Please do your civic duty. Then pray!

Thursday, November 3rd is the First Thursday of November. We will be meeting at the following locations for prayer for our nation, leaders, and revival. We have the following locations.

The following A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) verses are provided for your prayer time.

Bezeugen Ministries has partnered with TX Custom Creations to provide Bezeugen Ministries Swag. These items are intended to help you share the Gospel As You Go! The initial line of products includes coffee cups, hats, and shirts themed from the Are You a Good Person, Pray for America, and Jesus is King tracts.

Plus, each item comes with 100 matching tracts to hand out!

Head over to TX Custom Creations to place your order!

With each order of Bezeugen Ministries SWAG, TX Custom Creations will make a donation to Bezeugen Ministries. You get some great new swag and help fund Bezeugen Ministries as well.

You may also like to check out TX Custom Creations other products, shop for Christmas presents, or order something customized!

More items will be coming soon!

For more than 20 years the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship has been renting a vendor booth at the State Fair of Texas and staffing it with Gospel Presenters open to close for all 24 days of the fair. You can learn more about the FGBMF State Fair of Texas Outreach online. As the saying goes “everything is bigger in Texas” and the State Fair is no exception, being known as the largest state fair in the country drawing over 3.5 million people per year.

Since 2012, Bezeugen has been staffing the booth for either a shift or an entire day during the fair. This was our 11th year to participate. Steve, Scott, Scott’s son, my wife and I had a nice evening of fellowship on Friday night. Saturday morning we ate some breakfast and Steve shared a word from the Lord with us before we headed to the fair. One thing he said that stuck with me all day was that we prayed that we could be “a pebble in the shoe” of those we talked to.

We had a team of 8 working the booth Saturday, October 22nd, from 10AM to 4PM. Steve and I arrived at the booth at 9:30. Robert, the Assistant Project Manager for the outreach, was there organizing some materials. We reviewed some updated procedures with him, prayed, and then opened the booth at 10AM just as Scott and his son arrived.

Within a couple of minutes of handing out tracts, Scott, Steve, and I were all involved in three separate gospel presentations. Robert would later tell me how he was amazed to see that all three of us were immediately engaged in conversations so quickly. For six hours we handed out tracts and there was generally at least one gospel conversation taking place the entire time.

We brought 1500 Million Dollar Bill Gospel tracts along with another few hundred Spanish bill style tracts. All of these Million Dollar Bill tracts were distributed. In addition we brought about 4000 business card sized Gospel Tracts. I estimate about a third of those were distributed. So our team of 8 people probably got the Gospel into the hands of 3000 people in six hours. Only God knows the impact on eternity this will have.

In a sense this years outreach was a lot like the previous 10 I have participated in. We start with the same question “Would you trade your eye for one million dollars?”. I’ll never forget one man said, “yes”, reached up to his face, and took out a glass eye and held it out to me. Obviously, I was pretty shocked. In the years of doing this, I’ve had people offer because they were blind in one eye. But never have I had someone hand me their glass eye. We had a good laugh and it turned out he, his wife and daughter were all strong in their Christian faith. Regardless of the answer (yes or no) it is an opportunity to transition the conversation to the Gospel. By explaining that the eyes are the window to the soul, if they had put a high price on eyes, their soul is worth even more, probably priceless.

I had conversations ranging from people who said they knew they would go to Heaven, hoped they would go to Heaven, didn’t know if they would go to Heaven, didn’t care if they would go to Heaven, and even some who admitted they would go to Hell. The two extremes are easier conversations. On the one hand, the folks who said they are going to Heaven, when I asked why said because they had faith in Jesus Christ alone to save them. Bingo! The only right answer.

The ones that said they were going to Hell was sad because of the destination they are on. I explained to them that Hell is the default for every person “unless you are born again”. In between I spoke with a woman and her two daughters. She like most, declared her own goodness by works she has done. All in their own right are great, but they won’t earn her an eternity in Heaven. I explained to her that works need to flow out of faith in Christ. She claimed to be a Christian and I could see some tears under her dark sunglasses. But when I asked if she was okay she just said yes and didn’t expand on it.

Like the Biblical Gospel accounts, each presents Jesus life from their perspective. The same message from a different angle so to speak. In a similar way, each of the 8 of us had different experiences throughout the day. Hence, It’s best to hear from the others directly.

The following comments from Steve is excerpted from his Stone the Preacher BLOG article titled The Starfish.

A sad testimony was from a young man busted for seven felonies because he was arrested for transporting seven cakes of THC. He said his life was over because he was facing life…just like every one of his family had previously, generation after generation. His hard life began at age three, when he had every bone in his body broken by abusive parents.

One of my fellow Christians called me over to help give him the good news of Jesus, but I asked him to tell his own story. He did, explaining that he was out on parole and had been in and out of prison for years. Before that, he never lived anywhere else except other people’s couches. But he found Christ, turned his life around, and now goes into many different hardcore penitentiaries, preaching the Gospel. Every time he asked his parole officer for permission
to do so, the official would shake his head and say that there was no way. Then he’d come back a while later and ask for a letter of recommendation because the warden would approve his entry. Time and again, he was allowed in, completely befuddling his parole supervisor. Now married, in May 2023, he will be totally free. As he told his testimony, all the glory was given to Christ, his Savior.

