Pastor_Bob
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I have had people approach our table at a restaurant after we've prayed and ask us what "church" we belonged to. When I reply "Baptist," most say, "That's what I thought."Originally posted by katie:
And how is a perfect stranger supose to know you are christian without talking to you unless your wearing a chritian tee shirt or something?
Two years ago in Oklahoma City, I was filling my van up with gas. The man filling his car next to me approached me out of the blue and asked me, "Are you a preacher?" I was wearing just a shirt and tie at the time.
Why didn't he ask if I was an attorney? Why didn't he ask if I was a politician? Hopefully it was because the Holy Spirit was able to work through me to speak to this man.
When my family moved to southern Illinois to accept an Assistant Pastor position, we were in Walmart one afternoon. My wife and all four of my kids were there. As we were standing in line to check out, I noticed a young man and his wife behind us looking at us and smiling.
I finally spoke to the man and said, "How are you today?" or something along those lines. He asked me, "Do you folks attend Pastor Rick Dawson's church?" I answered, "Yes, I am his Assistant Pastor." The man turned to his wife and said, "I told you."
I was wearing blue jeans and a polo shirt; my boys were as well; my wife was wearing a dress or a skirt, and my daughters were wearing culottes.
Why didn't he ask if we were Pentecostal? Why didn't he ask if we were another denomination? Again, I hope it is because the Holy Spirit was evident in our lives.
Unless you're dressed in a manner that would be unbecoming a Christian, people should be able to see Christ in you at all times by the way you walk, talk, act, and the very countenance on your face. There is a difference.
Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (KJV)