Prayer Answered through The Great Controversy Outreach

DALLAS, TEX. – Of the many ways to reach communities with the message of Jesus and His soon return, one method Seventh-day Adventists are encouraged to use is sharing literature, particularly The Great Controversy. More than 100 churches participated in that outreach on April 25, distributing nearly 200,000 copies across Texas.

In partnership with Streams of Light International, volunteers throughout the greater Dallas area distributed books the week before the conference-wide distribution. In the Dallas area alone, more than 40,000 copies of The Great Controversy were shared, resulting in nearly 300 Bible study requests.

The impact of this community outreach is captured in the following story. 

Alyssa knocked on a door, and a young man answered. She handed him a packet and spent several minutes talking with him before offering prayer.

Tearfully, the man shared about the struggles he had been facing and his disappointment with the church he had been attending. He said that during a recent service, he felt impressed that “this isn’t the right church,” and since then had been praying for direction.

Alyssa invited him to a church gathering. During the event, they shared a meal, made connections with church members and participated in testimony time. He also connected with Joshua Reyna, associate pastor of the Mosaic Christian Fellowship Seventh-day Adventist Church, to begin Bible studies.

The man later shared that only minutes before Alyssa arrived, he had been crying and praying for guidance about what to do next. Then came the knock on his door, and right there on his doorstep, God answered in a way he felt was truly divine. 

That is the power of taking the time to knock on someone’s door and pray with them. We often have no idea what battles people are fighting behind those doors, but when we step out in faith, we step into divine appointments. Hearts are already being prepared. Prayers are already being prayed, and when we show up, doors don’t just open—hearts  do too.

By Byron Corbett

Evangelism and Sabbath School Director

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