Door Hangars are not available for purchase

Previously, we made arrangements with One Million Tracts to allow the purchase of any of the tracts developed by Bezeugen and used in the tract club. Today, I am pleased to report that Marv has offered pricing to allow you to purchase additional door hangars for use in your door to door ministry in your neighborhood. The pricing is as follows:

• 1,000 door hangars for $165 shipping included (16.5 cents each)
• 2,500 door hangars for $245 shipping included (9.8 cents each)

On the back of the door hangars there is a box and inside the box it says "Bezeugen Ministries, www.bezeugen.org". This area is intended to be used for a label to customize to your church or ministry. Marv has agreed to place your own contact information in the box prior to printing therefore saving you the cost and time of printing labels and placing them on the door hangars.
The door hangars advertise a free DVD. When requests for the free DVD are received, they will be forwarded to the church or ministry that handed them out so that the requests can be fulfilled by that church or ministry.

Please email Marv at One Million Tracts to place your order. Simply tell him you'd like to order the Bucket List Door Hangar developed by Bezeugen Ministries!

The text of the door hangar reads:

People often use the term “bucket list” to refer to a list of things that they would like to do before they “kick the bucket” or die. What is on your bucket list? Some popular choices are: skydive, take a trip around the world, run a marathon, take up a martial art, learn to dance, drive a race car, climb Mt. Everest, see the Seven Wonders, and ride the world's fastest rollercoaster. Need some help with number 10? How about…

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…find out what happens when you kick the bucket! It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment. (Hebrews 9:27) The Bible says that when you die, you’ll be judged by God’s standard, The Ten Commandments. The ninth commandment says you shall not lie. Have you ever told a lie? If so, God sees you as a liar. Revelation 21:8 says that all liars will have their place in the lake of fire, which is hell. The eighth commandment says you shall not steal. Have you ever stolen anything? If so, God sees you as a thief. The sixth commandment says you shall not murder. Jesus took this to an even higher standard saying, “everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment” and “whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.” (Matthew 5:22) Ever hated someone or called them a fool? The third commandment says you shall not use God’s name in vain. Have you ever used God’s name or Jesus’ name carelessly or as a curse word? That is called blasphemy. In Exodus 20:7 God says that he will not hold anyone guiltless that uses his name in vain. That is only four of the Ten Commandments. How will you do on judgment day? Does God see you (by your own admission) as a liar, a thief, a murderer and a blasphemer at heart? Will you be innocent or guilty? Will God reward you with eternity in heaven or punish you with an eternity in hell? God is perfectly good and just. He must punish sin. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man to die in the place of sinners. Jesus never broke God’s law. He claimed to be equal with God, and to have power to forgive sin.  He claimed to know all things. He said of Himself, “I have power to lay down My life (crucified), and power to take it up again (resurrected).” Jesus died in the place of sinners, and was raised to life on the third day. It was not the price that was paid that satisfies God, but the worth of the One who paid the price: Jesus Christ, the Son of God. God commands you to repent, and to place your faith in the indescribable gift of Jesus alone, that you may not be condemned, but have eternal life. (Mark 1:15, Acts 17:30, John 3:16) Do it today- make it #1 on your bucket list - you may not have tomorrow! 

Map of Door to Door ministry

Recently, Bezeugen Ministries created a door hangar. We have now sent them out to over 30 people around the country and Canada. This map shows where people are doing door to door evangelism, using this door hangar and the methods presented by Bezeugen Ministries, an Ally of Living Waters Ambassadors Academy.


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1000

On Sunday we got out another 1000 door hangars.

If you are interested in 100 door hangars to distribute in your neighborhood please let me know.

If you already received door hangars from us, then please post a comment with how your distribution went.

Second day of door hangars

Today was the second day that I went out to hand out our new door hangars. I went with six members of First Baptist Hebron in Carrollton. First Baptist has set a goal to take the Gospel to every house in the 75010 zip code. We marked off one neighborhood that has 225 houses. With seven of us we were able to cover each house in about 45 minutes. Five of us continued to another neighborhood and covered another 136 houses. So that is 361 more houses that have received the Gospel. Please pray for the people who receive these door hangars to read them, reach out to us or First Baptist, order the DVD and above all, repent and trust Jesus.

While we were out handing out the door hangars, I had a text from a friend whom I had given some door hangars a couple of days ago indicating that he and his boys had just walked around the block and put out door hangars. Praise God. What a great activity to do with your sons!

