Well, by the providence of God someone recently gave me a stack of Catholic gospel tracts from livingwaters. You know the one, with the Pope on the front that says “collectableâ€. At the time when I received them I thought to myself, â€How am I going to give all of these away?†The Lord knew what I would do with them. He put the idea into my head that I should plaster the cars parked outside of this big nearby Catholic Church during their Christmas Mass. So I recruited my 15 year old son to help me with “Operation Christmas Massâ€.
Round 1
When we arrived at the Church the place was loaded with cars everywhere and they had filled up an extra parking lot across the street. I was not expecting the several security guards standing around “off-duty Deputiesâ€. At the far parking lot across the street we decided to give it a try away. I figured at least we could get some of them on the cars before they figured out what we were doing and made us stop. It did not take long for one of them to come running over telling me to stop and asking what was I doing. I said that I was doing the Lords work and explained that I was putting gospel tracts on the cars. He told me I was breaking the law. I asked him what law specifically I had broken. He could not give me a good answer but said that I could hand them out to the people directly but just not put them on the cars. Just about that time the mass was over and many people started to exit the building. So my son and I stood on the public sidewalk and distributed many of tracts as the people were crossing the street.
Round 2
Later, on the way to my Grandparents house for Christmas Eve we stopped by another nearby Catholic Church. With perfect timing from the Lord the mass was just letting out as we pull into the parking lot. This time there was no security guards anywhere in sight. So I quickly went up to the front door and handed several of the tracts out as people were exiting. It was so easy to hand these tracts out. I simply said, “Did you get one of these? It’s a collectable - Merry Christmas!†One person looked and said, “It’s got the Pope on the frontâ€. Little did they know that the back contained a strong biblical gospel message that started with the law. May the Lord use these tracts tonight to reach his people.
Great sounding tract, where did you get it?
I didn't see it at the Living waters store.
I am almost finished with making up my own tract called, " Catholics- Gods chosen People". They think it's going to be something that justifies them and their Catholicness(Is that a real word?). But the thread of it is that God chooses them to forsake sin, and take Eternal life in His son.
In my town (San Jose, CA) I have been told by the police that I can not place things on cars - putting tracts on cars was something that I had been doing for a while. Perhaps, some towns allow it.
Here in lenexa, it is illegal to put anything on cars. We can only hand them to people in a car. that law is written under the solictation heading. I have put tracts right next to the driver's door on the ground at a catholic church, but handing them out is so much better!
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