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January 19, 2017 by John Wright

A prelude to teaching a pastorate

On Tuesday 18 October I was asked by Andrew and Maggie Colvin to speak to their HTB Pastorate about witnessing to strangers. So the Lord went before!

  1. On Sunday 16 October, as Susan and I were out walking, we met a young couple with two children. I told the young man he was a Policeman. He was – from the armed response unit. He was amazed and told me he had a Christian family praying for him. I gave my testimony and he went off with Voice.
  2. On Monday 17 October I was driving down a narrow Norfolk lane and stopped to apologise to two ladies for driving them into the ditch. I then asked if they knew what happens when we die? One lady said, ‘I am going to Heaven.’ I asked her to tell us how she met God. The other lady then prayed to receive Jesus as her Saviour and both were given Voice
  3. On Tuesday 18 October I was at the dentist at 9am. I sensed that the lady in front of me checking in at Reception was a Nurse, but could not speak to her then. In the waiting room I STUPIDLY asked what she did. She said that she had been a nurse, but could not manage the stress. I gave my testimony and said that Jesus would give her the peace she needed. She then prayed with me to be born again and went off with Voice.
  4. Later on Tuesday 18 October I was waiting for the London train at Norwich Station. I noticed a smart African lady and went up to her to say, ‘Excuse me, Madam, but you have the most elegant red shoes in Norwich today.’ I then told her that I knew someone who had said about her, ‘She has stolen my heart.’ She asked who that was and I said it was Jesus and gave her Voice. She turned out to be a Pentecostal Christian, and ordered 200 Voice on the train from FGB HQ. Praise the Lord – someone who saw the importance of Voice!

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Andrew wrote:  “You spurred us all on hugely!”

Maggie wrote:  “It was awesome and will have far greater impact than you could possibly know.”

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About John Wright

John Wright is a director of ‘Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship’ and is renowned for his fearless engagement in personal evangelism. He has also produced a DVD on ‘Talking to Strangers’.

From a privileged background, he is also no stranger to the police, having served time in prison for a crime he strongly denies which got him into the Guinness book of records for the longest trial ever!

God, however had a plan and John was able to use the Holy Spirit to heal fellow prisoners and over 40 of them came to faith!

Although firmly believing he was wrongly convicted, he never harboured a grudge against the police service, and founded the stoppacoppa society - an initiative to encourage everyone to show appreciation for police officers, by stopping them in the street and telling them!

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