Idea: Share the Good News with hundreds or more right now!!!

A couple of weeks ago we posted the "share with your whole town" idea (writing a letter with the Gospel to the editor). You can see my example here. Writing a letter to the editor is a great idea but it takes a while and there is no guarantee it will get printed. The idea for today is to find a news story in your local paper that you could transition to the gospel from. Good options would be the economy, terrorism, any type of social issue or a host of others. The more controversial the story the more likely your comments will be read. Be creative and ask God to give you wisdom (James 1:5). Then, read the story, online, and post a comment at the end. You might have to create a login ID or leave your e-mail address but it is well worth it. You can see an example from an abortion article in the Durango Herald last week by clicking here. Read the comments. Look for the comments titled "Nate Says..." You will see my comments on the issue of abortion but also notice I included a presentation of the gospel in one of those posts. This is a super easy way to share the Good News with hundreds or thousands of people in a matter of seconds. Give it a shot and have a great day!!!

15,000 people in Durango just heard the Good News!!!

You probably remember the "Share the Good News with your whole town" idea. I wrote the editor that day and had all but given up on them publishing it. Well, they did, yesterday! Sundays have the highest number of readers (between 12 and 15,000). You can read the letter to the editor below. Please give this idea a try in your town. Writing your editor will open a way for you to share with thousands of people! Click the link above to find out more about how you could apply this idea. Click here to see all 17 new ideas posted last month. and you can get today's idea right here. That's all you'll hear from me today! Have an awesome God empowered, Spirit led time of sharing your faith today! You can click the picture below to get a larger view of it! Update: They just put the letter online as well; see it here.

Idea: Share the Good News with your whole town!!!

I hope you are being encouraged by these ideas and I hope you'll apply this one. Most of you just did the testimony worksheet and put together your testimony. If you didn't yet, you can read the blog post about it here or listen to the MP3 here. With your testimony in hand, I want to challenge you to the next big step! You get to be just like the Samaritan woman who shared with her whole town and saw many people believe in Jesus (Jn.4:39). The idea for the next couple of days is to write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. If you live in Durango you can click here to go to the letters to the editor page and click the "write the editor NOW" link at the top of the page. If you live somewhere else go to your local paper's website and go to the letters to the editor page - you'll most likely find the link there. Start your letter by briefly discussing some story in the news that seems hopeless. Then link that to the story of how Christ found you in a similarly hopeless state and saved you (for ideas on transitioning to the gospel click here). Make sure to include the gospel and keep the whole thing concise. You will effectively be sharing your testimony and the gospel with your whole town (and it will only take a few minutes)!!! I would love to eventually get to the point where every day someone in our town is doing this. After your letter gets published, send me the link (e-mail me at neherbst@hotmail.com or just put the link in the comment section below this post). I will make sure to link all your letters in the blog post telling stories about this idea. This will be fun and I can't wait! On a different note, pray for "C" a boy we shared with yesterday who had never heard about God, Jesus, Heaven, Hell or salvation. Also pray for "E," "R," "R" and "J" who Raymond, Jachin, Gerry and I got to share with this morning. It was a GREAT time (after the weekly leaders prayer time) and these people are super hungry for Jesus. The harvest is so, so, so ripe guys (Mt.9:37) - let's get in it! Have a blast, please write your editor and let us know how it goes.

Read what happened here!!!