Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Impressions from Jesus Freaks evangelism

Impressions from Jesus Freaks evangelism April 24, 2013

This is my second attempt at street evangelism. It was like shock and awe, being exposed to a bone chilling coldness on a warm evening. I felt like a deer in headlights trying to follow Mike’s leading into the storm of insanity that is downtown Minneapolis on a Friday night. Oh, and don’t forget about my mind numbing terror riding right on the back of the Holy Spirit’s prompting and urging!

This was not the safe haven of Wayzata Free Church. It was all the world’s rawness in living color. It was the Lord verses the proud and arrogant all over again.

We were seeking out the lost and hurting. The Lord has given me an outgoing personality, but even so, I felt strangely out of place. I was desperately holding on to God’s promises of protection and hope while being confronted with my former life in the abyss of sin and rebellion.

When I think back on the evening, I see many faces. There were faces of mistrust, suspicion, anger, pride, pain, hurt and a quiet desperation. I felt like I had marbles in my mouth while trying to get the right words out. It just seems so hard to break through the fog of this world. There are many time that I don’t even know why God reached down and pulled me out of the slimy pit. God broke me down until I had to finally admit I wasn’t going anywhere fast.

The bottom line is, I will continue to do what is necessary to serve my Lord Jesus. All I can and want to do is be the Jeremiah 20:9 guy He made me to be.

Andy L.

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