Changing Soil

Yesterday, six of us met to experiment with some different ways of evangelism. It was more like loving people with kindness. The idea was to go to the park in the morning, when most churches are meeting, and hold up signs. One was for 'Free Hugs', another was 'Will Listen', another person handed out flowers to people say that God love them. Yes, it was very uncomfortable for me, but there were a few encounters that came out of it. One man asked if we could pray for his hand. Two other women were delighted for a hug or a flower and asked for prayer about specific situations. Laura was able to slip in a mini gospel presentation in her prayer for the woman.

I like what David, one of our team, said about the purpose of this. He said it's like changing the soil of Glasgow. Maybe it's one way God prepares people to hear the Gospel - a pre-evangelism. We pray that these several people might be more receptive to hearing the Gospel after their encounters with us.