This is so amazing to me. Many times in living for Jesus and praying to win
souls we have encountered what I call close encounters of the miraculous.
We were out in a restaurant yesterday and had a phone call.
I spoke to a pastor and told him of our new church work.
We had our first service on Sunday.
We are gearing up to open up a Seminary in the same city which
is only a bit North of Baton Rouge.
Well I was having my meal and a lady approached me. She introduced herself
and said that she apologized for
listening to my conversation but that she just had to come over and
thank us personally herself for coming into the Baton Rouge area and
opening up a new church work. We then exchanged information and I was
able to invite her to come and visit and fellowship with us. She and her husband
we super nice and attend a Baptist church.
This stuff is so amazing to me.
The last church work I helped Jesus with was much the same.
People would knock on my door and ask me to come to services.
They would ask me to Baptize them. I would very often have to watch what I was wearing (robe or curlers etc) when
I opened the front door because people would be sitting on my lawn bench
waiting to talk to me for advice or a need or prayer.
Will you share some of your encounters with this sort of thing? I find it amazing because I absolutely believe that no man comes unless the
Spirit of the Lord draws him.
We all worry about too many things. Jesus is doing a work in this earth. If we can just see in the Spirit and follow that plan rather than our own. We need to quit trying to figure it all out for ourselves.
I was there, in Buffalo, January 3, 1993: "The Comeback". Playoff game between the Bills and the Oilers, and man, let me tell you.... Oh, wait. Never mind.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
This is so amazing to me. Many times in living for Jesus and praying to win
souls we have encountered what I call close encounters of the miraculous.
We were out in a restaurant yesterday and had a phone call.
I spoke to a pastor and told him of our new church work.
We had our first service on Sunday.
We are gearing up to open up a Seminary in the same city which
is only a bit North of Baton Rouge.
Well I was having my meal and a lady approached me. She introduced herself
and said that she apologized for
listening to my conversation but that she just had to come over and
thank us personally herself for coming into the Baton Rouge area and
opening up a new church work. We then exchanged information and I was
able to invite her to come and visit and fellowship with us. She and her husband
we super nice and attend a Baptist church.
This stuff is so amazing to me.
The last church work I helped Jesus with was much the same.
People would knock on my door and ask me to come to services.
They would ask me to Baptize them. I would very often have to watch what I was wearing (robe or curlers etc) when
I opened the front door because people would be sitting on my lawn bench
waiting to talk to me for advice or a need or prayer.
Will you share some of your encounters with this sort of thing? I find it amazing because I absolutely believe that no man comes unless the
Spirit of the Lord draws him.
We all worry about too many things. Jesus is doing a work in this earth. If we can just see in the Spirit and follow that plan rather than our own. We need to quit trying to figure it all out for ourselves.
I read this and I have to come out of hiding, something I thought I'd never do. I've been reading this forum for a long time but never wanted to contribute.
What I'm reading here moved me to the point I must make you a proposal. We have started new church and have struggled greatly. We actually lack one problem that most other home missions worked always have, and that's money. We're well funded through a background donor. But despite having our financial problems solved, we're really have a struggle.
But I read this and I must make an open offer. Would you commit to coming to our city for six months. You can decide at that point if you want to stay. You'll be well taken care of including benefits. Whatever it is you do, we want that. Please get back to me.
Uh huh. OK, let's see. What have I experienced lately in doing the work of Jesus? Uh. Well, ummm, if "the work of Jesus" includes prodding people to think, and defend their beliefs, letting them exercise 1 Peter 3:15, I suppose I see some results nearly every day!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
I read this and I have to come out of hiding, something I thought I'd never do. I've been reading this forum for a long time but never wanted to contribute.
What I'm reading here moved me to the point I must make you a proposal. We have started new church and have struggled greatly. We actually lack one problem that most other home missions worked always have, and that's money. We're well funded through a background donor. But despite having our financial problems solved, we're really have a struggle.
But I read this and I must make an open offer. Would you commit to coming to our city for six months. You can decide at that point if you want to stay. You'll be well taken care of including benefits. Whatever it is you do, we want that. Please get back to me.
I will be more than glad to help you in whatever way I can. Look in your
private message box in a bit. I am sending you my email and contact
info.In Jesus
Uh huh. OK, let's see. What have I experienced lately in doing the work of Jesus? Uh. Well, ummm, if "the work of Jesus" includes prodding people to think, and defend their beliefs, letting them exercise 1 Peter 3:15, I suppose I see some results nearly every day!
Then you have a wonderful gift of encouragement.
If you use this same gift to reach out to those who are suffering through
loss or pain or life's hurts then you can be honestly called
A Son of Consolation. You would be a good person to work in the harvest
field in any church if this is the case.
I work as a volunteer hospice chaplain. That might be a good area for you
to exercise your gifts. Just some thoughts.
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