Stepping Into Everyday Evangelism

This episode features a powerful discussion on evangelism and street ministry, sharing real-life testimonies of how simple acts of love and obedience can lead to profound spiritual encounters. Learn practical tips, the importance of follow-up, and how to cultivate a heart for evangelism in everyday life.


Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Evangelism Training
02:06 Experiencing Evangelism in Action
11:48 Building Relationships Through Prayer
22:10 Divine Appointments and God’s Guidance
27:31 The Importance of Commitment and Obedience

Creators and Guests

Host

Josh Brake

Lead Pastor at Breakthrough Church

What is Breakthrough Church Podcast?

Josh and his family are planting Breakthrough Church in Richardson, TX. Their prayer is that Jesus would use them to advance His Kingdom and to see many receive healing and deliverance in His name. Josh is married to Abby and has three kids, two boys and one girl.

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Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Breakthrough Church podcast. I'm here with Sal Herron today. Y'all know who Sal is. He's the worship leader at Breakthrough Church, worship minister, I should say. He's a worship leader, but he's more than that. He's a worship minister. And I just had him on. I have him on today because we want to share some testimonies about what the Lord has been up to specifically related to evangelism and ministering to people on the streets per se, I guess you could say.

And so I'll just let me me provide a context, a framework for what we did on Sunday. And then I'm going to let Sal share some testimonies. On Sunday, we went to an evangelism training hosted by this ministry called Time to Revive. Time to Revive is a nonprofit that really works to equip churches and believers in personal evangelism. How do you have conversations with people about Jesus in a way that's natural?

but also gets to their heart. And it's really, really good. So we went to this training on Sunday at Dallas Bible Church in Richardson and we had about, how many we have? Eight breakthrough people.

Breakthrough Church (01:11.116)
Yeah, that sounds about right.

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Yeah, it was me, you and our kit and bone live and then like, yeah, I don't Yeah, Jill, Terry, Rachel, Luke. Anyways, it was really good and really good content. So it was like 20 minutes of content. And then they sent us out into the world to go and actually do this stuff to practice it in real time. So basically, he was like, yeah, he was like, here's, here's, here's the content. Now get out, go like the priority was very much like activate and go and do this stuff rather than just

Breakthrough Church (01:30.584)
They pushed us out. They pushed us out.

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hear how to do it, let's go do it. And so we went out and we did the stuff and Sal led a group, I led a group, well, I led another guy. It was me, Bo and my son Bo and then another guy. So it just us three, but you had a few more, didn't you Sal?

Breakthrough Church (01:56.13)
Yeah, I had to break through people and then Liv was with me.

Breakthrough Church (01:58.001)
Okay. Okay, so I'll just kick it off to you, bro. Where did you go? What did you do? How was it? And what kind of encounters did you have?

Breakthrough Church (02:06.254)
Yeah, so we, to be honest, like we were kind of, because like I said, they kind of just pushed us out. We're like, okay, well, where do we go? And we still hadn't really made a decision, but we got in the car and started driving.

And they did say, like, okay, can we try to stay between the highway and here? And so we started driving and I saw the street. I like, I'm gonna turn right here and let's just look around and just ask the Lord, like, where do we stop? So trying to be super spirit filled, you

Breakthrough Church (02:42.613)
You're so spiritual.

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So we're going down the street and we're on, I know we're on Arapahoe and I'm like, well, if we keep driving, we're going to run into Addison and there's a really cool park over there. So I said, Hey, we're going to go to Addison Park. You know, I know there's not, it's not Richardson, but you know, the Lord doesn't care. So we kept going and got to Addison and parked at the, at the

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Yeah.

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at the park there in Addison, in Addison Circle, and got out of the car and we said we were going to split up. So it was me and two other breakthrough people and they were going to be together. They ended up actually splitting, but then it was just me and I had lived with me. And so Liv's six years old, she's my daughter. And I'm like, how do I, I've done this before, you know, by my own or with you or.

you other people, but not with like a six year old, like what do I do? You know? And so I just, I just decided to ask her, I'm like, hey Liv, who do you want to pray for? And without hesitation, I mean like immediately, she didn't even ask like, what do you mean dad? Or like, she was just like that guy. I was like, like across the park.

Breakthrough Church (03:37.043)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

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and he's walking his dog so she starts darting towards this guy and I'm like wait, know, like I'm like trying to catch up to her. And so we approached this guy and simply just said, and this is what they told us to do, but this is what I've always been comfortable with anyways, is just asking the person, hey, we're walking around and we're praying for people and we just want to know if there's anything that you need prayer for.

