Passing Along a Blessing

“What are you reading?” The young man behind the fitness center counter asked me. I was holding a mailer from a Creation ministry that I had read while using the treadmill. Especially since he asked about it, I left the material with him. That particular mailing did not have as much content as I would have preferred, but maybe this young man looked up the website after he got off work.

Do you have Christian tapes, video, music, books, and magazines that you don’t need any more? Take the time to find a good second home instead of holding on to these things or tossing them in the trash.

Good places to donate your things may be:
Libraries
Homeschool groups
Nursing homes
Prison ministries
Inner city ministries

Through Google I found a number of ministries that will use your books to bless prisoners and third world pastors and believers. If you are unsure about donating to an unknown organization, look for:

1. A Biblically-based statement of faith
2. Disclosure of their financial status
3. An approval by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability

I found only one ministry that had all three of these on their website, Christian Resources International. They have also been in ministry since 1956, which tells me they are not some fly-by-night operation. I have not donated to them so I cannot endorse them from personal experience.

Read a story about offering magazines for a waiting room.

Music Videos For This Site

I added music videos on a resource page on this site.

You can use music from the videos or the Sower playlist to:
• encourage others to witness,
• share the Gospel.

Of course, you could post videos on your web site of on Facebook or MySpace.

Feel free to add your ideas of how to use these videos or recommend more videos.

New Playlist for The Sower

I am putting together a playlist of music of different artists and genres in The Sower Playlist. The “theme” for most of the music is for encouragement or exhortation to share our faith. Listen to Keith Green if you like strong exhortation. Some of the tracks also have a more general salvation theme that you could use evangelistically.

IDEAS:
• Prayerfully listen to the words of these tracks during your devotions,
• Share the playlist or some of these tracks with others,
• Make your own playlist of music you enjoy or make a playlist of evangelistic music. Be ready to “meet” new people online who find your music and then share your faith with them.

If you have any music that would fit the theme of this playlist, please add your suggestions by commenting on this post. THANK YOU!

Read a real-life story of using playlists.