{"id":462,"date":"2013-01-23T14:58:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T21:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2016-02-24T21:15:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T04:15:13","slug":"i-gave-a-book-did-it-have-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodseed.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/23\/i-gave-a-book-did-it-have-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"I gave a book. Did it have impact?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(This post is part of our “Give away the gospel<\/a>”\u00a0series.)<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve talked about \u201cPersonal Distribution Points<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cBe Ready Boxes<\/strong>\u201d and living a lifestyle of just giving away gospel tools. But does it have impact? Here are several testimonies from people who received a GoodSeed tool.<\/p>\n

My colleague of 20 years
\n<\/strong>Tony* had witnessed to his colleague at work for 20 years, but to no avail. He then decided to give him a copy of \u201cThe Stranger on the Road to Emmaus.\u201d To Tony\u2019s surprise, his colleague read it twice! Tony said his colleague could explain the Gospel back to him very clearly, from A to Z. Because they were at work with many people present, they decided to get together at a later date. When they met, the man again explained to Tony the whole Gospel very clearly. Tony said, \u201cI\u2019ll pray for you.\u201d He replied, \u201cWhy?\u201d Tony said, \u201cBecause now that you have the information, you need to make a decision\u201d to which the man replied, \u201cBut it\u2019s black and white, and I\u2019m in the white! You can pray for my wife and children so that they too will understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said \u201cWow\u201d every five minutes
\n<\/strong>“I just want to thank you for your prayers for Irina*. The Lord is doing something incredible in her heart! The book you gave her for Christmas\u2014\u2018The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus\u2019\u2014she has read it in one weekend. She kept turning the pages and saying \u2018wow\u2019 every five minutes… This book totally changed her perception of the Bible… She can see how the Bible answers all the questions that we might have. Now she recommends the book to everyone, saying it should be a bestseller and that all her friends in Russia should read it. Moreover, she started reading the Bible as soon as she was through with this book!”<\/p>\n

A brand new believer brings another
\n<\/strong>\u201cAs you know, our church has ordered almost 1000 copies of \u2018The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus.\u2019 People use them for witness and follow-up. Very helpful!\u00a0 Recently a believer from our church led a young woman with cancer to the Lord. He then gave her a copy of \u2018The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus\u2019 for follow-up. She read it and passed it on to a visiting unsaved friend who read it all in one day and got saved. PTL! She said, \u2018I never thought I could get my sins forgiven.\u2019\u00a0 She is planning to come out to our church soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Passing it on and impacting lives
\n<\/strong>\u201cI met you at your sister\u2019s funeral as I knew your [other] sister. At that sad time for you and your family, you gave me a book \u2018By This Name\u2019 by John Cross. It was such a great book in that it was so easy to understand and the history of the Bible and its correlation to other related events was fantastic. I enjoyed the book so much that I passed it on to my nephew\u2019s wife; she passed it on to her sister and [the passing on of it] is on going. I wanted to tell you this because it has such an impact on the people who passed it on. So thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of GoodSeed\u2019s tools are designed for just \u201cgiving away\u201d or passing on. They explain the message of the Bible clearly and simply in an objective manner. The three key books that you may find useful to have on hand to give away at a moment\u2019s notice are:<\/p>\n