Battle Log

Tuesday 5 June 2018

Posted 5 June 2018, 11:50 AM by David Gee. Permalink

This last month has been a wonderful time with visiting brethren in Christ and many opportunities to speak for Jesus. It has become quite cold and wet as it always does in winter in Hobart. This means that fewer people stop to listen and come to the Bible table, but also more people are gathered nearby under the rain shelter in the center of the mall. There have also been many opportunities to share the gospel with tracts, I have run out yet again!

It was wonderful to have the Hemelaar’s come and visit us and be part of our outreach on Tuesday and Friday. Ryan was kind enough to preach and they both gave generously of their holiday time to serve the Lord. I am always encouraged by Ryan’s work, his ability to start a gospel conversation just warms my heart. It was a wonderful time of fellowship and service together and I saw conversations happening that I had not been able to have, praise God!

Some of the other conversations that have happened this month include:

Mr T – A middle aged man who approached me after preaching recently and asked me if I had sinned. I responded that I had many times and needed a great savior. He said he had sinned as well and had lost his marriage because of his poor choices. He asked for me to pray for him, I offered to pray with him but he wanted me to pray that night. He stayed for a period and listened to the preaching again and afterwards took a bible.
Young guy and girlfriend – They have stopped before and discussed ethics and this time stayed to listen for a while as I preached and afterwards chatted briefly.
Mr P – A middle aged gent who was very happy to see Christians publicly preaching the Word of God. He had recently become a Christian and said that it was just so encouraging to see people willing to preach and talk and hand out literature in the mall.
School girl – She had stopped by a number of times before and spoken with me. This month though she was struggling with grief and the horrible pain that brings. I tried to encourage her and have been praying that God will be with her in the pain and bring her healing.
Also, there is the ongoing great conversations with I am privileged to have with two young men from the street work. Both of them are now claiming Christ as Lord! I am reading the bible with them both and it is a joy to share their walk and talk with them about the word of God.

Another great opportunity that has arisen is outside the mall. Today I will be appearing with my Pastor Campbell Markham as witnesses for the government Inquiry into the Status of Freedom of Religion or Belief. Please be in prayer that we will provide a Godly witness and an impetus to place legal protections around religious freedom.

A small fly in the ointment was Mr S. attempting to get his 5 minutes of internet fame by creating yet another attack video. I suppose it is an attempt to prevent the mainland “celebrity” from influencing Hobart people too much. In addition to Mr S. there has also been the ongoing aggression of pro-death supporters. It is hard to see my friends and my work for God attacked but it is comforting to know that God is our judge and it is before Him that we receive our commendation, not from men. Likewise, it has been good to see just how thin the arguments have been from Mr S. and his friends, most of it as baseless as the recent anti-discrimination case.

We will rejoice in Christ and preach His word, even while others attempt to use Christians as props for their agenda of self-confessed hatred for Christ our Lord. We will rejoice as God uses even the painful and difficult to draw people to salvation in Jesus Christ.

Praise our wonderful God!

View previous Hobart (TAS) report (1 May 2018)

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