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Reaching Native Americans With the Gospel

Have you ever wondered who shares the Gospel with Native Americans? Some years ago I vacationed in Montana and saw the circumstances of these precious people the Lord loves. I wondered if there were any ministries focused on reaching Native Americans for Christ. I did research and learned of Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots, now known as Lutheran Indian Ministries. They are effectively reaching Native Americans for Christ! Over the years we have featured their ministry on the Family Shield radio program numerous. The following is just part of their story. Let me begin with the story of how … More

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A Divine Appointment With a Jehovah’s Witness

Some years ago I left home at 6:15 a.m. to drive to Rolla, Missouri where I was presenting a five-hour workshop on Witnessing—A Lifestyle. Although only a two-hour drive, I had given myself an extra 45 minutes in case I got lost. Little did I know that God had a divine appointment scheduled for me. About half way there, I pulled into a rest stop. As I walked toward it I saw a man and a women standing outside. They had literature in their hands and I recognized it as material produced by The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. They … More

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Absent From the Body – At Home With the Lord

Every person who has ever lived has wondered about the place beyond mortality—Shakespeare called it “the undiscovered country.” God’s Word tells us about our bodies, souls, and heaven. What happens at the moment of death for Christians? Will we recognize and know our loved ones in heaven? What is haven like? Recently I interviewed Dr. Ron Rhodes, president of Reasoning from the Scriptures and author of many books, on the Family Shield radio program. We discussed one of his books Heaven—The Undiscovered Country. Christians go to heaven because of their faith in Christ. I look forward to meeting my Savior … More

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Begin with Prayer

A Christian man recognized the importance of prayer in bringing people to Jesus as their Savior and Lord. He selected three friends, who were not Christians, and began praying for their salvation. The first man came to faith in Christ after three years. The second friend came to faith after ten years. The Christian continued praying for the third friend. When the Christian was fifty-eight years old he died. He had prayed for his friend for thirty-five years. Three years after the man joined his Savior in Heaven, the man he had been praying for placed his faith in the … More

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Engage the Secular World in Spiritual Conversations

The hostess at the restaurant greeted me as I entered. The restaurant was empty so we continued to talk. She asked why I was at the conference center. I explained that I was a speaker at the Lutheran Parenting Convention being held in her city. As we began to get acquainted I asked about her and her family. She told me she had a 16-year-old daughter. I told her about my three grown children and that I was speaking at the conference on “Media and Its Impact on Today’s Children!” Soon she was telling me that she was having discipline … More

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Equipping the Saints to Grow Into Maturity Through the Word

Jim was chairman of the Board of Education. I was chairman of the Board of Evangelism. At our monthly church council meeting some of the leaders would become frustrated with Jim. His heart was in the right place, but he was a babe in Christ, not a mature Christian. Once he suggested that the council distribute a magazine to all of our members. Jim thought because the magazine talked about God, and it was free, that it would make a great resource for our members. The pastor and I explained to Jim that the organization that published and distributed the … More

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God Loves Life: Physical, Eternal, and Abundant Life!

Erica told me, “I came to live here because my parents told me that unless I had an abortion, they would not allow me to live with them anymore. When I said ‘no’ to an abortion, they gave me a suitcase, told me to pack it and leave. For a while I lived with friends, but that didn’t work out. I also lived in a homeless shelter. Then I learned about this maternity home and came to live here.” From 1998 through 2002 I worked at a Christian maternity home for teens and young woman who had chosen life for … More

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Let’s Grow Strong Christian Families!

Raising children in today’s world is a joy, privilege, and a challenge! Parenting is perhaps the most important job you will ever have. When you become a parent, God gave you a most precious gift—a child of His to care for as His representative here on earth. (Meyer, Kay L. Teaching Your Children Christian Values, CPH, 1996). Over the past forty years there have been drastic changes in families and our culture. In the 1960s there was a Judeo-Christian heritage which guided most families. Today we are moving toward godlessness. In the 1960s there was Biblical awareness. Today, individuals in … More

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Ministering to a Pregnant Single Woman

“Kay, I had an opportunity today to witness to a young, pregnant, single woman that I see several times a week at a local store near work,” my husband, Tjaden (Chad), told me when he got home from work a few months ago. “Today instead of being behind the counter she was stocking shelves. I walked over to visit with her after I’d paid my bill and asked how she was doing.” She said softly, “I’d like to talk to you outside.” When we got outside she shared, “I wanted to tell you that I’m going to have a baby.” … More

