{"id":1930,"date":"2025-10-27T08:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2026-01-01T02:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:01:20","slug":"90-22-24-oct-2025-colombo-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1930","title":{"rendered":"90. 22-24th Oct 2025: Colombo Street, Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello family in Christ. This post is combining the 22nd and 24th of October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These days are very typical of outreach on Colombo Street. Lots of preaching on Cashel Street, Crossing Mall, Bus Terminal and Colombo Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bus Terminal, Colombo Street  27 October 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kmcm6HryrnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brothers and sisters in Christ; Chris, Samson and Aileen joined us to preach the gospel to the passersby&#8217;s through the streets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We witnessed to people, handing tracts out and praying for those who would take the time to stop. Gods presence always strong as Holy Spirit ministers in the peoples hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Psalm 121:5 <\/strong>  The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;is&nbsp;your&nbsp;keeper;<br>The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;is&nbsp;your shade&nbsp;at your right hand.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of the day my legs are usually a bit tired. I carry a day pack with bibles, discipleship manuals, tracts, water and a coat. I guess it does weigh me down a bit, but it is all worth it when somebody needs a bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our routine for the city is to finish between 5.00pm and 6.00pm, then head off to PaknSave for supplies, then back to camp. We are so blessed everyday by our faithful Father, who knows exactly what we need and provides always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank You Father God for all Your blessings and provision. Thank You for drawing in all Your precious people into You. Thank You for renewing us day by day into the likeness of Jesus, who dwells within us. Amen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank You for Your perfect plans, paths and inheritance You have given us. Thank You for Your righteousness that clothes us Jesus. For Yours is the Power and Glory forever. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Titus 3:5  <\/strong> But when&nbsp;the kindness and the love of&nbsp;God our Savior toward man appeared,&nbsp;not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through&nbsp;the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,&nbsp;whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,&nbsp;that having been justified by His grace&nbsp;we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Romans 8:11 <\/strong> But if the Spirit of&nbsp;Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,&nbsp;He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies&nbsp;through His Spirit who dwells in you.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>2 Thessalonians 2:13 <\/strong>  But we are&nbsp;bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God&nbsp;from the beginning&nbsp;chose you for salvation&nbsp;through&nbsp;sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,&nbsp;to which He called you by our gospel, for&nbsp;the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bless you and your families with love from your brother in Christ, please comment by clicking on the post title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You can navigate to our SFC YouTube channel by clicking here:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist\">www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About <strong>Christchurch<\/strong>, <strong>Colombo Street<\/strong>&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colombo Street<\/strong>&nbsp;is a main road of the city of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch\">Christchurch<\/a>, New Zealand. It runs south-north through the centre of Christchurch with a break at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cathedral_Square,_Christchurch\">Cathedral Square<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with many other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch_Central_City\">central Christchurch<\/a>&nbsp;streets, it is named for a colonial Anglican bishopric,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo\">Colombo<\/a>, Sri Lanka in what at the time was known as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\">Ceylon<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1738\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Parts of the street which run through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sydenham,_New_Zealand\">Sydenham<\/a>&nbsp;were known as&nbsp;<strong>Addison Street<\/strong>&nbsp;during the 1880s, and some parts were known as&nbsp;<strong>Colombo Road<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo_Street#cite_note-CSN-C-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello family in Christ. 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