pocket full of tickets to Heaven on St. Patricks day

Well I just got back from going downtown on St. Patrick's Day on my lunch break. I felt so nervous and prayed the whole way there, I just knew that there would be divine encounters. As I proceeded to hand out Gospel tracts to people I could feel the Lord really helping me get out of my comfort zone. As mobs of people dressed in green approached it was interesting in the different responses I got. One group would say "thanks", another would yell out"what the heck is this"?

Anyways I got into a conversion with a man who wanted to know what I was handing out, and as I gave him one he asked what it was. Well I told him what I tell people when they ask, its a Gospel tract sir. He didn't what what that was, so I told him the Gospel is good news on how you can get to Heaven. He smiled but still wanted to know that a tract was.

That made me laugh a little bit because I don't think I had ever been asked that question before. I explained to him that it's information, and information on how he can get to Heaven. Then he said he already knew of a way to get to Heaven, but was open to another. How interesting, he took the Gospel tract and as he turned to walk away he told me that he would read it and thanked me. And here I was really hoping it would be pouring rain just to keep everyone away from the bars and got to plant a seed.

Then another man who was wearing a green top hat walked by me and it looked like he was carrying a Bible with one of those Bible cases enclosing it. Before he could step off the street and into a coffee joint I handed him a Gospel tract and as he start to read it he put his head down into a sluggish stance. I could tell something wasn't right, and as he walked away not even going into the coffee shop I begin to pray for him too.

Well it seems it's getting crazier each year in our college town and the number of those who have been drinking seem to be going up. Lets keep praying for the Gospel to radically impact this town for Jesus Christ.

Also be in prayer for our law enforcement officials in Butte and Glenn counties as they plan DUI patrols in connection with St. Patrick's Day.  Many of our officers are working overtime patrolling our streets in the Chico area, looking for and arresting impaired drivers and are underpaid as they are put in harms way not knowing if they will be returning home to their families.