ANSWERED PRAYER FOR OPEN DOORS!

LINDA THE LUTHERAN

God opened the first door on the flight to Halifax.

I started a conversation with a senior on the airplane named Linda who had recently bought a house just a few streets away from where I grew up. Coincidence? I think not!

As I heard her story and got to know her a bit better, it turned out that we shared military family in common. She soon asked me what I did for a living, to which I responded “Today I’m a Christian minister, but it wasn’t always that way! Can I share my story with you?”

“Sure!” she said.

Because I took a sincere interest in Linda’s life (and Lutheran church upbringing), she listened intently to my salvation story, which bridged nicely to me personally discovering the true meaning of Christmas. She was very thankful to receive the cash tract sharing the true meaning of Christmas too!

FRIENDS FOR LIFE

God opened the next door for Dawn when she met with her high school friends.

Dawn has done her best to keep connected with this group of girls, and as the only Christian among them, each has certainly been watching and wondering why her life has played out so “positively” proportionate to their own.

Well, as the conversation unfolded and Dawn testified to Who makes her different, not only did they listen, but it turned out that a couple of them even wanted to visit a local church too!

“Coincidentally” there was a solid Christian church just around the corner from where the group met, and Dawn and I were even able to worship there on Sunday, meet the pastor, and grab gift Bible to give to the girl who was most interested in going.

TESTIFYING TO TORONTONIANS

God opened another door when we met with my high school friend and her family.

I’ve tried to keep in touch with this high achieving Halifax friend over the years, and now that she’s living as the other half of a high-profile power couple in downtown Toronto, I took intentional steps to connect our families together while we were both home for Christmas.

It was certainly nice to see her again, but I didn’t expect to have such an instant and strong connection to her husband!

After I’d listened for quite some time to his personal story about his athletic scholarship and competition within a prestigious American university, he asked me what I did for a living.

“Today I’m a Christian minister, but it wasn’t always that way! Can I share my story with you?”

“Of course!”

So, seeing the open door of gospel opportunity, I confidently stepped through it by sharing my personal story of salvation that I’ve shared so many times before…most recently with Linda!

After we all hugged and said our goodbye’s in Halifax, my high school friend sent their contact information in hope that we can all plan to reconnect and continue our conversation in Toronto sometime soon.

CLICK HERE to download guidelines for preparing and sharing your own gospel testimonial.

IN-LAW INVESTMENT

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” movie is great for watering gospel seed

God opened a couple more doors with my in-laws.

For the past 30+ years since our salvation and subsequent marriage, Dawn’s non-Christian parents have watched our family become more and more devoted followers of Christ – sometimes this has caused confusion and often it’s created curious questions.

The true meaning of Christmas answers the ultimate question!

That’s why every year since we’ve been saved, before we open any gifts our family opens the Bible to read aloud Luke chapter 2 and pray a simple prayer of thanks to God’s “good news of great joy” that our Savior has been born and He is Christ the Lord.

This past Christmas we continued this Bible-reading tradition and we also watched together a fantastic, family-friendly, and faith-sharing movie called “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. I highly recommend this resource for further watering gospel seed!  

A CONVO WITH MY COUSIN

God opened another door with a cousin, her daughter…and even my mother!

My cousin, a devout Roman Catholic, dropped by with her daughter for a visit to again express her condolences to my mother and I for the loss of my brother.

As we sat down to catch-up, I casually asked: “How is your Christmas break going?” She immediately began to talk about how it hasn’t really been a “break” at all since she’s been tirelessly serving for the various events at her church. As she recited all the dates and details, her daughter made the comment: “I advocate for her with the church to make sure she isn’t overworked.” That’s good!

The conversation then turned to me, when my cousin asked: “So what do you do, Cory?”

“I lead an organization that equips Christians to share their faith with non-Christians and also help them understand why they go to church.”

“Interesting!” she said, and then asked: “I’ve noticed that there aren’t many younger people at church these days. Why do you think that is, Cory?”

So, I then turned to her daughter, saying: “You’re a younger person. Can I ask you 3 questions about that?”

“Sure!” she said.

For the next several minutes (with her mother and my mother listening!), I asked and she answered “The 3 Big Questions” of life and death matters, as taught in TCC seminars and modeled on The Cross Current TV programs.

Suffice to say that her mother was shocked to learn that her own daughter professed total unbelief in God as Creator and no hope for any sort of eternity with Him.

“That’s quite typical of young people these days, and likely why they don’t go to church. My passion is to intelligently share with young people and all people why I’m a Christian and go to church and why they need to be reconciled to God through Christ and go to church as well.”

The three of us then immediately shared our contact information and agreed to continue keeping in touch about such an important topic in light of eternity.

CLICK HERE to watch our GO Teams Media evangelists converse and connect with young adults on “The 3 Big Questions” that matter most!

WILL YOU PLEASE PRAY?

Our family is beyond thankful to God for answering our prayers and opening so many doors of gospel opportunity while we were back home in Halifax for the holidays.

But will you please pray for my lost loved ones and for me as well?

Please pray that God grows the gospel seed sown and watered in the hearts of all those who again heard His Word while we were in Halifax.

But please also pray for me personally. I started experiencing a few health concerns amidst all the spiritual warfare over Christmas and the symptoms have persisted since landing back in London. Your prayers for God’s peace and healing for me would be deeply appreciated!

I again thank God for you and your partnership in His gospel!

Because Canada needs Christ,

• Please pray for God’s great grace to rest on our entire ministry team as we plan the work and the plan He’s given us for 2026.

   

• Please pray for a full room of guests to give generously at our upcoming Burlington Gospel Gala on Monday, March 9.

   

• Please pray for all of our gospel partners and ministry supporters to experience God’s grace and blessing this entire year.