I've done door to door evangelism in rural and urban settings in 4 different countries. In Western countries it can be challenging. In Fiji, I was invited inside homes and got to share the gospel with whole families. I remember a time when I got to pray for a woman's son and led him to Christ with his mother crying in the background from what was happening.
In Australia and New Zealand, I've been able to pray with people at their door. I just ask if I can pray or if they have any requests they'd like prayer over. I've also been to some places that were pretty sketchy... For sure, people have a right to shut their door in your face and if you're someone who's insecure then you definitely need to pray for protection over your mind and identity in Christ.
Some things that I do while going door to door is asking God to give a word of knowledge or something that He would like to specifically share with whoever answers. I've come to realize that God has specific things that He wants to share with those around me and a lot of the times if I'm making myself available to hear Him amidst door knocking it's a chance for God to manifest His word to someone's blind and darkened mind or hard heart. I might be the only point of contact that person may receive in knowing God.
Have you heard of treasure hunting? What you are doing is what treasure hunting is about. Basically you pray beforehand for clues such as appearance, location (where the person is) things they might need prayer or healing for, and so on. Ive never done it myself, but I was found by treasure hunters, right after I prayed for a church that fit my needs (and yes the church I am now as as a result fits my needs perfectly).
A couple of weeks ago the lady who 'hunted' me, gave a talk about this way of evangelism, and I was really surprised to hear that she was totally terrified of going out and approaching people at the start (I just assumed she was one of those confident fervent types who have no fear at all of doing that sort of thing), anyway she said that it was much much easier once they bit the bullet and did it, this way, as instead of just approaching everyone, and coming across as someone who is just keen to 'evangelize' as many people as possible with no real interest in the individual, they were able to show people a list of clues that they had which were about that person and sometimes the person would be really blown away by the accuracy of the clues, and often there would be other non visible clues about what was going on in the life of the person that were also on this list.
It sounds like it is a much easier way to get out there than just approaching everyone, and I get the feeling that the people who have been doing it, have also been blessed themselves when they have seen miracles, in the accuracy of the people they found or healed ppl etc.
I feel as though a lot of the christians that approached me when i was not one, were trying to convince me via logic or reason, or just a good presentation. Which is kinda illogical really - as it leaves out the best part of the sales pitch, god himself. Given evangelism is for god, and is his will, seems logical to me to ask him to guide those who are gutsy enough to get out and do this.
Do you have any special stories about the things that have happened when you approached people as a result of what god was telling you Sanerive?