And sweet guy, he was like, yes, like that's awesome. We'd love for some prayer. And he started listing off things for his job. He's transitioning to wanting to leave his job to go into something else and start talking with his family and listed a couple more things. And so I said, okay, that's great. I'd love to pray for you. And he's like, okay, thanks. And I said right now, and he's like, okay. So laid my hand on him. had his dog and was barking a whole bunch, but but kind

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Hehe.

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kind calmed down after a little bit and then started praying and prayed for all the list of things. I also prayed that the Holy Spirit would fill him and meet him in this moment right then and there. I could see when we pray for people, and I know you've probably said it here on the pod, we like to look at people. It's good to have your eyes open to see what the Lord is doing. So I just saw noticeably that this guy was starting to just get touched by the Lord, tearing up, and that's always so sweet. So I finished praying for him.

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Mm-hmm.

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I asked him, how does he feel? And he's like, I feel great. I feel awesome. And then I asked him, hey, have you heard the gospel before? actually, before that, I asked him, hey, are you a believer? Because I noticed this hat. It had like a scripture verse. I don't even remember what it was. But I asked him if he was a believer. And he said yes. And then I asked him if he's heard the gospel. And then he said,

Well, not really. And it kind of grieved me, but at the same time I was like, okay, well, here's an opportunity to hear it, you know? And so I said, okay, well, you know, I'd love to talk to you a little bit more about it. And he was like, yeah, please do. And so I took him through the Roman chain or like all the scriptures through the gospel that Time to Real Life uses. And then just kind of added my own practice I've had with preaching the gospel to somebody.

Breakthrough Church (05:53.716)
Mm-hmm.

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And as I'm saying I'm talking to him about Jesus I kind of tail end it with like hey this is not just like an opportunity for me and my daughter to like Practice preaching the gospel to you or like some presentation like this is like an active God by coming to meet you You know I told him that how live like pointed him out and like I believe and I said I believe the Lord wants to meet you right here right now and Minister to you and talk to you through us through this encounter and he was getting

And like really, really, again, Teary, he's at this point crying. And I was like, what do you think about that? And he was like, I think my mom's gonna be crying when I tell her about this. It was really funny. I'm like, okay, that's awesome, man. And I asked him if he had a church home and he didn't and I invited him to our church and told him about that. And then I asked him another question. I asked him if he had a Bible and he was like, no. And Liv was so quick to take out the Bible and give it to him. We Bibles given out to them.

Breakthrough Church (07:02.452)
Wow.

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Let's go. Wow.

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He blessed. I think he's probably going to come on Saturday because I got his number and we were talking and I gave him some suggestions on where to start reading. I'm hoping that this could be more than just an invite to our church, but a relationship to help him come to know the Lord.

Breakthrough Church (07:23.679)
Great.

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Mm.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. How did you ask for his number? Because I feel like that makes it real. It's like I'm not just committing to having a moment with somebody. I'm committing to a new relationship with somebody that's unto Christ. That's a different deal, right? So like, how did you say that really? Can I get your digits? Or what would you say?

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Yeah.

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Well, I mean, I'm not, I didn't think much about it. I just was like, Hey man, can I get your number so I can? Well, I mean, I used the invite to our church. Like that helped a lot, you know, because like it, I feel like it could kind of be a little intimidating to say, Hey, let me get your number and then let's, let's start like, you know, so for me, at least it was, it

Breakthrough Church (08:06.175)
Yeah.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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the barrier was broken when I like, hey, me get your number to functionally be able to invite you to our church. And then it opened up the potential to just actually like engage in conversation through text. So yeah.

Breakthrough Church (08:41.363)
Yeah, yeah, so that's you had you had a good excuse for asking for his number outside of the just the personal ask of hey, I want to get together with you. I think that gives you it makes it a little less creepy, maybe.

Breakthrough Church (08:52.908)
Yeah, yeah, exactly.

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Yeah, yeah, for sure.

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Yeah, so one of the things that I texted you about this earlier with some other people, but the follow-up piece to all of this is so important, because you can have a really powerful moment. I've had so many of these. You have a powerful moment, but then that's the last time you ever see that person. And not everybody's gonna wanna give you their number. Not everybody's looking to like be discipled or start this new relationship, but it's worth a try.

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Yeah.

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because it's like what Jesus did, come and follow me or come and see. It's like you just had this moment where something supernatural seemed to have happened in your heart. And if you want more, come and see there is more. And that come and see is like for a lot of churches and organizations that come and see us come to this event or this program. But I think it's so powerful to say, I wanna get coffee with you one-on-one. I wanna get together with you and just hear more of your story and listen.

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Mm-hmm.

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and pray for you again and see, you know, just bless you. And I think people overall would respond really well to that.

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Yeah, that's right. it's, yeah, I mean, I don't want to like jump the gun here, but it just, it really makes it more real. Like, we talk about having relationship with Christ, and we talk about...

as a church, how do we pastor people and how do we walk with people? And it's so easy to just get caught up in the like, we'll come to our church and then just listen to what we have to say. But there's this element of like, okay, Jesus actively walked with people, so we should do that and engage and pursue people in this way. Where it's like, aside from even a church or coming to something, what...

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it's one of the things we've talked about since the beginning of breakthrough was being organic and low profile. And low profile meaning we're not making a big fuss about this, this new church, like big lights production and all that. Nothing against those things, but we just don't want to do that. And organic meaning we're not just getting people in the cog and turning the wheels and they get from from this environment to this environment.

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connecting with people and and and pastoring people I think is cool.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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of this environment, like why don't we just connect them to a person and then actually just stay connected to them and keep staying connected to them. And this is called discipleship. It's really just an invite, an invitation to deeper relationship and connection with a person who's connected to Jesus. That's the best pipeline I can think of. So what happened after that? you guys, I forget you told me, but I forget. Did you go and talk to more people or was there more encounters?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, so we had another encounter with a guy kind of similar, but this guy was a little bit more active, I guess, in his faith, but didn't have a church. And he's like, I asked him the same question, like, have you heard the gospel? And for him, he was like, it's been a minute, it's been a while. And so just, yeah, yeah.

Breakthrough Church (12:04.841)
Wow, what an interesting answer.

It's been a while since I've heard the gospel. Yeah, yeah, interesting. Wow.

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That's right. And I'm like, what church are you going to? You're not going to the college. I didn't ask that. And so preach the gospel to him as well.

And he was really receptive. was like, I love what you guys are doing. And what's cool too with him is that he's a truck driver. so we were in, there was like, was looking for, you know, I think when I'm talking to people like this, I'm like looking for a personal connection I can make with them. You know, kind of break the ice and make it feel less like I'm trying to sell you something and I'm actually trying to connect with you. And so when he said that, I'm like, that's

Breakthrough Church (12:32.328)
yeah.

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Yes. Yeah.

Rapport. Yeah. That's good.

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teed up for me. I work at a warehouse and I pray for truck drivers all the time. So I was like sharing that with him and talking about it and that kind of life is kind of hard and I even talked about like I asked him about his relationship with the Lord and he's like you know I try to keep at it and being a truck driver and it can be kind of hard but the Lord you know have had some sweet moments and I'm like yeah I'm sure that that last 20-30 minutes

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Yeah.

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minutes of your drive trying to go somewhere. You really need the Holy Spirit to get through it. So just joking with him about it. So it was cool. And he was really receptive. I followed up with him as well. I his number the same way. And I haven't heard back from him. But it's OK. And he gave me his number. I think another thing, too, is it's easy for us to just give up.

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Yeah.

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But I'm definitely going to keep trying to reach out. But the encounter itself was really beautiful and really cool. And just to have Liv get to see that and partake in that was pretty awesome as well. Yeah. And there was a few rejections too. And I told the other two right before we left, said, hey guys, I know this is intimidating, but.

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Awesome.

Yeah.

Yeah.

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all it takes is that first rejection. You get rejected one time and you're rolling. You're like, okay, that's it. It's like skydiving, know, or jumping off a cliff, you're bungee jumping. Once you've jumped, like, you're already in it, so let's go. Yeah, that's right.

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That was worst case. Yes.

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Yep. Yep. You're soaring now. Well, I think a couple things to know, based on what you just said that you do and you do this really well, you build rapport very quickly. And you do that through listening to them, asking questions and listening. And some people won't want to answer your question. And that's fine. You just say, God bless you. See you later. But some people like if you see somebody walking down the park and you see their t shirt and you really like their t shirt, how about just say that say, Hey, I love that t shirt. Where'd you get that?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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There you're in, you are already in. If they answer you, you're like, I got it at Target, but it's actually a gift from my mom when she was like going through something tough. if you don't mind me asking them what was going on, like, that's a really sweet gift. Like, it must have meant a lot to you. Then you're building rapport and you're just able to open the door of their heart to plant the gospel into it in a moment of prayer and then even sharing scripture after. So that building rapport, it's not like you walk up and just say, hey, do know Jesus? Although I'm sure there might be times you do that. It's like,

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Yeah

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just be a human being, just be a human being that's in love with Jesus and wants this person to see Jesus too. And then the second thing I wanted to say was how important it is that like, Beau was there too and Liv was there. And it's like family discipleship. Like imagine our kids are gonna grow up where this stuff is normal, where you don't, it's just normal when I'm walking out and about, I'm thinking about how I can bless and pray for people and share the gospel, the good news. It's just gonna be normal and.

Breakthrough Church (15:52.023)
Mm-hmm.

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Unfortunately, it's just not normal to do this in the church. That's why you have to start nonprofits like Time to Revive. Because churches aren't doing the equipping. So nonprofits have to do the equipping. and families don't have to like, do much more than just on your everyday commute, or when you're going to dinner as a family, or you're doing something just your family can be there and watch you do this stuff. And that's rude. That's like eternal value stuff right there. So

Breakthrough Church (16:05.752)
Yeah.

Yeah.

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really quick, let me share my experience. I went to Walmart, I went to Walmart. So it me and this other high school kid and my son, Bo, us three. We went to Walmart that was four minutes away from the church. And you might say, how'd you decide on that? I looked on the maps and I saw Walmart and I thought, that might be fun. I said, hey, Luke, you wanna go to Walmart? He's like, that actually sounds great. So I figured that was the Lord and we were like, all right, let's go.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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No.

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So we went to Walmart and we walked in and for the first probably five to 10 minutes, we didn't talk to anybody. We were trying to figure out and navigate the store. Like do we talk to somebody who's like trying to look at the what's the price per pound on this ground beef? Do we walk up to that person and be like, yo, I got food you don't know about or what do I go? Yes, there's so much of what I'm thinking is what's the approach? What's the end? Who do I talk to? Who's not willing? Who's willing? And so honestly, I was just overthinking it and

Breakthrough Church (17:12.334)
Hahaha

Yeah, you're like, what's the approach here? What's the approach here?

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me and South say this all the time, just one, two, three, go. It doesn't matter. Just talk to someone, just get over the chicken line and just go. So finally I did that with someone and they did not want prayer. So I got rejected. Boom. All right. I'm in, got rejected. Now I feel great because that's the worst case scenario. And I guess technically it's not worst case scenario. Someone could hurt me, but you know, it's probably not going to happen. anyways, we're walking around and all of sudden we walked to the, we're walking this big loop in Walmart, going from the checkout lanes to, or like, yeah, checkout lanes to

the grocery and the produce to the back where the toys are and all the way back. And so we just going this big loop looking for people as we're walking back to the checkout lanes. I noticed there was a woman that was laying down holding her chest like she was having chest pains and she was like not doing great. She was in having some sort of panic attack or heart attack and there were workers, Walmart employees that were surrounding her kind of tending to her but kind of standing far off having zero idea what to do just watching this happen.

And this woman and her daughter is like right next to her just crying, watching her mom have this attack. Like imagine that. Like you're just watching your parent on the floor at a grocery store. You thought you were going in just to get your routine groceries and now you're watching your mom probably thinking that she's dying. And normally, like even instinctually, I was about to walk by them and thought, we'll just leave that up to the professionals. And then the Holy Spirit was like, you're the professional.

You're the first responder here. You have the spirit of God. I just I stopped we me Luke and Bo. We stopped and walked over and I said, Hey, what's going on? And the store manager was like, Yeah, she just collapsed right here and is holding her chest claiming if she's claiming to have really bad chest pains. I was like, Okay, do know her name? And they're like, No, we don't know her name. And then her daughter daughter spoke up and again, her name is I don't remember exactly what her name was. Let's say Brenda. So her name was Brenda. And I'm like, her name is Brenda. I said, Okay. I just

got really close to Brenda and I knelt down and said, Hey Brenda, like, do you mind if I pray for you? Are you having chest pains? She's like, she couldn't even talk. She just like nodded her head. I said, can I pray for you? And she barely nodded her head. And I put my hand on her shoulder and began to pray peace over her and healing in the name of Jesus and just minister to her and just be a calming presence next to her. And, and then the paramedics got there after me. I was praying maybe a minute. It was not long. And the paramedics got there and I backed away to let them kind of do their thing and assess her.

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And then I saw her daughter was sitting by herself on a bench up by the front of the store. And I remembered something Thomas had said in the training of like sometimes loving people is actually just moving where you are and sitting or standing next to a person. And I thought of that and I said, okay, I'm going to go do that. So I went and sat sat right next to her and I said, Hey, what's your name? And she told me her name and I said, Hey, do you mind if I pray for you? And she was like, no, she was crying and freaking out naturally. It's like so sad.

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Mmm.

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I prayed for her and Luke would testify, the guy that was with my group, he noticed this too. She got so calm, so at peace after praying for her and said, amen. And I said, so what are you doing in the store? And she was like, yeah, I think we were trying to get some sort of cream cheese in a hotel. Like we were gonna make a dip or something. Cause we've been watching horror movies all weekend and we needed something to eat while we're watching them. I'm like, well, that's why your mom is like having a heart attack. I don't necessarily know if that's true, but I was like, you know, in the spiritual realm, I'm like, that matters.

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You

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but I wasn't about to like go into that with her, you know? And so I said, do you know Jesus? Have you heard the gospel? And she was like, yeah. And I was like, okay, well, let's walk through it. And so I walked through the gospel card that we had and had her read the scriptures. I didn't quite get to the end of it before the paramedics came and took her away, but I let her have the gospel card. And it was just a really cool moment to have this moment where I was like, I actually have something to offer here. And it's not just left up to the paramedics and the people in the ambulance.

And they left and then there was three employees for Walmart that were there. I began to engage them. I thought, well, maybe there's an opportunity here to minister. And I said, hey, did you guys see this happen? And they're like, yeah. Or one of them said, kind of. And I was like, probably shook you guys up a little bit too. Can I pray for you? And they're like, sure. So prayed for all three of them for peace and all the stuff and said amen. And then one of them came up to me. Her name was ZZ, ZYZY.

And she was like, can you also pray for my family? They're in Iran and they're really scared that I don't have jobs. Everything's too expensive and it's just really scary. And I'm a Christian, I believe in Jesus. And I'm like, yes. So I prayed for her and it was really meaningful. And then, so we walked around and we had some moments that were not so good, some good moments, but that was the highlight. It felt like that's why we were at Walmart. And the one thing that struck me with all of this, with your story, Sal, with my story, is as soon as we committed in our hearts to go do this, God was...

had already been aligning encounters. He was aligning divine appointments and open hearts and putting people in our path because we had committed in our hearts to go and bless people in prayer and share the gospel, which speaks to me that God, when Jesus said the harvest is plentiful and the laborers are few, it just is so true because the moment you commit your heart to it, God's putting people in your path and you better watch out. It's like 1 Chronicles 16, 9, the eyes of the Lord robed to and fro.

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Mmm.

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Yeah.

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throughout the whole earth looking to strongly support those whose hearts are blameless toward him. And when you commit your heart to being all about the Lord and being available, he's gonna honor that by putting people that need him in your path. And it just happens every time. So that would be, if I had to give like an conclusion, that's what I would say. If you're like on this side, you're like, gosh, I wanna be used that way. I don't know how. I would say that 99 % of it starts in your heart before you hit the streets when you commit to saying I'm in on this God.

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That's right.

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And He's going to provide everything you need on the other end of it. He just needs you in your heart to say, I'm in. Like today, God, I choose to love people and to be a witness to the risen Lord. And He's going to put people in your path. So Sal, final thoughts, conclusion. What would you tell somebody they're to get involved in this and start being used by God in this way? What would you tell them?

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Yeah.

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Mm-hmm.

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Yeah, no, that's really good. Yeah, I think just to add a little bit to that, because as I was just thinking about it and preparing to talk about it, there is, if we know, like as believers, like if we know that like anything that happens between two people can only happen if like God is in it, you know, like we can't in our own.

Strength our own in our flesh like actually say like make something happen for someone Then it that kind of like freeze it up in yourself to know that like, okay Like if I'm just obedient, but but hold on I'll get to that in a second like if we know that that's true Then then we have to actually spend like time with the Lord and actually know like what like where's my heart in this? To them be able to surrender the fact that like hey the Lord has a plan

right now and he's just looking for obedience. So yeah, I think that's really good. But obedience is the first thing that comes to mind. 1 Samuel, I don't know where, I forget the chapter and verse, talks about where God prioritizes obedience. He prioritizes obedience over empty sacrifice. So we can be really, really good at bringing a sacrifice of prayer and being like, oh, interceding for people.

But it's another thing like actually taking the step of obedience to like go actually pray for somebody like and see the Lord work. You know, and so you take that first step and then you go. But at the same time, you can't I wouldn't just say to somebody, just get out there, you know, because you have to also know that you have to carry the Lord in your heart, you know, which is the second thing I would say to that person to encourage is

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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

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Mm-hmm.

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ask the Lord to give you a burden for the people you're going to meet so that you can actually have like a measure of God's love for the person. Because we know that God like loves those people way more than we do, you know, like he loves us more than we love ourselves. So, so what I want as I'm walking in there, like I'm walking into a park or wherever it is, Walmart, I'm asking the Lord, Lord, like, I don't know these people, but just I want to meet them and I just want to love them.

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Yeah. Yeah.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

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Yeah.

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you know, give me like some kind of just window into their heart to love them because you love them, you know? So it's like obedience and then like a heart for those people to actually love them, you know?

Breakthrough Church (26:00.627)
Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah.

Breakthrough Church (26:07.583)
That's right. That's good. Yeah, that's really good. And that triggered another thought I had just maybe as a closing statement for our time today. Luke, the high school kid that was with me, we got into the car to go back to the church to debrief. And he was like, man, thank you so much for setting that example. It was so great for me to see you move and kind of just love on those people and minister to them and stuff. And I was like, man, I really appreciate you saying that. And do you want to know how I learned to do this?

because it was not long time ago, I would have been a complete mess not knowing how to navigate anything. I said, do you know how I learned how to do this? And he kind of looked at me and was unsure. And I said, I started doing it. I started doing it. I didn't watch a YouTube video. didn't go to a class or a lecture to try to figure out how to do evangelism. I just started doing it. And I built into my life in the same way that I build into my...

Breakthrough Church (26:47.821)
Yeah.

Breakthrough Church (27:02.313)
daily practice, time in the Word and prayer, I built a weekly rhythm of setting aside time for evangelism. Tuesday afternoons, at that time actually, the beginning goes Tuesday mornings, but now Tuesday afternoons from one to four is my time to go out and do evangelism. And there's nothing that can change that schedule unless I'm out of town. In the same way, nothing can change that I read my Bible and pray in the morning. And when you commit to that, it's not only does God use that time,

Breakthrough Church (27:09.848)
Mm-hmm.

Breakthrough Church (27:31.647)
for his purposes, but you begin to become a person who wants to do that. Not just in the Tuesday afternoon, but in your everyday life. In the restaurants you go to, you pray for the waitress or waiter or the grocery store, you pray for the clerk or the person that's shopping for clothes right next to you, or you just become aware of all the opportunities God puts in front of you every single day. And then you take advantage, because you're not afraid anymore, because you've been doing it and you've seen God move. if anybody's a...

this hesitant or discouraged, I just say jump in, cross the chicken line as a threshold of just like, you just gotta go for it, one, two, three, go, pray for the person, ask how you can pray, share the gospel, just do it and you will not regret it. So as always, I close with some invitations. Come join us on Saturday at five o'clock to worship this weekend at Loft City, 1320 Holly Drive in Richardson. We pray on Tuesday mornings at 5.15 a.m.

which is not too early, okay? It's not too early, I promise. On Tuesday mornings, 5.15 a.m. at the branch in Farmers Branch, and then Wednesday evenings at 6.30 at Loft, the same place we meet on Saturdays. Please join us for all of those. And one more thing, save the date, Friday, May 22nd, 5 to 7 p.m. We're gonna do a block party, kicking off the summer and just inviting our neighbors in Richardson.

to come and celebrate us. And really, we're trying to create opportunities to bless people and do exactly what we've been just sharing about and do it even more so with those people that show up to the party. So we'd love for you guys to come Friday, May 22nd at five and seven. Sal, closing thought.

Is that it? Okay. All right. Yes. Yes. Ditto, ditto. Awesome. Cool. Thanks. Thanks for being here. So I appreciate you, bro. All right. Peace.

Breakthrough Church (29:09.804)
Not really. You know, all those things. Yeah. Yeah, yeah,

Yeah, for sure, man. Yeah, this is fun. It's great.