If you are interested in receiving a shipment of 100 door hangars to get started with door to door in your neighborhood then please let me know.

94 door hangars distributed!

They're here
The door hangar shipment was finally located. Turns out that UPS delivered them to my address PLUS 10. But, fortunately, the woman who received them called last night and I went and picked them up from her.

Shipped 1600 door hangars
We offered 100 door hangars to anyone who would go hand them out in their neighborhood to get them started with door to door. Today at lunch, I mailed 1600 door hangars out to those who had requested them. another 300 are being labeled by a local church for distribution on Saturday. I got three more requests for door hangars today. Those will go in the mail soon. It's not too late. If you'd like some door hangars to get started with a door to door ministry in your neighborhood then let me know and I'll mail them out to you.

First Distribution
Since I've been waiting for a long time to receive the door hangars, I was anxious to go and distribute some. So tonight, I spent about 45 minutes distributing them. I reached 94 houses. One thing I noticed is that it seemed like no one was home. So the fact that I was simply leaving something on the door turned out to be a good thing. While I walked and distributed the door hangars I was praying for the neighborhood. The picture at the right is the first door hangar distributed to a house in Carrollton, TX.

Strategy
I plan to canvass a few neighborhoods in order to get a sense of what percentage of people are likely to request the door hangars. I don't plan to only door canvassing. At some point, I will go back to my previous door to door method (food drive, prayer request and sharing the Gospel) with the change being that I'd give them the door hangar or leave it on the door instead of the Good News / Bad News tract that I have been using.

Resources
There are a couple of resources that are handy for mapping your progress with door to door. The first is to use maps.google.com to map an area. Print the map, then use a highlighter to mark where you have been. The second resource is something I've been using in my running. It is www.gmap-pedometer.com and it allows you to map paths. For example, the path that I walked tonight to hand out door hangars is here.

Sorry for the delay

For those of you waiting to receive door hangars from us, there has been a delay. The first order has been lost by UPS. We are trying to get this located. I'll post an update when we have a better idea of when we will have the door hangars to send out.

Milestone

⁴Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe. ⁵And Joshua said to them, "Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, ⁶that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, 'What do those stones mean to you?' Joshua 4:4-6 (ESV)

This verse came to mind as a reminder to remember significant events. On Saturday, I reached a milestone in my door to door ministry when I completed door to door in the neighborhood where I live. Granted there are still nearly 39,000 more houses to go in Carrollton. But, it is good to remember the steps and milestones.

Since July 25, 2009, I have been to 968 houses. I had 239 one on one conversations.I gathed 153 prayer requests and over 750 cans of food. I clocked 48 hours of work. Much of the time I was by myself. But, when others were with me it brought the total man hours to 68 hours.

So, what's next? I'll move on to another neighborhood and keep going. I would also like to encourage you to get involved going door to door in your neighborhood. We have a new resource coming next week. Please consider requesting some and getting started with a door to door ministry in your neighborhood.

I must say, that going door to door can be very tiring, difficult and discouraging. But, it can also be incredibly rewarding. Let me just share a couple of thoughts from Saturday. When I started out, I went nine houses in a row before anyone even answered the door. At the tenth house was a man who welcomed prayer as he was leading a group of teens from his church on a mission trip the next day. The next door after that I spoke with a woman who did not know Christ. But she was very open to the discussion. She did not say she repented and believed while I was there, but she agreed to consider what we had talked about.

At another house, possibly one of the saddest experiences I've had door to door. A woman pastor told me that everyone goes to heaven and that they don't even have to repent. I reminded her that the Bible says that "a man must repent". At that she was offended because she thought I was saying women could not be saved. I merely was just referring to mankind. It was really sad because this woman is leading her whole flock astray.

As I reached the home stretch in my neighborhood, I had one short street to go with just ten houses left. At the first of those houses, I was greeted by a man who was a strong believer in Christ. After talking to him, I asked a favor - to refill my water bottle - and he agreed. At the next house, another Christian greeted me. After talking for a few minutes, he invited me in. He asked about the ministry so I briefed him on what we are doing door to door and with the tract club and training. He offered me water, but I just had some from the house next door. So he called to his wife to come and pray over me. That was a tremendous blessing and encouragement.

So, yes, it might be tough out there. But, you must not quite. In the words of Tony Miano, "Don't Quit!" There are people out there that are destined for hell. We must take the Gospel to them and give them a chance at heaven. Will you join me?