Victory report from Metal Bible outreach on Metallsvenskan!

by MetalForJesus Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:19 am

VICTORY REPORT FROM METALLSVENSKAN 2015!
Back again from the Metal Bible outreach last weekend at the Metal Festival Metallsvenskan! Last weekend 3/4 of the leadership in CMI went to Metallsvenskan and did a Metal Bible outreach. We teamed up with Metal Sanctuary and several locals including two rocking priests from Svenska Kyrkan (Lutheran church).
We went there to be available to God to minister to those we would meet and we had plenty of Metal Bibles with us. We also had lots of Christian Metal CDs/LPs and merchandise from ours shops Metal Community and White Metal Shop in our booth.
When we had built the tent and put everything in place we started the outreach by laying it all in God's hands and praying that God would lead us and use us there to be a blessing and minister to those that would come to our booth. We celebrated the Lord's Supper and proclaimed that our tent would be an oasis for the kingdom of God and prayed in Jesus mighty name that the evil forces would be bound and not be able to do anything against us or our booth.
Then when we gathered and had communion suddenly without a warning a blowing of a very violent wind came and rain started falling. Then maybe 15 minutes later the wind just calmed down totally and the sun started shining. We took this as a confirmation that God was with us and had things under control.
Our booth this year was located just outside the entrance to the pub area and the toilets, which was good cause then many had to pass our booth on the way to the pub or toilet. Smiley wink
As always at Metal Bible outreaches we put up signs with the text "Feel free take a Metal Bible". Then those that were interested came to our booth and picked a copy of it.
The outreach went great and the interest for the Metal Bible and Christian Metal was much bigger this year than last year. Already the first day 130 Metal Bibles was distributed and we had several really good talks about faith!
During the day several bands played including the satanic band Behemoth. We strongly felt an evil presence over the area when they played. Interestingly though, was that when they played hordes of metalheads left the Behemoth gig and came to our booth instead! They came to us to talk, take Metal Bibles and buy Christian Metal. I believe that they too felt the evil atmosphere when Behemoth played and wanted to get away from it and therefore were drawn to our booth instead, cause that felt that there was a totally different atmosphere (God's presence) at our place.
After this successful first day we then fell asleep with a big smile on our faces. The next day the weather was however not good at all. It rained right from the start and then it kept raining THE WHOLE day, with some short pauses! Needless to say huge parts of the festival area became filled with mud and water.
But God was there in the mud showing His presence and this day we also got many good talks about Christian faith and many Metal Bibles were distributed.
During the festival a total of 363 Metal Bibles (360 Swedish + 2 English + 1 Russian) were distributed! Praise GOD!! Of these 363 copies 50 of them were distributed to one of the restaurant's in the festival area, that wanted to have them so their guests could take them! Wow, talk about cool doors that GOD opens!
The Bible teaches us to take up our cross daily and follow Jesus. (Luke 9:23) I think that the thick layer of mud that covered our boots, and came on our pants and on our bags was the cross we carried on this festival! But it was definitely worth it, cause we did this because we care for people and want them to find Christ and in that perspective all the mud and rain is just a small sacrifice that we gladly do for His kingdom.
Keep praying for all we met during the outreach. Pray that God will continue His work in them and work through the Metal Bibles and Christian Metal albums and merchandise they bought.
Last but not least we want to give GOD all the glory for all the things that He did during the outreach!
We also really want to THANK all that that have prayed for this outreach! Your prayers means more than word can say.
In His Service
Johannes, Hulda and Henrik
CMI (Christian Metalheads International)

Photos from the Metal Bible outreach can be seen at
https://www.facebook.com/themetalbibleofficial/photos_stream

www.themetalbible.com
www.metalcommunity.se
www.whitemetalshop.se
www.christianmetalheadsinternational.com
www.metalsanctuary.org
www.svenskakyrkan.se