Killing the Giants

Hey everyone, I apologize for not being able to post last week but our internet was shut off and we had a very busy week. Anyway, I will just fill you in on what has been happening starting with two weeks ago.

Two weeks ago was our "Killing the Giants" theme week. This week was entirely dedicated to evangelism on the boardwalk in Ocean City and Atlantic City. At the beginning of the week we set personal giants for the number of spiritual conversations we wanted to have and our own giant that we wanted to conquer. Collectively, we set a goal of 5,112 spiritual conversations which seems like a ridiculous number but, God is good and we were able to accomplish our goal! This was not our own strength but God's without a doubt though, we were all exhausted at the end of the week but it was a good kind of exhaustion. So, praise the Lord for that!

Now, I'll talk a little bit about my personal giant. My personal giant for the week was to go out on the boardwalk sharing by myself. Normally, we go sharing with a partner so that it is a bit less terrifying and we have someone there to support and comfort us. This was my giant because I'm not always going to have someone by my side helping me through a conversation so I wanted to experience what it's like to not have that. I will admit, it was tough but I was able to defeat this giant with God's help. I got called off of work for 3 hours one of the days that week so I used that to go out on the boardwalk by myself. I was able to talk to 6 people in total and it was a really good day. I presented the KGP once and the boy seemed very close to making a decision, handed out several KGPs and a satisfied booklet (booklet for Christians who don't really take their faith seriously), and had some great conversations! The whole experience was great and I learned a lot about my short comings and relying on God when I don't have the strength to continue.

So, my encouragement for this post is to rely on God's strength when you don't have the strength yourself. God is faithful and will give you strength in every circumstance where you need it.

God Bless and Go Blue!
Tedd Sheets Jr.