Is Your Evangelism God Centered?

Sally Sunshine

NOTE: I originally posted Sally Sunshine over a year ago! Wow! Since then I have been thinking of making it or something like it into a tract. Obviously, a gospel message needs to be added. What do you think??

Sally Sunshine had a pretty normal life. Nothing too great and nothing too bad. She was happy with how things were going. Nothing much to worry about and not many fires to put out. She figured that she had a pretty good perspective on life and what she thought the future would hold for her.

The days and weeks that went by were filled with the normal things, work, marriage and an occasional night out on the town.

And so was the life of Sally Sunshine.

On Monday she got up excited for another day at work to get things done. She put on her Jesus shirt and got ready for work. This morning she was out of milk for her coffee. Oh well, she would grab a cup of coffee from 7-11 on her way to work this morning. All in all it was a great day even though she had to work a little later than usual.

On Tuesday, she was a little tired and stole a few more minutes of sleep before she crawled out of bed. She burned her toast for breakfast and still didn’t have any milk. She had forgotten that she had a dentist appointment later this afternoon. She may have to just cancel it – too much work to do. She put on her Jesus shirt and headed to work.

Wednesday was welcomed by a loud thunderstorm and sheets of pouring rain. Great, she thought, it will take me forever to get to work today. She hurriedly put on her Jesus shirt and rushed to get in her car – only to find that she had a flat tire. Terrific, this day just couldn’t get any worse. Her husband was out-of-town again so she called a neighbor to see if she could get some help. Luckily, she was able to get the tire fixed and off to work even though she was quite late. Today, maybe it was the weather, but she felt lonely and tired. All day she just felt miserable. She couldn’t put her finger on it but something was out of place.

Thursday was a terrible day for Sally Sunshine. Nothing seemed to go right. A client called very annoyed with something that wasn’t even her fault. Her boss blamed her too and told her so. She went home exhausted. When she got home she discovered that her dog was not feeling too well. He had thrown up all over the carpet. Her husband called and said that he would be late again and not to wait up. It seemed like he was never home anymore. She wondered what was going on. She wondered what was happening to her normal, happy life.

Friday couldn’t come fast enough. She was so glad it was almost the weekend. She put on her Jesus shirt once again. When she got to work her boss met her at the door. “We need to talk.” Sally went into her office and was horrified to hear that her position with the company may be cut. There was some financial difficulty and she may only have a matter of days left. She could go ahead and take the rest of the day off. They would call her soon and let her know if she would be able to come back. Sally was upset. How could things turn out like this? Nobody cares she thought. Where was this perfect, happy and peaceful life that was promised to her? Sally was sad. Some things are going to have to change. She even thought that she might change her name.

Sally Sunshine went home. When she walked in the door she saw her dog on the floor. He was dead.

Sally slowly took off her Jesus shirt and threw it in the trash. It just wasn’t working. There was no way that he would let this stuff happen to her. She didn’t believe he loved her anymore. She was angry. It just wasn’t fair.

Poor Sally. She was not identifying with Jesus. She didn’t know that Jesus came not to give her a better life but to save her from the wrath to come. To save her from hell.

She was only putting him on hoping for a better life…when he didn’t work for her…she just threw him away.

Poor

poor

Sally.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivers from death. (Proverbs 11:4)

Laugh Of The Day

There is something rather humbling about giving a million dollar tract to the cashier guy that just rang up two boxes of feminine pads!

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them; Let those also who love Your name be joyful in You.
Psalm 5:11

Keeping Christ In Christmas

I am entering a contest posted by my friend Sunny at A Damsel No Longer in Distress and even though I am entering the last day I am thrilled that the Lord has all ready moved me to be sharing the gospel!

I hope and encourage you all to pray about doing the same thing!

The rules are for me to answer the following questions:

At what age did you recognize you were in need of a Savior?
Very young, don't even remember my age!

Who shared the Gospel with you (you don't have to share names unless you just want to)?
My parents!

What was your first reaction when you heard the Gospel for the first time?
I was happy!

How long did it take you to understand Jesus is the only Savior, repent and trust Him with your life?
Minutes I tell you minutes!

How often do you share the Gospel with others?
Every day!

What plans do you have to become more committed to sharing salvation in Christ with others?

I have no plans in my fleshy flesh.....but the Lord does and his plans are for good in this area that is for sure and I look so forward to it!

What scares you the most about sharing the Gospel and what Scriptures have helped you overcome those fears?

It is funny the things that I have fear about and this is not one of them! Praise God!!

Deep In Love With You

I recently got the new Michael W. Smith CD "A New Hallelujah". This is one of the songs on it. It couldn't be more of a description of how I want to please my Lord and Savior who saved me and makes me whole. I love you Lord! My Abba! Father!