Sunday, November 1, 2009

God impressed in my heart to encourage a friend of mine divinely

Proverbs 16:24, “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.”
Proverbs 15:23, “…a word spoken in due season, how good it is!”


I have been looking for the opportunity to share the gospel with the people around me lately. Overcoming the hesitation and taking the first step to witness for God is not easy but I am happy to have obeyed. God saw the desire in my heart and He really brought people that need to hear about His love and salvation plan across my path. I remembered there was one day while I was travelling back from work in the MRT when God put in my heart to drop a message with one of my friend. Before this, I have been sharing God’s love with her via e mails. I messaged her, “Hi XXX, to others you might just be a face in the crowd. To me, you are a dear friend and your name is constantly in my prayers. But to Jesus, you are so precious that He's willing to lay down His life for you, not because of what you have done or what you can do for Him, but simply because He loves you.” I was pretty taken aback by her response. She replied, “Thanks XXX, this is lovely, I'm in the train now and tears are streaming down my face...God!!” I thought it was not appropriate to ask her what happened but I felt impressed in my heart to share the love of God with her, not knowing what she was going through. I replied, “You know what, Jesus loves you and you are precious to Him. If you have any problem, just call out to Him and He will help you. The word of God says that whoever that calls out to him shall be saved. Believe in Him and you will have eternal life.” She did not reply and I did not know how she responded to my encouragement. Nevertheless, I felt joy in sharing with her.

Isaiah 55:11, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

I believe the seed of the gospel has been sown into her life through this timely brief encounter and I just commit her onto God’s hand.

B.

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