The Edge of Hell

International House of Prayer
Kansas City, MO
Gloria Gault Geary

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12: 30-31

Kansas City is considered the Haunted House capital of America. Each year thousands go downtown and pay $20.00 per haunted house to be frightened. One of the best known haunts is called, The Edge of Hell. This past Friday night, I joined the evangelism group and went to witness to the crowds waiting in line to get in.
Now I have taken the class, “Sharing Jesus without Fear “and I know my Bible and love the Lord Jesus, but the thought of sharing the Gospel with total strangers (most of them drunk) outside a haunted house surrounded by haunted houses in a dark warehouse district in the center of a big city on a cold night was not the most delightful way I could imagine spending my Friday evening. But I figured if God had called me to take my kids and witness around the world, I better start practicing now.
You will never guess what I learned! They were hungry to hear about God. Yes, hungry! We were there about 3 hours and I probably spoke to a minimum of 75 people and only 2 would not let me pray for them. That means I prayed for 73 people! They loved it. They hugged me. They thanked me! What a relief!
It was fun. I fell in love with so many of them. Jeremy who was probably 18 years old said, “I need that love” when I told him that God loves him more than any love he has ever experienced. Brittany, a 5-foot petite punk rocker with a Mohawk haircut who first said she was an agnostic said, “I want to know the truth.”
One of the greatest lessons I learned in the class “Sharing Jesus without Fear” is that I am not responsible for converting individuals to Christ (that is the job of the Holy Spirit). I am responsible for sharing the love of Jesus to others by being a witness of His love to me. Who do you know who does NOT want love? God’s love is more than we can even begin to understand. He created us. He uniquely created you. He knows every good and bad thing about you AND He still loves you! He is waiting for us to turn to Him and receive His love. If you haven’t received His love, just pray and ask God to show you the truth and His love, and then watch how wonderfully God reveals Himself to you.