Did you ever consider that those televangelists could use a little competition? If there is a crisis anywhere what do they do? If you are in need financially what do they do? If you need a miracle or a healing or a job what do they do? They tell you to send them your best offering or to tithe your money to them or else something bad will happen to you.
Yea right, not on your best day pal! They have the fancy clothes and houses and cars and private jets and bling-bling and what do you have? You have bills that don't quit showing up.
You have bill collectors that want to be your new best friends.
Your children need clothes.
You need food on the table.
You need your mounting debts paid off.
The house is broken and you need money to fix it.
You need a new car.
You have doctor bills and hospital bills.
You owe everybody and their brother and the fancy man and woman on TV is telling you that if you send them your last dollar that all your problems will just vanish away.
I did what they told me to do and I sent them my money.
Do you know what happened? My bills got bigger.
My car developed a new problem.
My marriage suffered.
No food on my table.
My children were going without and I lost my job.
So much for empty promises from televangelists don't you think? Then I read my bible and I found out a few things.
The bible says in 1 Corinthians 9:14 that the Lord has ordained that those who preach the gospel should live (get their living) from the gospel.
I also read that it is impossible for God to lie.
I also read that when Jesus sent out his disciples to preach that when they returned they reported that they had lacked absolutely nothing.
Then I read that when Philip who was a deacon in the Jerusalem church went out to preach that he went from city to city.
Who supported him? I then read that there were women who even supported Jesus out of their own financial means.
Why didn't the televangelists tell me these things? Do they want to keep all the money for themselves? Do you know that one of the roles a true evangelist has is to teach others to preach the gospel as well as to do it himself? Did you know that when you preach the gospel you are actually doing the work of the Kingdom of God by advancing and expanding the Kingdom of Heaven? Did you know that God is not a cheapskate and that he has promised that you can get your living from preaching the gospel? Yes, it is true.
How did Jesus go from being a carpenter's son to preaching the gospel? How did he support himself not to mention 12 disciples and their families? And don't forget how many basketfuls of leftovers the disciples picked up after Jesus fed the 5,000.
I realize that you are thinking that it was because he is Jesus and it is irrelevant in my case.
Hold on my friend.
There are plenty of scriptures in the New Testament where Paul wrote about receiving an income from preaching and that those who preach had a right to it.
I am not going to argue theology or man's tradition with those who want to argue.
Please go find someone else to argue with about such things.
I am here to help those who need help financially.
If you are not a Christian then become one.
Call upon the name of Jesus Christ and get yourself saved.
Then use the following material and start preaching and preaching and preaching.
Preach to everyone that is still breathing.
Preach as much as possible and do not stop.
And before we get into the "how to" I want to remind you that you probably will not be paid like you get paid with a weekly paycheck from a job.
Nonetheless you will find that God will provide for you and he will get you out of your financial mess.
In addition, stop those bad financial habits that might have got you into this financial mess you are in.
Okay here we go.
Are you ready? The first thing you need to do is to get into a conversation with someone.
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Approach them with a smile and say, "Hi.
" Anyone who smiles back and says, "Hi" is revealing that they are approachable.
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Next I bring up anything from the weather to anything else that is relevant for a few minutes of small talk.
I am looking for at least 10 to 15 minutes to share the gospel.
I can usually get a feel at this point.
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I will then ask them a general question of what their opinion is of what they think some of the major problems people are facing today.
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Once I listen to them talk a little I will proceed to ask them if they have any kind of spiritual belief.
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They will tell me anything at his juncture so then I will follow up with a question regarding who they think Jesus Christ is.
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And immediately I will follow up with a question of if they think there is a heaven or a hell.
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That opens the conversation to find out if they know where they will go when they die, to heaven or to hell, or if they believe in something else.
Now if they say heaven I generally inquire as to why they think God would let them into heaven.
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I then ask them if what they believe was not true would they want to know about it.
If they say they want to know I proceed.
If they do not I graciously wish them a good day and move on to the next person I find with whom to share the Gospel of Christ.
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Now as I move into sharing actual scripture with them I make sure that they read the scripture I share with them as opposed to me reading or quoting it.
I will do the latter if I perceive that they might not want to read the scripture out loud.
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There are several scripture sequences that you can use, but these work nicely: o Tell them God loves them - John 3:16 o Tell them, but man is sinful and separated from God - Romans 3:23 and Romans 6:23a o Tell them that Jesus Christ is the only solution for man's sin - Romans 5:8 and Romans 6:23b o We must receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior before we can be saved - Romans 10:9,10, and 13 After they have heard the scriptures I will ask them the following questions: 1.
Are you a sinner? 2.
Do you want forgiveness of your sins? 3.
Do you believe Jesus Christ died on the cross for you and rose again? 4.
Are you willing to surrender your life to Jesus Christ? 5.
Are you ready to invite Jesus Christ into your life and into your heart? I then shut up at this point and do not say anything.
I let them answer first.
If they say no then I simply ask, "Why.
" If they say yes then I lead them in the following prayer: "Heavenly Father I have sinned against you.
I want forgiveness for all my sins.
I believe that Jesus died for my sins and that God raised him up from the dead for my justification.
Father, I give you my life to do with as you wish.
I want Jesus to come into my life and into my heart.
I take Jesus as my Savior and confess Jesus as my Lord.
This I ask in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
" I will then tell them I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ because when you believe, it becomes the power of God for your salvation.
So turn away from sin and confess Jesus as Lord.
Believe God raised Christ and receive baptism into life.
I finally ask for their contact information so that I may follow up with them over the next day or so.
I also work to get them into a good bible believing church as soon as possible.
This is usually the next time the local church doors will be open to have a service.