After listening to this incredible account of God’s faithfulness, I asked the young man if he would like to make the choice to live a different life by repenting and trusting Christ. He declined. When I asked if I could pray for him, he said no once again, turned around and left.

Scott writes:

I am always encouraged every time I come to the outreach. I have been coming since 2013. This year I was able to meet Steve Sanchez. I joined the Bezeugen Tract Club through his evangelism blog which is how I met Carl and that brought me to the State Fair Of Texas Gospel Outreach! I am thankful for every opportunity to share the gospel. We had many people come take the Million Dollar Eye Test . Seeds were sown once again. One highlight was my conversation with Mary. She said that her neighbors had been witnessing to her. She is ripe for the harvest!  I look forward to coming next year! 

Paige wrote:

This year seemed very different to me. The fair goers seemed uninterested in taking a bible tract or even when a silver coin was tossed at the feet of a child, there was a hesitation to pick up the shiny silver coin. I witnessed to 3 people and 2 of them were already born again Christ followers. The 3rd was different. She was 9 years old and was wearing a coat on a 90° day. She would often give me a blank stare when I would ask her a question. I shared the gospel with her and she was indifferent about the good news. Her name was Remy and I am keeping her in my prayers. 

Below are some more pictures from the event.

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Thursday, October 6th, is the First Thursday of the month. We will meet for prayer for our nation leaders and revival. We have the following locations:

Suggested A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) verses for prayer are as follows:

Please pray for the outreach going on at the State Fair of Texas for all 24 days of the prayer. Contact Carl or Neil if you would like to participate as we are booth leaders on certain days of the fair.

Thursday, August 4th, is the first Thursday of the month. We will meet for prayer for our Nation, Leaders, and Revival at the following locations:

Suggested A.C.T.S. verses for prayer are:

“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies” (Amos 5:21)

As I write this letter it’s July 2022. This marks two significant events. Bezeugen was formed in July 2007 making this the 15th anniversary. This letter is for October. It will mark the 14th anniversary of the Bezeugen Tract Club. The first mailing went out in October 2008. At our 10th anniversary we released a booklet detailing the history of the ministry. Reminiscing on the first tract club mailing, the book says:

We started hosting many outreach opportunities around the DFW metroplex so that people who had been to our seminar could come out to share the Gospel. We like to look at it as the laboratory part of the seminar. We’ve shared the Gospel at all the major sports venues in Dallas and even had the opportunity to share the Gospel at the Super Bowl, World Series and NBA Finals as well as the Cotton Bowl and many other events.

While sharing the Gospel at a Dallas Cowboys game a woman picked up a tract from the ground and was reading it. Carl went over and talked to her and asked her if she understood what she was reading. She  said, “no, can you explain it to me?” Carl shared the Gospel with her and she received eternal life in Jesus. Another couple came out from the game and after giving them some tracts we had a conversation with them. They identified themselves as Christian. So we asked if they ever share the Gospel with other people. They indicated they did not know where to get Gospel resources. I got their email address and told them I’d send them some links to where they could order them. I sent them the email to follow up.

The next day it struck me, not like an audible voice of God or anything, but certainly like God telling me essentially, “Carl, why don’t you send the tracts to them?” And just like that the idea for the Bezeugen Tract Club was born. I called Craig and suggested that we send 30 free Gospel tracts per month to people, so they could share them one every day. He liked the idea. At that time, we had about 100 people on an email list that we would let them know when we were going to share the Gospel and they would pray for us when we did. So in October 2008 we prepared the first mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club and sent it to these 100 people with a letter telling them that if they wanted to receive tracts each month to let us know. Some joined, some didn’t.

We have a few copies of the 10th anniversary booklet on hand. If you are interested in receiving a copy they are available by donation of any amount that at least covers postage. Please make a donation online.

This months tracts include:

Great Pumpkin… This is a fun tract to hand out at Halloween or leading up to Halloween. Once a year people come right to your door. They need the Gospel too. Check out the BLOG for lot’s of ideas on how to share the Gospel with trick-or-treaters. If you need extra for a trunk or treat or the kids that will come to your door you can request them at http://donate.bezeugen.org/

Cancer Awareness… This is a powerful tract developed in honor of a number of friends of the ministry who have had cancer. Some the Lord called home. Some recovered and use their experience to tell of God’s glory! As you hand out this tract to share the Gospel remember that everyone has a certain “kind of cancer” called sin. Jesus is the only remedy. That’s right. Imagine if your doctor told you the only remedy is surgery and chemo and you said, “you know doc, I’m not really that fond of surgery”. Well, you’d likely die if not getting the prescribed treatment. The wages of sin is death. Only Jesus has conquered death. The world does not like that solution, but it remains the only one!

