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Post by praying4souls on Nov 25, 2006 14:33:04 GMT -5
I'm a C3 quadriplegic I can barely use my arms or my legs I have an electric wheel chair and I go out and pass out gospel tracts and preach within my local community.
For the last two years I purotically go to our local shopping mall. I have asked the mall manager for permission to distribute gospel tracts, she gave me the OK!
However she did not inform all security of her decision which upon distributing gospel tracts I've been continually harassed by security which I have informed them I have talked to the manager.
This has been going on for three years!
They have recently told me to stop again passing out gospel literature, which have agreed to!
Upon doing so I was leaving the mall and they had me surrounded with city police and mall security which I'm in a wheelchair.
I go to the mall to get a haircut or to shop and the security are following me in my shadow.
They recently told me that I cannot even preach.
Last night the day after Thanksgiving me in a friend again went to the mall, he passed out tracts within Sears, Macy's, JCPenney's and talk to people about Jesus and their soul.
I did not however pass out any gospel literature just talk to people personally but my friend did both.
The mall was closing so it's time to leave upon exiting the mall a city police stopped us and told us the head of security needed to talk to us.
Within two minutes a sheriff and two security vehicles and the local police had us surrounded, I told them I was not breaking any rules and I was complying to the order of not passing out gospel literature but however I was preaching one on one. She pulled out a gospel track and told me that I was lying, I told her that my friend passed out the tracks and she believed me and told my friend that if he continued to pass out gospel literature & preach in the name of Jesus we would be banned from the property
our freedom is slowly being taken away, Eric
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Post by luketentwo on Nov 25, 2006 17:21:34 GMT -5
Eric, keep sharing the truth! Praise God for your boldness!!!!!!
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Post by robco on Nov 25, 2006 18:07:54 GMT -5
Eric, remember;
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Matt. 5:10-12
God Bless you brother.
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Post by berean73 on Nov 25, 2006 20:42:13 GMT -5
Amen
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Post by biblethumper on Nov 25, 2006 22:19:49 GMT -5
Keep preaching, Eric!
God is with you!
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Post by mahatma on Nov 26, 2006 1:11:20 GMT -5
I'm not clear on how the message that it is ok for you to preach there failed to get from the mall manager to the security guards over the course of three years and multiple run-ins with the security force and local city police. Have you gone back to the manager to verify your agreement, ask her to remind her security guys, or to perhaps give you a letter on corporate letterhead verifying her agreement to your preaching there? It just seems very very odd that in over three years of harassment it hasn't gotten worked out.
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Post by supergirl79 on Nov 26, 2006 1:57:43 GMT -5
WOW! And double WOW!
I was just amazed at the first sentence itself...you are a quadriplegic and you are faithful to share the Gospel AND you even continue through persecution!!
We who do not need the assistance of a wheelchair are so spoiled...many of us can't get our butts off of the couch and our eyes away from the TV long enough to go and pass out some tracts and share the Gospel with people, but you can barely use your limbs and you go out. WOW! We have no excuse! I think I will have to share this with my Church!
I pray that God will give you opportunities to share the Gospel...By the way, I heard that in some states, if you go through the hoops and fill out the paper work, you can actually get a table at the mall to distribute literature and talk to people...now wouldn't that be crazy if you were able to get that deal at that mall and then have those security guards just try to kick you out! HA!
I will be praying for your ministry to grow! You have already been an encouragment to me!
Thank you and God bless you!
-Stephanie
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Post by Jesse Morrell on Nov 28, 2006 14:37:08 GMT -5
Do they at least let you have your "turn or burn" sign on your wheel chair?
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