He goes on there and says in Ecclesiastes 4
for if one fall they will lift up his fellow.
You know the other great thing being sent out two by two is the encouragement that you receive.
But woe to him that is alone when he falleth for
there hath not another to help him. You know you might be out there soul winning and you have a bad door
and somebody's got a bad spirit and don't let that scare you away.
I remember when I first started I was so nervous about that
about having some jerk at the door. You know is he going to say something nasty
or just you know be annoyed that you're there. That's going to happen.
But you know what? You got to just learn to shake the dust off your feet and move on.
And a soul winning partner will help you do that. You know that's one thing I always try to do if I ever
am out there and somebody you know it's the other person's turn to talk and they
knock on the door and they have a bad experience. You know someone's just being nasty at the door
whatever rude.
And you know the temptation is to walk away and get in the flesh and just you know that jerk
and just think all the things. But as a soul winning partner when I see that happen to my partner
when they go through that I immediately try to get their mind on something else.
You know I try to talk to them, try to keep a conversation going so you can forget it.
I mean we should try it because as human beings I remember being told this
you know when I was working in customer service is that we always tend to remember
the bad experiences. You know if you work with customers you never remember that great customer
who came in and was very helpful and kind and patient and was appreciative of your work.
You always remember that mean nasty person who came in and had nothing to do but complain
and go to the manager and give you a hard time. I mean those are the people you remember.
So when we're out you know soul winning often you know that's that's easy to do we get a bad door
we get discouraged we say man what a jerk and we're taking that spirit to the next door
that attitude that discouragement as we go and knock on the door here is it going to be another one of those jerks?
You know that's why as a silent or not a silent partner but as a soul winning partner
when you go with somebody you can make it a point to encourage them. Say hey you know forget about that guy.
And the more you do that the more natural it becomes. I mean I've gotten to the point now where
people are a jerk I didn't see it and I just go on and it really doesn't even faze me hard anymore.
But that's something that you grow into and I believe that's something that a good soul winning partner will help you with.
That they won't sit there and you know they'll encourage you to just move on they won't say
you're right that guy was a jerk you know and he just carries on.
But that's some good reasons why the model going out two by two is important.