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The Good News About
An Amazing Fact: In case you think Americans
have it bad at rush hour, consider that the worst
traffic jam in history occurred in São Paulo, Brazil,
on May 9, 2014, when cars and trucks were stuck
bumper to bumper on the Marginal Pinheiros
highway for 215 miles! Gridlock on this Brazilian
commute is so common that roadside vendors make
a good living and radio stations take advantage of a
huge captive audience!
Dear friend,
Did you know that daily commuters are among the most captive audiences
on the earth?
According to traffic experts, rush-hour drivers in the most populated cities
in America spend an average of 3.5 months of their lives sitting in congestion.
(I hope you’re not one of them!) That breaks down to about 45 hours every year,
enough time to hear an entire Amazing Facts evangelistic series twice over.
Now there’s a thought! Think how fast God’s truth would spread if we could
reach these millions trapped in commuter gridlock with gospel messages? It
could spiritually revolutionize an entire city! “For the word of God is living and
powerful” (Hebrews 4:12).
A Captive Audience
I have personally seen how the power of the Word through radio transforms
so many lives. Like Wyatt, who was trapped in the gridlock of Satan’s lies and,
while only 16 years old, had been thrown into a hardened prison for a serious
crime.
Wyatt grew up in a dysfunctional home, coping with his loneliness and
pain through rock music, TV, and endless violent video games. When a Satanist
introduced him to the occult, it seemed to hold the exciting allure young Wyatt
was looking for—acceptance, power, and pleasure. The idea of living purely for
self was intoxicating, and he fell deep into partying and drugs. “The more risky
my behavior, the more exciting my life seemed to become,” he explains. But it all
came to a screeching halt when he was tried as an adult for a violent crime and
sentenced to 20 years in prison.
(over, please)
The Good News About
An Amazing Fact: In case you think Americans
have it bad at rush hour, consider that the worst
traffic jam in history occurred in São Paulo, Brazil,
on May 9, 2014, when cars and trucks were stuck
bumper to bumper on the Marginal Pinheiros
highway for 215 miles! Gridlock on this Brazilian
commute is so common that roadside vendors make
a good living and radio stations take advantage of a
huge captive audience!
Dear friend,
Did you know that daily commuters are among the most captive audiences
on the earth?
According to traffic experts, rush-hour drivers in the most populated cities
in America spend an average of 3.5 months of their lives sitting in congestion.
(I hope you’re not one of them!) That breaks down to about 45 hours every year,
enough time to hear an entire Amazing Facts evangelistic series twice over.
Now there’s a thought! Think how fast God’s truth would spread if we could
reach these millions trapped in commuter gridlock with gospel messages? It
could spiritually revolutionize an entire city! “For the word of God is living and
powerful” (Hebrews 4:12).
A Captive Audience
I have personally seen how the power of the Word through radio transforms
so many lives. Like Wyatt, who was trapped in the gridlock of Satan’s lies and,
while only 16 years old, had been thrown into a hardened prison for a serious
crime.
Wyatt grew up in a dysfunctional home, coping with his loneliness and
pain through rock music, TV, and endless violent video games. When a Satanist
introduced him to the occult, it seemed to hold the exciting allure young Wyatt
was looking for—acceptance, power, and pleasure. The idea of living purely for
self was intoxicating, and he fell deep into partying and drugs. “The more risky
my behavior, the more exciting my life seemed to become,” he explains. But it all
came to a screeching halt when he was tried as an adult for a violent crime and
sentenced to 20 years in prison.
(over, please)
