Woo hoo! Praise God... I have a fun story about God being so good...
The other day I was at work down here doing my normal youth pastor calling when I dialed this number to a girl that had no affiliation with Acquire the Fire, being a youth pastor, or anything like that. She was just a regular 19 year old girl, and after I called and did my 15 sec. intro she sounded angry and hung up on me (this is normal in the calling world, so I just brushed it off and went on to the next number) or so I thought.... I thought I dialed a new number, but whaddya know? 2 seconds into saying my intro to the next call I realized in my head that it was the same girl and I did not get to dial a new number... I quickly apologized and asked if this was the same girl from just a few seconds ago... she said it was, and I quickly was like "wait! don't hang up!" and I started talking about God and just how I felt like this was a God ordained call... she really started to open up and God totally used me to pour into her life! I found out that she was 19, is about 3 months pregnant, and the guy left her, she felt like giving up on life and was also a lesbian. God totally gave me the words to say to her and pray with her, and she was totally open to receive and totally changed around to a positive attitude. I got the chance to be able to give her 2 free tickets to the Detroit ATF event and she is going to bring a friend! (Talk about a turn around!) Man, God is sooo goood! By the time we ended the call, we exchanged emails, I prayed with her, blessed her w/ 2 tickets to a life changing youth conference, and her heart was open more to God. :) I can not tell you how it brightened up my day, but it did! That is what the Ministry placements we are in are all about... just reaching out to others and sharing God's love. It was just really cool to experience first hand this time. :)
My point? ya never know who you are going to talk to or who God places in your life. Always be ready, always be open, and always be willing. God will do the rest ;)
6 comments:
Way to go Sarah! That is so awesome!I am proud of you that you allowed God to use you to minister to that girl! You are a blessing!
I think it is amazing how God reaches out to people. You said it...we just have to be open all the time! Be instant in season....
It is great to hear about your experience! I love to hear about how God uses people. It is very encouraging. It is a great reminder about how he wants to use each of us!
That's SO cool! I love it how God will use things that seem so strange to us to reach someone! His love for people is so amazing! Isn't cool to be used by God to reach someone! I love it! That's awesome Sarah!
Sarah! We are SO proud of you! Isn't it amazing what the Lord can do through us if we just take the time to listen and then most importantly OBEY! That's all He asks of us.....simple obedience and then He does the work! We love you and look forward to seeing you soon!!
Praise God! That's awsome, Sarah!
Wow it brings tears to my eyes. Good job Sarah you have a gift. I love you
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