Hey geraldine, AND ALL INTERSTED IN LIVINGWATERS MATERIAL.My name is joshua, i live in California, USA. I have pretty recently found out about livingwaters ministry. It has confirmed to me so strongly much of what the Holy Spirit has been teaching me. Which is the need of using Gods Law in evangelism. Ray uses many analogies pointing to the great need, importance, effectiveness, of using the law, and the great downfalls of NOT using the law. It really is a great need, so many people today view themselves as good people, and deserving of heaven. Or fairly good people ocassionaly doing wrong, but Gods word paints such a different picture. Using the Law shines the light of Gods Holiness, and the truth of where the sinners stands before a Holy God, and the sinners deseperate need of a savior.I highly recomend listening to Hells Best Kept Secret, then click next audio, and listen to true and false conversion. Then I recomend Highly, to get the book Revivals Golden Key, this book expands much more on Hells Best Kept Secret. Ray also has and Evangelism School Book you can get, that I have, but havent started, Ill share with you why.I felt the Lord told me and I'll share this as a warning. Reading, and Learning from other ministers can be very good, and helpful, but it also can be very dangerous and deadly. I felt the Lord lay on my heart that I must first, study His word myself, on the things I am wondering about before going to other biblical literature for awnsers, and heres why. If I first go to the word of God and seek to learn from God himself, the Holy Spirit my teacher, and study to show my self approved before God, I will have a better idea of what God's word teaches on the subject, and the truth. I will have some kind of direction, or conviction of what Gods word teaches on that subject. Then I am safe to glean off of other biblical literature for confirmation of what i have found. I will now have dicearnment of truth from error, from my studies, and can now carefully read through the biblical literature, taking the meat and spitting out the bones so to speak. But if i dive into other biblical literature, without first learning by God the truth, through His word, putting in the time and effort, I will have no foundation of what truth is. What i will first assume to be true and anchor my truths from is that biblical literature rather than the word. I will not be able to dicearn truth from error. It is much easier to be led astray this way.Most of what Ray teaches is true, of what I have read so far, this is just a warning in general to make sure you are studying on your own, i struggle in this area and fight all the time, but it is very important, I hope this helps someone.Another warning, the approach Ray teaches in one on one evangelism is very effective and a good, foundation of understanding. But be careful that you dont use it as a absoulute in every situation. Let the Spirit of God guide you, every situation is different. God may just want you to drop a seed, in someones life, just asking them one question or something, and walk away, and you may come back later, or someone else in the future, because thats the way God is working on them. We must be careful, not to trust in the method, only God.Open air preaching is different, it is more methadolical, but the same principal still applies, every crowd and situation different. We must always be led by the spirit, without Him, we are totally ineffective. We need His power, presence, His will in all were doing.I think tracts are great, and I believe God uses them. He can use anything. I think they are good to get people thinking, begginning of seeds sown.Ray Comforts tracks are pretty good, they are direct.Im a fairly new convert, and I'm new in evangelism. But i have a heart that is yearning to preach the gospel. I feel like my spirit is willing and my flesh is weak. I want to have such a revelation, of where sinners are going, and that I must warn them of the judgement to come, I want to be so moved of this reality and truth I am inspired and moved with godly fear and boldness to preach. I so need this. I believe that my lack of having this is somewhere inside, fear of man, a lack of believing God and His honesty. I feel its really important to meditate on these things, I must picture myself, knowing who i was, where i came from, and where i would be going, if my eyes wouldnt be open, and be motivated by that to warn sinners. But Like i think Paris Reihead said I must do it for Him, that Christ would recieve the reward of His suffering. God has commanded that all men repent for He has appointed a day that He will judge the world in righteousness.I was thinking one day. If the President came to me, and wanted me to work for him and told me a message that i must declare to all the world, how quick would i be to do it? How much more i thought should i be to The King of the universe, the Savior of my soul?The gospel is not only needed for the lost out here in CA, in US, but to the sleeping churches of the west. I praying, for my brothers and sisters, that are laboring. I believe that a lot of things are going to be shaken, God is waking up His people, and John the Baptists are going to be raising up everywhere, Proclaiming prepare Ye the way of the Lord, make straight paths for Him.This site is evidence that this has begun.Praise the Lord for the work He is doing.IF anyone is in my area, please email meadonaisarmy@netscape.netAnyway, May the Lord be with you all who are wanting to preach the gospel, may He grant you all the grace to do what He has called you to do.Blessings,Joshua