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Share the Light of Christ

Written by Kay L. Meyer and Kevin Meyer What are your favorite memories of light? Is it the flashlight that you turned off and on a camping trip with your family? Is it watching the light from a campfire as you sat and sang camp songs together? Is it going to see the Christmas lights with your family during the holidays? Is it catching and then letting go of lightning bugs on a warm summer evening? Or maybe it’s when you light a candle in your home to celebrate your baptism birthday or another special occasion? God’s Word has a … More

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Witnessing Begins at Home

Often, when I present programs at area congregations and schools, a mom or dad will come up afterward and say, “I wish God would give me a mission in life.” I’ll respond, “God has given you a mission. You mission, and my mission, is to raise our children to know and love Jesus Christ.” It isn’t an easy job — in fact raising Christian children in today’s world may be the most difficult job you will ever experience. It doesn’t happen by osmosis. It takes prayer, time, energy, concern, and care. It takes a lot of modeling of the faith, … More

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Witnessing to Homosexuals

“Amy was the Christian who shared Christ with me over a period of several months. She spent many hours praying and witnessing to me! She didn’t focus on the fact that I was a practicing homosexual, but focused on proclaiming the Gospel message of salvation. She showed her Christ-like love! Coming to faith was an exciting time in my life! If I could only share one thing about witnessing to homosexuals, it would be to build a relationship and focus on the Gospel. Ignore the issue of their homosexuality. Treat them like you would any other unsaved person,” stated Joe … More

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A Mother Who Shared Her Faith

Mom was in the hospital. It was serious. But, as usual, she wasn’t thinking about herself, but was thinking about her family. “Kay, did I tell you that Diane Winterer works at this hospital? Dad and I saw her in the emergency room the day I was admitted. You haven’t seen each other in almost 30 years. Why don’t you go downstairs right now and see if you can talk to her?” I did go downstairs. Diane and I had a quick, but enjoyable reunion. My mother, Eunice Schoenberger, passed away from death to everlasting life (John 5:24) on May … More

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Barriers, Obstacles, and Objections to Witnessing

“Sharon left you? I don’t know why you’re so surprised and upset Eric. I told you to get your life in order and begin going to church, but you never listened to me! Every weekend you were off hunting and drinking with your buddies. Now maybe you’ll listen to my advice!” The above is an example of how some Christians cause barriers when they try to witness. They project an attitude of insensitivity or superiority. They may think they are witnessing, but are actually preaching “the law” or “good works.” When we say, “Go to church and everything will be … More

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Begin at the Beginning!

“Do you really believe that God created the world and all that is in it?” Has anyone ever asked you this type of question? How did you respond? Often the first opportunity to witness will emerge when someone asks a question about God or the Bible. My answer to the above question would sound something like this, “Yes, I believe God created the world and all that is in it! Isn’t it a marvelous creation? Do you believe in God?” I might go on to say, “Did you know the Bible never tries to prove God’s existence?” The book of … More

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Go and Make Disciples

Sharing the Gospel message of Jesus Christ is at the core of Family Shield Ministries’ work in the ripe and plentiful harvest. Each year we respond to more than 6,000 people who contact us after hearing our radio program, discovering our website, reading this column, or attending one of our educational programs. About 10-15% of those we assist do not know Christ as their Lord and Savior. The Lord allows us many opportunities to minister to these people and here is just one of those examples: Brian, an active Mormon, discovered Family Shield’s website at www.familyshieldministries.com. He e-mailed me for … More

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Look – A Newborn Baby

“Look—a newborn baby! Isn’t he precious! How old is he? What’s his name? Have you ever noticed how many people open up and talk to strangers when they see babies or young children? Babies captivate our hearts and give us great joy! Maybe that’s why God the Father sent Jesus, His only begotten Son, into our world as an innocent newborn baby. The next time you see a newborn baby, consider the awesomeness of our Creator and how He used a baby to restore our relationship with Him. Our sins are forgiven through faith in His Son. Isn’t God wonderful? … More

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Proclaim the Resurrection

Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Salome, Joanne, and the other women (Luke 24:10) quietly walked through the darkness just before sunrise, toward the grave site where Jesus’ body had been laid on Friday. They carried the spices (Mark 16:1) which they were to use in preparation for His burial. These women had witnessed His suffering and death. They had heard the centurion’s words at His death, “Truly this was the Son of God!” They had been there (Matt. 27:55-61) when a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Joseph … More

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Where is the Greatest Mission Field?

