One of the regularly busiest places in Fredericton is the market every Saturday morning.Starting this Saturday, a few Christian friends and I are going to preach there, and plan on going consistently every week. Asking for you prayers, that the Lord would empower us to preach and that people would be saved! In Jesus name, Amen.
Brother that is tremendous, I do pray and hope the Lord annoints you for this preaching. Do get your strength and sufficiency from Him.I would love to hear some praise reports and experiences good or bad of how it is to do this and step out in faith. I am sure it would encourage many and maybe even be a catylst for others to go out and do the same thing in their area.
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Eli,Are you setting a time (or the time of the market), on which we can focus our prayer? It would help me to see this in GMT, or, your timezone specifically, so I can work out when you will be ministering. Thanks.
Umm, I'm not great with figuring out time zones.I live in New Brunswick (eastern Canada) and we'll be out there preaching every Saturday from about 9:00 - 12:00 am.Thank you!-Eli
This could be an trend the Holy Spirit is doing. Brother Josh Olson preaches in the park here from about 7am-9am (pacific standard time) on saturdays. Which is about 10am-1pm (eastern standard time).
Eli,That is incredible. Maybe one of these days I'll get bold enought to do the same. Reminds me of Wesley! Please let us know of any positive results.
I thought it worth finding a link with a map to help us work out the time differences between us all. I like to pray at the time something is happening, if at all possible. That's easier for me (being ahead) - but not so easy if you really should be asleep. At present in the UK we have British Summer Time (BST) which is one hour ahead of GMT and 5 hours ahead of EDT, where I think you are, Eli.The Greenwich meridian, (line from north to south pole), zero degrees, crosses London (UK). Usually the other lines on a globe are 15 degrees apart, which gives 24 lines in all - 24 hours. (Yes, this means the earth rotates - west to east - one degree every 4 minutes.)http://www.worldtimezone.com/
We spent the entire morning doing evangelism at the market. Early in the morning people were flocking to the market, heading right in to do their buying. We handed out tracks and my friend did presentations using a paintboard. We weren't allowed in the market, so there were no crowds but tons of people walking into the marketplace.In the meantime, I left the area looking for a crowd elsewhere. I found a large line of people waiting to buy tickets for a music festival coming to town sometime later. This is where I first preached. I set up my soapbox right next to the line and began from John 3:36. Some people turned their backs right to me. Another shouted, "Stone him!" but everyone in the line heard the message and it was effective.Nearing the afternoon is when people began lounging all around the market. This is when we hit hard. There were crowds all over the green and the sidewalks, so I set up the box in the green and preached. After that, a friend and I moved to a sidewalk and sang a hymn, then I preached to those who were there. Many people were listening intently.It was encouraging when a few Christians came over after and talked to us. We got to talk to a few non-believers after as well about the Lord.It was a successful morning and I'm looking forward to next week. Thank you for your prayers, and let's keep it up until we see the salvation of our God and souls changed for glory!In Christ,-Eli
This is truly encouraging! Thank you for this detailed report. Singing a hymn with just one other person sounds brave but is a great way to get attention and encourage some people to listen longer and take something away which has deeply touched them.
Eli, Just wanted to encourage you to continue showing up at the Marketplace you guys went to last weekend. Consistency has the ability to speak more loudly and show more concern to your hearers and will have a greater long term affect on the souls that come week after week to do their shopping. Brother Leonard Ravenhill refers to the effectiveness of this in the Interview video before he went to be with the Lord. May God continue to keep you broken and humble before Him. Stay teachable, brother.
May God continue to keep you broken and humble before Him. Stay teachable, brother.Amen.
ELi Barnabas:Your enthusiasm and courage are inspiring! May our Father lead you all the way, you have a willing heart.Bless you and your friends :-) W B
Eli,Keep it up, brother! If you keep raising the bar, my friend and I will have to bring the soapbox to the square one of these days. Reading Wesley's accounts of street preaching, it was never a "jolly" experience. The first time we hit our town square I thought one of us might get punched. All I could think of was "hated for the Word's sake."The next day, one of the guys that seemed the most offended by our message saw my witnessing buddy at the store, approached him and shook his hand, thanking him for what we had done. He even asked how the rest of the night went.We won't know the true impact we have made until "The Roll is Called Up Yonder."
Tomorrow we hit the streets again. I would appreciate your prayers.In Him we live,-Eli
How are things going, Eli? Praying for you...
Sorry about the late reply... I only have internet access at work and Monday was a holiday (New Brunswick Day, did you celeberate it? :-) )Yes, in the morning on Saturday we (four of us this time) began the mission once again. The early part of the morning was spend tracking and my friend Sam did his presentation with the paintboard. We were able to present the gospel to a group of children! Their parents wanted to go but the kids wanted to watch so they all heard it.We also got to speak with a young homeless man named Josh. For a while he kept saying: "God doesn't exist" but after, when he came up to us we were able to talk to him about it. He left encouraged but I would ask you all to pray for him. He has gruesome cuts all over his arm which I'm sure he inflicted on himself. Pray for Josh.Nearing the aftertoon is when I preached. The four of us went out on the green where people were lounging around and we sang "At Calvary". Then I preached on the text MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN.We then crossed the road to the busiest section of the market and repeated what we had done on the green.Street preaching is a challenge, but we plan on persevering every Saturday and, O Lord, I hope and pray that souls would come to You. May Your Word not return empty!God bless, brothers and sisters,-Eli
Praise the Lord, Eli. It will be easy for me to remember to pray for Josh...he has a really great name...lol.Know that God is looking to show Himself by doing the impossible in and through you. Again, be reminded to stay humble before Him and allow Him to use you to the fullest. Pour out what He has been pouring in.
Last Saturday was much more powerful than the last two missions.I had prepared a sermon to preach but on the way to the market I was praying "Lord, you told us not to worry about what to say when we stand before men, and you promised to give us the words to say... Lord, keep that promise this morning!"When I reached the market I felt the Holy Spirit leading me to not preach the sermon I had ready (not that I use notes when I preach, but I had chosen my text). But I was drawn to Mark 12, the text: "Which is the greatest commandment?". So without any preparation or anything, I got up and just started by reading the Scripture.Well, I knew the Holy Ghost was behind me and he indeed put the words in my mouth. There was the anointing that morning, the unction, the power, it was Holy Ghost preaching! Glory to God for keeping His promise and glory to the Spirit for doing all the work! I say this to encourage us to trust in the Lord and not to rely on our own strength. That's how I want to preach!I was able to talk to some people after, and I'm excited for next week. Thank you Jesus!In Christ, and to encourage the brethren,-EliPS: Another note, I was all alone this time. No one came out to help... save the Lord!
Eli_Barnabas I have been reading your posting and all the threads. This is truly amazeing and this last Saturday you and the Holy Spirit together Amen. Keep on with your mission to save souls. In the Spirit the Holy Spirit. preach on eli. Amen.I pray God would fill you with boldness and truth. Amen.That is how people would have seen, my very youngest brother about 8yrs ago. Cuts on the arms as well as drugs, drink, despair, depression, dying. Our fervent prayers were answered truly a miracle.He came to the Lord and has been living and working at a christian church in Devon UK for the last 8years.b]The person you met his name being Josh[/b].Pray fervently everyone, lets see Joshin the kingdom, knowing the love of Jesus for him. Pray also for his protection against all that which surrounds him, for the brokeness and the darkness in his life. Amen.You see eli, a broken soul for us to pray for. Thankyou you Oh! God, for bringing this Josh to eli for us to pray for. Amen.In the love of the Lord.ellie
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