Get out of Hell Free … This remains one of the most popular and requested tracts. Often people who get one ask for another to hand to a friend. I recall one pastor sharing with me that a member of his church was upset that the tract says “God hates these types of religions”. The man went so far as to ask “who authorized the use of this tract at our church?” The pastor looked back at him and said, “I did!” He wasn’t being flippant. Actually, Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship with God. Religions are man made attempts to earn favor with God. But that is not possible except through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Million Dollar Eye Test… This tract was developed to hand out at the State Fair of Texas. For the past ten years Bezeugen Ministries has staffed a booth at the fair that is run by Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship. The booth has a large banner in the back that say’s “Million Dollar Eye Test”. People are drawn in. We use a simple example to ask if they would trade an eye for one million dollars. We use that answer to establish the great value they have on their eye. But the eye is merely the window to the soul. So we then ask how much more valuable their soul is and where it will go when they die. That leads to sharing the Gospel. It’s a great conversation starter. Use this tract in the same way to get people thinking about the value of their soul. For more information on the outreach see their Facebook page. Bezeugen Ministries will be at the State Fair of Texas on Saturday, October 22nd. Prayers are appreciated.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

Thank You… On October 23, 2013 we received this comment on the As You Go BLOG, “I just had an idea for a tract, one that I would certainly use a lot ….. what about putting “Thank you!” on the front, so that it could be handed to a cashier, or given out when responding to a kindness, or in a “thank you” card? On the back perhaps a connection for all that we have been given thru Christ’s sacrifice, or some such connection…..? Such a card would be very handy to give on many, many occasions. Just a thought…. “ Read the full story

Football Trivia – People love to show how much they know about the things they think they know about. Football is no exception. Even if you don’t know anything about football, you can confidently ask people these questions and tell them if they are right or wrong without looking at the back. How? The back of all our trivia cards is the same. In other words, they all have answers A, B, C, B in that order. Quiz people. Have fun. But be sure to ask the last question and then share the Gospel with them. I’ve done this while witnessing at football games. But I’ve also done it standing in line at the post office!

Created to Do — Hard to believe I am quoting from a BLOG post written 11 years ago when I say, “Several years ago, … I recorded Pastor Biggs speaking on what he calls “God Sized Questions” or GSQ’s.  … As you watch this video, you’ll hear Pastor Biggs mention asking someone a question “are you doing today what you were created to do?” I’ve used that question many times in witnessing to people. In fact, one day after I first heard Pastor reference this, I challenged my friends at lunch to use this question in witnessing to people that day at the mall.” Read the rest of the article and how it went asking this question at the mall all on our website.

Number of days — this tract is designed around an interesting question. Which of these two people have lived more of their life. The quick answer is to say the person who is older. But, if he 70 and lives 30 more years he has only lived 70% of his life. Meanwhile the young man could die tomorrow and hence has lived 100% of his life. Often when talking to young people they say something to the effect that they will think about eternity, death, religion someday. But what if that someday never comes. The Bible says that God has “numbered our days”. Hence we must be ready sooner, rather than later! 

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:36

Get out of Hell Free… On of the most popular tracts we have made. Many people will ask you for more to give to their family and friends. Based on the Monopoly card people often read it as “get out of jail” and some even comment “I might need that”. While only some people would need a get out of jail free card, everyone needs to get out of Hell, or escape it’s power. No card can do that. But Jesus can. So hand this out and encourage people to read the back! You can read more about this tract on our website.

Free Indeed – Freedom is in the news a lot.  Some would say we live in a free country. Some say we have the freedom to do this and that. The Bible says all mankind is in a bondage to sin. Sometimes that sin has earthly consequences that require freedom from handcuffs. Other times the consequences are  not legal in nature but lead to addictions, struggles in life and other consequences. There is a freedom from sin that comes only from Jesus. He paid the price for the sin of the world. All who repent and believe are given eternal life. In heaven we will even be free from death, sorrow, pain and illness. Offer that freedom to someone!

Bucket List — A lot of people think of things they would like to do one day before they die. They call it a “bucket list”, things to do before you kick the bucket.  There is even a movie with the same name. It’s a great way to get people dreaming and talking about their future. Ask them what is on their bucket list. I like to follow up with “do you think you’ll ever do any of them?” It’s hard to believe we made this tract more than 12 years ago. I have handed a lot of them out and asked these questions, I got to thinking about my own bucket list. I’d always wanted to run a marathon, and never had. In December 2010 I ran the Dallas Marathon. You can read about that on the BLOG.

Play by the Rules — August brings the end of summer. Kids getting back in to fall sports. Football season will start soon. One thing all sports have in common is that there is a set of rules to follow. If you play by the rules you might win. But if you break the rules there may be some penalty enforced. We wrote this tracts with kids in mind and had the help of a friend from Child Evangelism Fellowship. It’s great to hand out anywhere, but especially to kids, at little league games, etc. Read more about this tract on our website.

If you are not already a member of the Bezeugen Tract Club, you can enroll and receive 30 FREE Gospel tracts per month.

Thursday, July 7th, is the First Thursday of the month. We will meet for prayer at our Athens, Carrollton, Dallas, and Denison locations at noon. Suggested verses for prayer are: