Open Air In Five Places In One Day

Just this last Saturday Joel and I wanted to go to five places and read the word of GOD out in the open air and then also if felt lead by the LORD, we would also preach the Law & the Gospel while we were there.

Well I started off at the Farmers Market around 8:30 a.m.

There ways a lot of people there that morning around maybe 30 to 40 people.

I got up on the bench and started reading from The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5 - 7) and just as I had got to verse 9 a woman that had a booth there come up to me to stop me and wanted to know if I had a permit to be there, that I was distributing her.
I told her; "no mam, that I do not have to have one, I am on a public sidewalk, and I have a Freedom of Speech ( which I had already checked at our Mayors' Office and they told me that we do not have to have a permit in Fort Smith if we want to Open Air Preach)

She then told me; "well that sidewalk is own by the city so it is private!"
I then nicely told her; "No mam this is a public side walk" (which I have already checked with the city police a few months ago to fine out what sidewalks were public)
She then told me; "Well I am gonna go to the city and make a complaint, I go to Church every Sunday, and so I hear it every Sunday!!"
I told her; "Great if you truly love the LORD, then you should love to hear the WORD of GOD anytime it is read, and if you don't then there must be something wrong, and just to let you know that just going to Church on Sundays does not save a person, so Mam I am gonna go back to reading the WORD and if you truly Love the LORD you should enjoy me reading it."
She then stomp away mad.
(Please keep her in your Prayers)

I then went back to reading were I had stooped at which the next verse was this:

Matthew 5:10-12 (KJV)

"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you."

Then I just went back to reading The Sermon on the Mount and then preaching the Law & the Gospel of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST!

By this time Joel had met up with me so we then went to Creekmore Park.

We both read from the WORD of GOD out in the open air.

I read The Sermon on the Mount and Joel read 1 John 1-5.

Our next stop was Tilles Park

There was a big group of people there having a party.

Joel and I read from the WORD of GOD and then I preached the Law & th Gospel.

After we gave out a few tract we headed to Carol Ann Cross Park.

There was only a few people out there, but I knew that the LORD JESUS would have whoever HE wanted to hear the message be out there.

There was a young man with his daughter out there fishing by the Gazebo, that had stayed and listened to us for awhile.

I started off by reading from The Sermon on the Mount and then preached the Law & the Gospel.

Then right before I had got done preaching I could see some one just barely out of the corner of my left eye come up to us and then I notice the person was gone.
It was a young man that had been listening to us, and then wanted to stop by and give us some Gatorade.

Then Joel read Proverbs 18 for that day.

Then we headed to Ben Geren Park.

There was two big parties going on between the kids play area,
so we just set up by a tree between them both.

I started to read (yes you guessed it) The Sermon on the Mount.

As I was reading I saw a Sheriff vehicle pull up just behind me. My first though was; "well maybe someone at one of the parties had call in a compliant on us, well I am just gonna keep reading."

Then the Park Ranger pulled in behind us also.

Then a Sheriff car pulled in to the right of us.

I just keep on reading. Then notice that they went over to talk to a man that was sitting over on a table to the right of us. Which had really brought a crowd of people around to see what was going on.

Come to find out the man was not to be around any Parks were there was a kids play area.

After I got done reading, Joel got up and read from Isaiah 53 and letting people know that this was written around 700 years before the death of JESUS CHRIST.

After Joel got done reading from Isaiah, he then read John chapter 1

Then I got up and read from Matthew Chapters 26 - 28.
The Officers and the Park Ranger stayed around until we were about done reading.

Then Joel went around and gave a few tracts out and this woman that was sitting at the play area told us thanks for reading today, that she had really enjoyed listening.

Please keep everyone in your prayers that heared the WORD and the The Law & The Gospel of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST Saturday!!

May all Praise and Glory go to
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!!