Popular Post Jayne Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 107 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3,820 Content Per Day: 1.30 Reputation: 4,806 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/31/2016 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) I love when Gideon speakers come to our church and bear witness to God's Word not coming back to him void. The stories are absolutely absurd sometimes, but they only prove that God can and will do what it takes to get his Word into the hands of people. Here is a story from our speaker today at church. Our speaker today is involved with the overseas sector of Gideons International. He said he was in the Ukraine not long ago and working with a particular church and the community in getting Bibles out to the people. He met a man with a testimony. It was this - The Ukraine man, like others in that particular town, would have storks make nests on his roof. He said in that particular town, people felt that the storks brought "good luck" and they would not bother the nests - no matter how much of a mess it made. The man in question got sick of the storks on his roof. He was bound and determined to clean it all up. His got his ladder out and began climbing up and cleaning. His neighbor came running out and said, "No! You can't remove those nests! You'll lose all your luck!" The man was not swayed in the least, he kept picking up pieces of nests and putting them in a trash bag. One of the nests had a small piece of paper in it. The man picked it up and looked at it. It was a half of one sheet of a small Gideon New Testament in the Ukraine language. He read it. It contained a portion of Romans 5 - justification by faith alone. He got to the part where it said "For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." The man said he just sat on his roof and began to talk to God. "They taught me that you aren't real!!", he said. "If you are real, God, save me from my sins." He was saved a found a church to attend. God said that his Word will not come back to him empty. He'll use a used and empty bird's nest if necessary. And one of his creatures, a stork, to use a half-page from a small new testament to line her nest with. God is not joking around with his Word. Nor is the power of it to be denied. Edited July 22, 2019 by Jayne 1 1 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,020 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,310 Content Per Day: 1.80 Reputation: 16,366 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 22, 2019 Wow, that's a great story! Would love to hear more of them! A good topic, thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jayne Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 107 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3,820 Content Per Day: 1.30 Reputation: 4,806 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/31/2016 Status: Offline Author Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Debp said: Wow, that's a great story! Would love to hear more of them! A good topic, thanks! Here's another that was told a few years ago. This one happened in the United States. A group of Gideons were in a particular prison and wanted to pass out some New Testaments to the more hard-core prisoners. They could meet with milder prisoners, but not the more dangerous ones. But the warden said that he would go with them to the cells, but not open them. They could offer the men a NT, but if they said no, they needed to move along. Some reached through the bars and took one and some did not. One man started cursing and ranting at them through the bars. He refused to take one and they passed by - frightened, they said. They always do a follow-up a few weeks later to see if anyone want to become a Christian, have questions about what they read....etc. The warden took them back through the bad part - again, not opening those cells. The same angry man who scared them before said.... "Hey! You tricked me!!! You tricked me!!!" They did speak this time and said how did we trick you. We didn't give you a Bible. He said, "But you gave my cell mate one. He can't READ! He made me read it to him. And I gave my life to Jesus!" They met with the prisoners who did make a profession of faith several more times. Edited July 22, 2019 by Jayne 1 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not me Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 14 Topic Count: 512 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 3,189 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 3,351 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/06/2018 Status: Online Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) @Jayne Blessings and great stories. Love it when I read of how God works in other’s lives. It give such a hope and strength. Much love in Christ, Not me Edited July 22, 2019 by Not me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Willa Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 186 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,242 Content Per Day: 3.33 Reputation: 16,656 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2019 Someone challenged my husband to read The Late Great Planet Earthy while he was out of town on business. He went back to his motel room and started reading a Gideon Bible; he read all night and couldn't put it down. My husband had previously been like the violent guy in prison, and had torn up my Bibles. After that he started going to church, and 6 months later he prayed and asked God to help him. Joe frequently quotes from his Gideon Bible. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Jayne said: Here's another that was told a few years ago. This one happened in the United States. A group of Gideons were in a particular prison and wanted to pass out some New Testaments to the more hard-core prisoners. They could meet with milder prisoners, but not the more dangerous ones. But the warden said that he would go with them to the cells, but not open them. They could offer the men a NT, but if they said no, they needed to move along. Some reached through the bars and took one and some did not. One man started cursing and ranting at them through the bars. He refused to take one and they passed by - frightened, they said. They always do a follow-up a few weeks later to see if anyone want to become a Christian, have questions about what they read....etc. The warden took them back through the bad part - again, not opening those cells. The same angry man who scared them before said.... "Hey! You tricked me!!! You tricked me!!!" They did speak this time and said how did we trick you. We didn't give you a Bible. He said, "But you gave my cell mate one. He can't READ! He made me read it to him. And I gave my life to Jesus!" They met with the prisoners who did make a profession of faith several more times. Awesome story. My husband got a kick out of it too. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Heybro Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 19 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,360 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 2,139 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/2018 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Jayne said: I love when Gideon speakers come to our church and bear witness to God's Word not coming back to him void. Hi Jayne, thank you for that testimony, being a Gideon myself, it is always good to get these "returns" (testimonies) so that just like you and your church have, bring encouragement so that more people can be encouraged in their walk, God bless. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Worship Warriors Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2,221 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 4,860 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/18/2019 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2019 God will use whatever we make available to him to get people save. That's how much he loves us. 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Heybro Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 19 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,360 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 2,139 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/2018 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2019 And a big thank you to you Ayin Jade for your worthy post, loved it, isn't our God fantastic the way He orchestrates things? To God be the Glory, great things He has done.... God bless. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted July 22, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,020 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,310 Content Per Day: 1.80 Reputation: 16,366 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 22, 2019 Here is an interesting salvation story of a Muslim cleric who was involved in the occult. This website has many other salvation stories. https://mysalvationstory.me/a-muslim-cleric-a-ritualist-until-i-met-jesus/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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