Gospel tracts...I used to think of them as not very effective, I guess I just thought that wasn't enough but God uses all sorts of things to draw people to Himself and who am I to say otherwise. We heard a testimony of a beer truck driver that delivered to the French Quarter, one morning he spotted a tract on the street and picked it up and was saved. Hearing this testimony gave me hope for every single tract we put in people's hands and everyone that was tossed on the ground as well, and there were many. Perhaps someone took a tract, stuck it in their pocket forgetting all about it and then when going to do laundry or just digging through their pockets later on, they pulled out a few verses of God's Word and a seed was planted or even they were made aware of their lostness and saved! God's Word never returns void!
This is David and Lisa, they live in New Orleans, this is their city. 7 years ago, David was going through a difficult time, he didn't know what to do with himself, he asked Lisa to go to one of the Mardi Gras parades with him. She said, oh please, no...she did not want to go, they never go...but he continued to plead with her to go and she agreed. They were there for only a few minutes and he said, are you ready? She said, okay. They went to a restaurant on Bourbon Street for dinner and upon leaving the restaurant he spotted a wooden cross being held by one of "our" missionaries. He fell to his knees, several others in the group rallied around him to minister to him and he prayed to receive Christ. The image of the cross brought him to his knees, God is so amazing! David told our group (this year's group, Cornerstone's first year) his testimony the first night we arrived. He thanked us again and again for coming to "his" city and continuing to come.
The Power of the Cross
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