Paul is a good husband and father. He has attended church with his wife, Joanne, almost every Sunday for 28 years. But Paul does not believe in Christ. Close family members and friends know of his unbelief, but most members of his congregation would never suspect he does not have faith in Christ. Do you know Paul? Could he be attending your congregation? Jesus is head of the Body of Christ (Col. 1:19) and the true church is invisible. Be aware that many who attend church regularly do not have faith in Christ. Unbelievers attend church for a myriad of … More

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Witness God’s Way

“My younger sister, who lived hundreds of miles from us, was depressed. Mom had told me she had even threatened to commit suicide. I’d prayed, asking God to help me find a way to share my faith with her,” shared Judy while we vacationed in Minnesota. “We had a family reunion, but the opportunity to witness never arose. Traveling home following the reunion, I prayed again. ‘Lord, help me find a way to help and share my faith with Pam.’” Judy continued her story, “Kay, the most amazing thing happened. After I’d prayed, the desire to tell her about the … More

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Evangelism Podcasts

July 24, 2024 Evangelism Podcasts Dear Friends and Supporters, One of my friends who is also a Family Shield supporter asked me a couple weeks ago about Family Shield podcasts that address evangelism and witnessing. She wanted a list for her church’s evangelism board. All of the following podcasts are available on our website. Directions for how to find them are included below. You can listen as a small group and then discuss it together or listen alone. Then ask the following: What did I learn? Is this something our church could do? Is this something my family could do? Is this something … More

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Parents Teach Your Children to Share Their Faith and Pray!

May 23, 2024 We encourage you to take a family prayer walk together this week! Parents – Teach Your Children to Share Their Faith and Pray! From Kay Meyer’s column in the St. Louis Metro Voice newspaper.  “Mom, today the new neighbor, Tyler, said he doesn’t attend Sunday school or church. I invited him to come with us this week. Can we pick him up on Sunday?” *** “My daughter, Lisa, and the next door neighbor’s little girl are close friends and play together all the time. Yesterday I overheard them talking. Lisa was telling Christy that Jesus loved her. … More

Share Your Faith with Your Family

Share Your Faith with Your Family

May 9, 2024 We encourage you to take a family prayer walk together this week! Fun Family Devotions for the Home From Kay Meyer’s column in the St. Louis Metro Voice newspaper from 1994 to 2013. It’s tough, isn’t it? Even in Christian families tempers sometimes flare. Christians sometimes find themselves irritated by insignificant events. Then, too, we don’t talk with one another about our faith or about our Savior as often as we might like. Family devotions scare many Christians. We all know we should worship and pray together as a family, but sometimes we don’t because we just … More

Share Your Faith During the Holidays

December 11, 2023 Share Your Faith During the Holidays “We couldn’t wait to tell the shoppers about the greatest gift of all…Jesus, the Savior or the world!” Several years ago, members of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Eureka, Missouri, used the Saturday before Christmas to witness within their community in a unique way. The local Wal-Mart gave them permission to have a gift-wrapping table in the storefront. As shoppers entered the store, they were handed a tract that said, “Two free gifts for you.” The first message was simple, “Our greatest Christmas gift is from God. He sent His only … More

Easter video message from Kay Meyer and Rev. Mark Frith from Family Shield Ministries

Let’s Proclaim the Resurrection!

April 8, 2023 Watch an Easter video message from Kay Meyer and Rev. Mark Frith from Family Shield Ministries Let’s Proclaim the Resurrection! Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Salome, Joanne, and the other women (Luke 24:10) quietly walked through the darkness just before sunrise, toward the grave site where Jesus’ body had been laid on Friday. They carried the spices (Mark 16:1) which they were to use in preparation for His burial. These women had witnessed His suffering and death. They had heard the centurion’s words at His death, “Truly this was the Son of God!” They had … More

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Sharing Christ with Jehovah’s Witnesses

March 13, 2023 Mrs. Kay, I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong! Rebecca was a five-year-old that I had in my preschool class many years ago. Our class was full. But one of our moms came to me and told me about a woman she met at the YMCA that had a 5-year-old child who had never been to preschool. She asked me if we could accept her.  It was early in January. I said “yes” to allowing this child into our classroom. After accepting the child, I learned Rebecca’s mom was a Jehovah’s Witness. At the time I was active in … More

The Rock of Our Salvation

June 17, 2022 The Rock of Our Salvation And who is the Rock except our God? Psalms 18:31 Rocks have many uses. Their strength lies in their durability. The Bible calls Jesus our Rock. He is the Rock of our salvation. He holds and sustains us when we are tempted to sin. He shields us from the shifting sands of life. He is the foundation stone of our faith and the Rock on whom we build our Christian life. Some build their house of life on the sand. This is dangerous. When troubles come, the sand will fail to hold them. It … More

Talking to People About Jesus

May 27, 2022 Talking to People About Jesus Talking to people about Jesus can be a joy, a privilege, and a challenge. Many people, within and outside of the church, think Jesus was only a man and that we should strive to be like him. Sometimes Christians wlll say, “Jesus is God.” But Christians seldom talk about the fact that Jesus has a dual nature. He is both true God and true man. Certainly people we share Christ with need to know he is our Savior and Lord. They need to learn that he was perfect and without sin. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that … More

An Opportunity to Witness

May 6, 2022 An Opportunity to Witness I was surprised to get a letter from a Jehovah’s Witness couple last year during the pandemic. It was addressed to me at Family Shield Ministries. They invited me to meet with them by phone and discuss God’s Kingdom. I shared that I would love to do this through the email address they had given me. Then I guess they checked out the Family Shield website or my name and learned that I know a lot about what Jehovah’s Witness teach and believe. They also learned about my book Mission Field on Our Doorstep: … More

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Proclaim the Resurrection!

