At the Mall, God Gave Me the Idea for Object Evangelism Icebreakers

           You see,  I found that at the mall, people were more relaxed in comparison to the people who were rushing past me to get to a bar.  At the mall, I had more time with people to talk to them, especially in the food court where people were eating.  But at first, I found it hard to go up and talk to people cold turkey about the Lord.   When I went witnessing “door to door”, I just started talking when someone came to the door.   But the mall was different.  There were no doors to knock on and yet people were everywhere.   So first, I had to be led as to who to talk to, but then I wasn’t sure how to get a conversation about the Gospel started.  I didn’t know what to say...and then sometimes fear would get in the way.  Sigh. So I prayed and asked the Lord for ideas.  He answered my prayer.

          As I went into the different stores, the Lord would highlight an object to me and then show me something about the object that related to the Bible or reminded me of something in relation to the Gospel.  that related to that object and voila!  God gave me a springboard to bounce the conversation right into the Gospel.  Over time, God gave me a lot of great ideas. There are several testimonies at the Mall about how God moved through train tracts.

As I did my own daily errands, the Lord started expanding my vision beyond the mall and gave me examples of how to resurrect a conversation onto the Gospel wherever I went:  at Walmart, at the gym, at the park, at the gas station, at the office where I worked, at restaurants, etc.  I remembered the examples that God gave me and used them and wrote them down.  In this way, the Lord was showing me that Christians may not have time to set aside three hours a week to go “street witnessing” with their church outreach, but they can witness while doing their daily errands or at a sports event or while grocery shopping. They can witness wherever they go. 

           Then He incessantly encouraged me to get them published. In the face of a lot of trials, heartbreak and demonic opposition, I did my best to obey God.  But I did not have peace in going with a publisher.  I just kept typing up the object evangelism ideas. I had over 400 of them.  I tried different things and had some setbacks, so I just kept seeking the Lord.   To continue reading this testimony, then read The 1st Train Tract was for Golf - The PGA Tournament Testimony