Treasure Hunting
Monday God stirred my heart to share the Gospel with the lady that
works at the cafe of the Robinson Tower (Baylor). I started a
conversation with her in which she shared much pain and frustration
about her life. I shared my testimony with her and asked her if she
had a relationship with Jesus. I pulled out a track, walked her
through it and she prayed to receive Jesus! She is planning to come to
Life Group tonight! Something to think about: She has worked on Baylor
campus for over 9 years and no one had ever shared the Good News with
her - Eloisa
I saw a 14 year old today who I shared with before, and he said he
prayed to receive Jesus on his own from a “steps to peace with God” I
had given him. His brother had prayed to receive Jesus in clinic the
other day, and his 10 year old brother heard the Gospel today and was
reading “steps to peace with God”. May whole families come to know
Jesus! - Kevin
Well, many have asked so here’s the story about Max. The day after
Christmas, he looked like he was choking. So, Ed and some friends took
him to the emergency vet. When they got there, they did an x-ray and
discovered he wasn’t choking, but his stomach had flipped upside down.
They don’t know how it happens, but sometimes it happens in large dogs
and horses. So, they had to do an emergency surgery to save his life.
So, Ed and I prayed about the decision because it would cost a lot of
money and they said we had a 50/50 chance. We felt like we should go
for it. So, we prayed and waited, and 2 hours later, the doctor came
out to tell us that he made it, but it didn’t look very good. He still
wasn’t recovering very fast. So, we prayed some more. Then, the next
day, the vet called and said that he had drastically improved
overnight. He had improved so much that we could take him home that
day instead of 3 days later. When we took him to our vet, he said that
it was a miracle that Max had made it!!! - Amanda
Yesterday during Kindergarten, I was telling them the story about our
dog Max getting healed, and the conversation turned towards Jesus!
It’as amazing how testimonies do that! Well, I told them about Jesus,
taught them how to hear God, and it was awesome. 16 children
responded. Then, after we started another assignment, 4 more kids came
in that were late because of testing. So, I brought them to my desk
and shared with them. They also prayed, and one little boy heard God
singing! I love this! Go Jesus!!! - Amanda
I picked up a young man on my way back to work from a home visit. He
works at McDonald’s and his car recently died. He walks to work almost
everyday from Village Green Apartments on Lake Shore Drive to
McDonald’s on Valley Mills. He is a believer and attends a local
Spirit filled assembly. He is planning on joining the Army, but
mentioned something about his back. So I prayed for his back and he
was blessed. I got his contact info and am passing it along to my LG
to see if we can help. Thank you Lord for the opportunity to serve! -
Holly
This morning once I got to work my right knee started hurting. I
didn’t think anything of it. About an hour later a regular customer
came in and mentioned in conversation that her knee hurt from playing
tennis. I chickened out of praying for her because someone else walked
in the door. She even came back in to the store because she forgot her
glasses, but I was on the phone. As soon as she walked out, for the
second time, it dawned on me that my knee had been hurting and that I
might have missed a divine appointment! I prayed, looked up and she
was still in the parking lot!!! So, I walked out of the store, tapped
on her window, and asked if I could pray for her. She excitedly said
that I could. I held her hand and prayed a short prayer of healing. I
asked how she felt and with side eyes she replied, “You’re not going
to belive this, it feels better…much better!” She started bending her
leg in and out of the car. She left with a smile on her face and told
me she would come back tomorrow to tell me how her knee held up today
while playing tennis and golf. :-)
Thank You, Lord, for choosing to use a broken vessel – and thank You
for healing this woman! - James
Friday night Heather and I went to Wal-Mart and bought blankets and
food for the Saturday outreach. While carrying the blankets up to our
apartment, I noticed a homeless man walking down 4th St. It was
extremely cold and I had a bag full of blankets in my hand. That,
coupled with a 36 pack of chips, would have made it quite difficult to
justify NOT going to the man. I finally caught up with him and began
talking to him about Jesus. He told me that he once knew Jesus, but
was very far from him. He kept saying that he felt so far away from
God. I was able to answer his protests with the Word. He let me pray
for him and he eventually rededicated his life to Jesus. He wanted to
show me where he slept. He told me several times that he felt good and
he felt at peace. He showed me the hedge between two buildings where
he sleeps and said, “Jesus is not going to let me die in there.” -
Thomas
Jeff and I were at the Wise’s house Jan.3, my mom called me about 30
minutes of being there to tell me that my Aunt had a heart attack and
asked if we could pray for her. So we did. She had 75-90% damage to
her heart. The Doctors were going to do a balloon surgery that night
but found to many blood clots in her heart. So they put her in ICU and
hooked her up to a machine to take the pressure off her heart, they
also gave her meds to dissolve the blood clots. They waited a couple
of days and decide to do more tests. The tests came back clear, she
had absolutely no damage to her heart. The doctors said they were
baffled at the discovery and that the Heart attack she had they call
it a widow maker. So they sent her home friday with some meds to take.
