Two London teenagers have been inspired by a social media post from friends in Australia to follow their Down Under lead and give away free Bibles on the streets of the British capital.
Angus and James first bought 100 Bibles and took them to Trafalgar Square. James recounted in an article for Premier Christianity what happened next: “When we got there and saw the people, we thought: What have we got ourselves into? We walked around, praying, for ten minutes, not wanting to set up because it was terrifying. Finally, we said: “OK, we’ve got to do it.”
“We got our Bibles out and prayed: “Lord, do what you want to do. We’re here for the one person. A family came up and the mother said: “We just became Christians. We’ve never been to church, we don’t have any Bibles, but this morning, I prayed for a sign – and here you are!” They all got a Bible; we prayed and they were crying and encountering God. It was beautiful.”
On that first day they gave away 80 Bibles and prayed for almost as many people. James wrote it was the easiest evangelism he’d ever done.
Another amazing encounter took place in the borough of Hammersmith. “A guy called Harry came along to the stand. He had just flown in from Peru. He said he wasn’t meant to be in Hammersmith, but here he was. He heard the Gospel, we prayed for him and invited him to church. When he came, he plonked his bag down and immediately fell to his knees and just started worshipping God. Then he fell prostrate. Everyone was declaring praises to God and Harry started shouting: “Jesus is Lord! Jesus is Lord!” We prayed for him and asked: “Do you want to accept Jesus right now?” And he said: “Yes!”
The young Christians have now given away more than 4,000 thousand Bibles. They’ve led 37 people to the Lord and seen God heal people. They have also witnessed an increasing openness to faith, especially among their own generation who want to share their beliefs.
“There’s definitely an increasing openness to faith. On the street, very few people we speak to call themselves atheists. The statistics might show a general decline in the Church, but I’m not really too bothered about the numbers. You’ve just got to work the patch God has given you and fertilise it,” wrote James.
James concluded in his article: “My mate Angus says that evangelism is the opposite of sin. Sin looks really appealing. You want to do it, but you go away feeling horrible. Often, you don’t want to do evangelism. You think it’s going to be horrible. But when you do it, you feel revived. It’s tiring on the body but really good for the soul. You can’t understand how good it is until you’ve pushed through and just said: “Jesus, I’m gonna do it!”
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