{"id":2216,"date":"2025-11-20T09:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2025-11-24T06:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:39:21","slug":"102-16-nov-2025-colombo-street-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2216","title":{"rendered":"102. 16-Nov 2025: Colombo Street, Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello family, our last day outreach here in Christchurch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We started the morning in worship at C3 Church, where we are staying. Ps Paul invited us up the the stage to share a little about Souls For Christ to the congregation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We announced the upcoming evangelism workshop, that Ps Paul had arranged for us to speak at, on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also invited everyone to come join us in an outreach on Colombo Street after the service. We received a great message on the finished work of The Cross in the service.<\/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=\"Colombo Street, Christchurch, 17 November 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzMhgumCZb4?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>Sister Phillipa from C3 Church was the only one who turned up to join us from the workshop. This was her first time evangelising on the street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phillipa picked up the mantel immediately as the river of the Holy Spirit flowed through her impacting the people before her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She immediately got involved, and started ministering with people coming up for food and prayer. We encouraged her to also lead people through the salvation prayer, and she did, praise God.  What a joy to see her boldly bringing people to Christ!<\/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>1 Peter 4:10 <\/strong>  As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another,\u00a0as good stewards of\u00a0the manifold grace of God.\u00a0If anyone speaks,\u00a0let him speak\u00a0as the\u00a0oracles of God. If anyone ministers,\u00a0let him do it\u00a0as with the ability which God supplies, that\u00a0in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the\u00a0dominion forever and ever. Amen.<\/mark><\/em><\/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=\"Colombo Street, Christchurch, 17 November 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5o85CuiSerQ?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>When we arrived a church band with a group of praise dancers where in full swing. They were about thirty metres from our barbecue location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The atmosphere was already charged as God&#8217;s presence was amplified through the street. Shouts of praise to Jesus and gospel music echoed through the street, as a group of twenty people danced joyfully in choreography. A lovely sight, to see and hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Psalm 118:21-24  <\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">I will praise You,<br>For You have&nbsp;answered me,<br>And have become my salvation.<\/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\">The stone&nbsp;which&nbsp;the builders rejected<br>Has become the chief cornerstone.<br>This was the&nbsp;Lord\u2019s doing;<br>It&nbsp;is&nbsp;marvelous in our eyes.<br>This&nbsp;is&nbsp;the day the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;has made;<br>We will rejoice and be glad in it.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251116_114933-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251116_114933-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251116_114933-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251116_114933-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251116_114933-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251116_114933-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251116_114933-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brother Warren and wife Roseanna Smith we met up with at  Urban Oasis C3 Church. Warren is Managing Director at SSS Distributors and Christian Superstore in Christchurch. Also Regional Director at Derek Prince Ministries. <br><br>Warren invited us to the store to bless us with bibles to hand out on the street. He loaded up two big boxes of bibles, a range of children&#8217;s gospel books and many helpful bible literature books.<\/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>Proverbs 21:21 <\/strong>  He who follows righteousness and mercy<br>Finds life, righteousness, and honor.<\/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>Proverbs 19:17 <\/strong> He who has pity on the poor lends to the\u00a0Lord,<br>And He will pay back what he has given.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so very thankful to You Father God for this blessing. For You knew we had run out of bibles and answered our prayers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bless You Father for Your abundance richly suppling the spiritually hungry and thirsty precious souls. Thank You Jesus for Your living water, which You offer freely to all. 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>Deuteronomy 28:12 <\/strong>  The\u00a0Lord\u00a0will open to you His good\u00a0treasure, the heavens,\u00a0to give the rain to your land in its season, and\u00a0to bless all the work of your hand.\u00a0You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people who came up to the table loved the books. We set a limit of one per person so as many people as possible would have the opportunity to take God&#8217;s word home with them.<\/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>Isaiah 40:8 <\/strong> The grass withers, the flower fades,<br>But\u00a0the word of our God stands forever.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>119 people made the decision to surrender their hearts to Jesus, today. Thank You Holy Spirit, Glory to Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Occasionally someone will refuse prayer, which is ok. They just receive the blessing of food and drink. We might just share a little about Jesus and bless them. A seed sown in love by the Holy Spirit. 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>Isaiah 9:2 NKJ. <\/strong> The people who walked in darkness<br>Have seen a great light;<br>Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,<br>Upon them a light has shined.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Father God for a wonderful last outreach day here in Christchurch. Thank you for all the precious souls chosen by you to be drawn out of the corrupted, into the incorruptible. From mortal to immortal. From darkness to light. Thank you Jesus, that your light now shines through them as you renew them day by day, from glory to glory. 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>1 Peter 1:23 <\/strong>  having been born again, not of\u00a0corruptible seed but\u00a0incorruptible,\u00a0through the word of God which lives and abides\u00a0forever<\/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>1 Corinthians 15:53-54<\/strong>  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and\u00a0this mortal\u00a0must\u00a0put on immortality.\u00a0So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written:\u00a0\u201cDeath is swallowed up in victory.<\/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, our last day outreach here in Christchurch. 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