So, we have now RARELY missed a chance to offer prayer to people we meet while checking out. We have also received the entire spectrum of responses to our question; "Is there anything we can pray for you?" It has been such a good growing experience for us. We have a notebook we keep in the car and listed are all the people, their situations, their requests or responses and my personal notes. Before we re-enter a store, we'll review our list and hope we run into the same people.
What I have found most interesting is how deep that question will take a usually dry, polite chat of the weather. We are praying for babies being formed in the womb by our Maker, new beginnings as young adults prepare to go off to college, a daughter's distress for a mother who refuses to pray, a man who thinks "it's all good, I don't need prayer", a young mom who is trying to manage a young daughter, a Sunday School teacher who wants to connect with her students but has a child that needs much of her attention and many more. What is also a delight is really connecting with people! Being able to say their name and see their eyes shine that we remembered them and cared to ask about how their particular issue was going.
My friend "took that challenge" as she called it and her interaction has resulted in being a "BRINGER" to church; pray that Nikita will indeed come this Sunday!
Believe that every interaction was a God-designed stop along your day, you are Him to that person; show it!
What I have found most interesting is how deep that question will take a usually dry, polite chat of the weather. We are praying for babies being formed in the womb by our Maker, new beginnings as young adults prepare to go off to college, a daughter's distress for a mother who refuses to pray, a man who thinks "it's all good, I don't need prayer", a young mom who is trying to manage a young daughter, a Sunday School teacher who wants to connect with her students but has a child that needs much of her attention and many more. What is also a delight is really connecting with people! Being able to say their name and see their eyes shine that we remembered them and cared to ask about how their particular issue was going.
My friend "took that challenge" as she called it and her interaction has resulted in being a "BRINGER" to church; pray that Nikita will indeed come this Sunday!
Believe that every interaction was a God-designed stop along your day, you are Him to that person; show it!
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