Prophecy, Dreams, and Evangelism: Revealing God's Love Through Divine Encounters

by Doug Addison

Book Overview

Every day we come in contact with hundreds of people who do not know God's love, acceptance, and power. Too often our efforts to reach them are received as turn-offs. Imagine what would happen if we... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584831030
• ISBN13: 9781584831037
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Streams Publishing Co
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The heart of God

This simple, yet profound book will change you! Back to Basics! Love God, love people. Show them God's love by demonstration. This book is heart to heart. I highly recommend it, read it, spread it around and share it with others. It will change your life. A part that really hit home with me is the love & acceptance of others without judgment, To nudge someone a step closer and be satisfied is much more fruitful than the hard sell/ hit them over the head with a hammer approach like a solicitor on the phone at dinner time.

EXCELLENT EVANGELISM BOOK FOR TODAY'S WORLD

I used to get so discouraged when my evangelism efforts didn't lead someone to salvation right on the spot. After reading Doug's book it helped me realize everyone is in a process and planting and watering a seed is just as valuable as putting in the sickle for the harvest. Doug gives many practical tips for just being nice to people and showing the love of Jesus. He takes the fear out of evangelism and helps you make it a lifestyle. He also explains in easy terms what prophecy is and how we can all exercise this gift of the Holy Spirit. Well worth passing out copies to all your Christian friends! I highly recommend it!!

The Real Deal

My experience with this book is deeply personal. I have had a deep faith my entire life and have been raised in an evangelical environment, but I have never been satisfied with any method of "witnessing" and in fact most methods have left me embarrassed. I could not get comfortable with traditional methods, and found that most of time, people were pushed further away from God rather than being drawn in by an expression of His love. Now, the freedom to be myself and to allow the Holy Spirit to reach out through me has revolutionized not only my attitude and approach to witnessing, but my entire philosophy in life. The servant evangelism methods that I have found a great appreciation for are enhanced by the approach of Prohphetic Evangelism. I find that opportunities to speak prophetically to clients, friends and strangers with the Prophetic Evangelism style have changed the way I think, pray and live forever. Not surprisingly, my communication with God has radically improved and increased also. GET THIS BOOK, it's the real deal. It will change you and your impact on the world.

buy it - try it

I remember reading years ago the verse where Paul said he didn't depend on an ability to persuade with words but he let God's power be demonstrated. I wanted to be able to do that but at that time I didn't know how and I hadn't really seen other people do it either. This book talks about how any of us can actually do that within our current culture and relationships. It really isn't about something as limiting as a method. It is about equipping you to be able to cooperate with God to speak to the ones he is drawing to himself. It will help you recognize the process people go through to believe in God and the types of things to do and say that are most likely to keep the conversation open. It can prepare you to hear God for other people and how to encourage them. I have read the book and I have tried the things in it at work, at the mall and on the street. I want you to know it was fun and I saw an effectiveness I hadn't experienced before. People are surprisingly open to being approached this way and are very touched when you tell them something God is saying specifically to them. I hope you buy the book and read it but I also hope you try it for yourself.

Simply the best

Prophecy, Dreams, and Evangelism is a ground-breaking, up to the minute book that has the potential to change the way we reach people altogether. It is well written, the illustrations are clear and helpful and all together *inspiring*, the teaching is just what I needed. This is no dry treatise on winning souls... this is the permission and know-how for everyone of us to powerfully and effectively impact the lives of everyone we meet - in a cafe, on the street, at the airport, in the grocery store, on the playground, at the workplace - with the heart-pounding, breath-taking, oh-so-amazing love of the One who made them. I've learned so much from Doug Addison, and by taking what I've learned and putting it into practice in my everyday life, I've seen many people come to understand the incredibly personal and profound heart of God FOR THEM! I can't recommend this book highly enough, I'd give it a 10 stars in the ratings if I could! This should be in the hands of every pastor, teacher, evangelist, bible study group, youth group, and sewing circle in the church! Even my children have learned how to help people powerfully encounter their Father who loves them, giving words of encouragement and life to other children and adults as well. Every week our teenagers are *excited* to go out to the local teen hangouts at the mall and put into practice what we've learned from Doug Addison, and the results are astounding. I've never seen anything like it. Teenagers are coming into the Kingdom at an amazing rate, and are being launched into a wonderful relationship with the Lord because they are experiencing first hand how deeply He loves them and how very interested in their lives He is! This is a book for such a time as this... right now in history, right now in the story of the church... right now in the lives of everyone we touch.