There are so many varied situations whereby we get the opportunity to share God’s Word with people - all kinds of people with all kinds of past religious experiences….
A couple of young salespeople knocked on our door selling solar panels for homes. We invited them in for a chat about their offer, which soon transitioned to talking about our ministry work when they asked what we do. We were quick to tell them that it’s a work of love i.e. it’s not what we do for income. We also discovered that the young man was filled with the Holy Spirit many years ago, but had turned away from the Lord when his brother died. The young gal was intrigued when we shared our personal experiences, and we encouraged them both to go and look into the Word of God directly and not to rely on what they’ve been told (or what they’ve experienced) in typical church groups.
We then got to pray with a couple over the phone one afternoon when Don phoned us all back here at the house. Don had gotten talking with a young married couple in a store parking lot after Don noticed the church-related t-shirt that the husband was wearing. Don discovered that the husband was already Spiritfilled, but the wife was not yet anointed. They are from down south and were up our way for a meeting with the editor on their new church movie! Anyway, Don offered to lay hands on the wife and pray over her to receive the Holy Spirit, which he did; and we all joined in, praying over speaker phone. The lady was a little hesitant at first, lacking confidence that she would actually receive the Holy Spirit, so I was able to counsel her from the Word, woman to woman, which I think helped greatly. She did receive, speaking in tongues, and it seems (from what I could tell over the phone) that she and her husband were both very relieved and very happy!
Interestingly, while Don was preaching to the couple, one of the store cart guys overheard the conversation and prayer, and he asked Don if what he was hearing was speaking in tongues. The guy was very excited as he seemed familiar with the experience, so Don was able to quickly share our ministry website with him, too!
Please also pray for Gabriella. We prayed with her over the phone yesterday. How it came about was that Don was at another store and saw a Jesus sticker on a parked vehicle. He was about to go over and put one of our cards on the windshield when he saw the owner (Gabriella) walk to her vehicle and hop inside. She was chatting on the phone and Don overheard her say “Jesus” to whomever she was speaking with. So, needless to say, Don got into a coversation with her and offered her a ChristiansRule.com card. Gabriella ended up phoning us later and Don spent a long time chatting with her, with the call ending in us offering to pray with her over the phone. It was helpful prayer, but she still needs to break through some obstacles, so we’re hoping to be able to connect with her in person to pray again. She’s had some mixed, confusing experiences with different churches and church-going people, so we’re praying for the Lord to give increase to what Don shared with Gabriella on the call.
Oh, and I also received a message from a sister in the Lord in Belize that her youngest son received the Holy Spirit anointing. She said he was praying with her and Knelson in the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues) during our last prayer group session. Praise God, how exciting for their family!