April 21, 2022 Proclaim the Resurrection! Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Salome, Joanne, and the other women (Luke 24:10) quietly walked through the darkness just before sunrise, toward the grave site where Jesus’ body had been laid on Friday. They carried the spices (Mark 16:1) which they were to use in preparation for His burial. These women had witnessed His suffering and death. They had heard the centurion’s words at His death, “Truly this was the Son of God!” They had been there (Matt. 27:55-61) when a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, went to Pilate and asked … More

Witnessing – A Lifestyle!

January 7, 2022 You’re Invited! You’re invited to attend “Witnessing—A Lifestyle,” a four-week Bible study on Fridays from January 28 through February 18 at Concordia Lutheran Church, 505 S. Kirkwood Rd., Kirkwood, Missouri 63122. It begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 11 a.m. Kay Meyer, founder of Family Shield Ministries, and host of the Family Shield radio program & podcast, will lead the Bible study. It is based on her book by the same name and is designed to equip Christians to witness as they interact with family, friends, and those in their community who do not know Christ … More

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Opportunities Abound to Share the Gospel

June 17, 2021 Opportunities Abound to Share the Gospel My husband, Chad, came home last week and shared, “Kay, I had a wonderful opportunity to share the gospel today with a man who is an immigrant. He works at the local grocery store. I’ve been getting acquainted with him for several months. His wife has cancer. I asked how she was doing and he shared their challenges.” After he shared this, I asked, “Are you a believer?” He answered, “No. I’m not. I tried to read the Bible a couple times but just didn’t understand it.” Chad encouraged him to … More

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Fathers – Share Your Life and Faith!

My son-in-law, David, takes his responsibility to share his faith and life with his young son very seriously. This fact is evident whenever we attend church with our daughter, son-in-law, and their children. Last Easter my husband and I attended the Good Friday service with David and our four-year old grandson Seth. It was late and we weren’t sure Seth would stay awake for the entire service, but he did. As the Good Friday evening service progressed, his father quietly leaned over to explain what was happening and why. Seth took it all in quietly. He had little to say … More

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God Answers Prayer

Some years ago my husband and I traveled to Minnesota to pick up our college-aged daughter from a Lutheran camp where she had been a camp counselor. While we were in the area, we stopped and spent the night with one of my husband’s friends from Vietnam. I’d only met Chuck and his wife, Judy, once when they had visited us in St. Louis with their two young children. While Chad and Chuck visited in the family room, I went into the kitchen with Judy as she began to prepare dinner. She began telling me about her sister and extended … More

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How Can Dying Be Gain?

How do we live our life and always remember that although our bodies will die, our souls will live eternally? What did the author of Philippians mean when he wrote: “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). How can dying be gain? You and I know about dying. People we love die. People we hear about in the newspaper and on the news die. Almost all of us have someone we cared about who has died. Dying surrounds us. Sometimes it’s sudden and unexpected and other times it is after a long, difficult … More

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Ministering to the LBGTQ Community

Originally written for the NADCE publication With the increasing acceptance of same-sex attraction and marriage in our culture and the changes that have occurred in our society, many Christians are caught in the crossfire of sounding too harsh or too accommodating. How can we effectively communicate with homosexuals and others that disagree with our conservative Biblical teachings regarding this topic without compromising what God’s word says? Family Shield, the radio program I host, has addressed this topic for many years. I recently again interviewed Joe Dallas, an internationally known expert and author on this topic, and a Christian counselor that … More

Merry Christmas from the Meyer family!

Transforming Lives Through the Gospel

December 21, 2020 Merry Christmas! Dear Family Shield Friend, My husband, Tjaden (Chad), and I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  Join us and others in praying for an end to the pandemic. Plans for 2021 include advertising and producing resources for a Family Prayer Walk and expanding the radio program to include: AM 850 KFUO, the radio station owned and operated by the LCMS. The station will be added to our network of over 50 stations throughout the United States. Please keep this in your prayers! Stories of those we equip and witness to: Helping … More