Today was my last day at Woolworths supermarket. I worked here like crazy and had both good and bad times. I liked it but I was never satisfied. I didn’t want to be stuck in a supermarket so I decided to take a step of faith and leave this job in hopes of getting into full-time ministry. Let his will be done. So excited now.
Bye Safeway!!
I felt like I had to preach today and also listen to my friend’s feedback and encourage them too, so I messaged a few and four agreed to support me. Right from the beginning I felt uncomfortable about the whole thing of getting more people to work with but then the realization came to me God works better when we all do it together. I prayed and read the Word of God and then went to Church office to help them a bit and was getting back home to preach at the streets. As I got to the spot where the preaching needs to be done, I saw three work mates and talked to one of them. In my mind, I was thinking.. Oh no, how will I do it front of them all. Anyway, they all drifted into the crowd so I don’t know if they were there or not. I met with my friends. The devil disunited us on the topic of preaching. It turned into arguments between me and one of my friends. I could see road blocks all over the place. I didn’t stop. We prayed and I started preaching. Just then two cops came out and stopped me. Man, this was the toughest situation I ever faced. I wasn’t expecting any of this. But inside of me, I was happy because the devil tried stopping me but I didn’t till I was asked to stop by the authorities.
We took a video of it:
Flinders from Jeffin Johnson on Vimeo.
I owe this wonderful experience to God and my friends there who supported me. 🙂
I preached in front of the State Library of Victoria for a few minutes till I was felt a slight shift in my voice which was immediately followed by a talk with a stranger girl. Here’s some of the video:
Preaching at State Library of Victoria from Jeffin Johnson on Vimeo.
Today, when I woke up I had so much for passion in me to preach and I knew I couldn’t keep it within me unless I preach it out in open air. So against my fear of public speaking and humiliation, I proceeded to Bourke Street, switched my camera on and preached the Gospel out loud, so loud that I didn’t need a microphone and loud speaker. I enjoyed it and I was so satisfied. I can see the vision and the promises of God clearer and clearer everyday.
Next step is to train my voice, seek  advice from preachers and read about the Gospel so I do it correctly.
Here’s the video I captured (Video ends in 3 mins. I preached a little more than that):
Evangelism Day 2 – Bourke Street, Melbourne from Jeffin Johnson on Vimeo.
The passion in me to preach the Gospel was so strong.
14 July 2010 from Jeffin Johnson on Vimeo.
I’m packing up for Sydney today and preparing for Church tomorrow. My cousin just made a really good Chicken which I would be having in a few minutes. Life’s good.
Anyway, while I’m on the computer typing this post out, I’d like to review a software I have been using for quite sometime. I have been involved in Church database administration and I always wanted one for myself so I can use that to maintain records of people I meet and for my Church back in India. So I researched a few and decide to try out one called Ascribe. They named it after a verse from the Bible. Anyway, this software is very good and I can tell you with confidence that it will work really well for a small to large Church. It’s simple to use and navigate and plus it has so many features that a Church database should have. It’s probably the best available and I highly recommend it. I wanted features such individual notes for members, prayer requests, easy to search features, cell group features etc which are all included in this software. For a beginner this would be quite easy to use too and fast as well. My Church and ministry will be using this software till it reaches a point I need a completely custom database suited perfectly for my ministry. Well, that would probably take ages and a lot of money. Till then Ascribe will be my partner. So yea, if you are searching for a Church database, try this one out.
Peter and John silenced their critics with miracles that happened during their ministry. Acts 4:14 says “And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.” Paul once said that his speech was not with enticing words of mans wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and truth. I realized that it’s my duty to pray for my leaders so they operate in the Holy Spirit, resulting in mighty manifestation and critics-silencing miracles. Staying connected to God and leading a life without sin is essential for God to hear my prayers. See also Psalm 66:18.