Praise God for healing. - Jessica
And during 5th grade today, the opportunity to share the gospel came
through the same testimony about Max. 16 students prayed and asked
Jesus into their hearts. Then, I taught them how to hear God. They
were so amazed that God would talk to them, and I was amazed that I
would have an opportunity to share with them. Thank you Lord for
softening hearts and providing a way in the wilderness!!! - Amanda
During 4th grade, instead of getting cussed out or breaking up fights,
the kids were really good. In fact, I got to share with them also
about how God had performed the miracle of healing Max. Then, we
prayed for some of their family members. This is the first day that
this class has gotten to the assignment!!! Praise God! - Amanda
What a day! I was telling my first grade class about my winter break
and told them how God did a miracle in healing our dog, Max. They were
so excited about that, that I told them even better news about Jesus,
and 16 children prayed and asked Jesus into their hearts. Then I
showed them how to hear God and told them how they need to tell all of
their friends and family because without Jesus, they’re still
separated from God. They all nodded their little heads and drew their
pictures for God.- Amanda
I saw a 17 year old kid in clinic today and the opportunity came up to
ask him if he had a personal relationship with Jesus. He didn’t really
know what I was talking about, so I shared the bridge illustration and
he prayed to receive Jesus. I gave him a Bible and will have some
chances to follow-up with him. Go God! - Kevin
Just now, during Kindergarten, one little girl was crying when she
came in because her stomach hurt. So, I brought her up front and had
the whole class pray for her. She didn’t feel better, so I asked if
anyone wanted to come and pray for her. A couple of guys did, so they
came up and I coached them. Then she felt better! So we all cheered,
and in one boys words said, “Thank you Lord Jesus!”
Then, another little girl’s stomach hurt. So, I asked a couple of kids
around her to pray. They prayed for her by themselves, and she got
healed!!! Healing revival? So, I told them how they could pray anytime
for each other and since Jesus is alive and lives in our hearts, we
can do the same things he did. They all nodded and got a little too
excited! Praise God! He is raising up an army! - Amanda
Also yesterday in Kindergarten, one little girl told me that her arm
was hurting really bad, and that it had just started. So, another
Kindergarten boy and I prayed for her, and it was immediately
better!!! I love it! I told the class, and they cheered, and then I
told them how the student helped pray, and that they could ask Jesus
anytime to help someone feel better. They were so excited, and so was
I! - Amanda
Yesterday in class, we got a new student. She’s in 1st grade, and her
class started singing, “Joy to the World!” which was one of the songs
they performed for Christmas. She said she had never heard that song,
and through it, I was able to tell her about Jesus. 2 other girls
helped me pray with her to invite Jesus into her heart. Then I told
the class how she had just joined our family, and everyone cheered!
What a great way to welcome a new student! Thank you Jesus! - Amanda
Over the break, I took my dog to the vet to get his teeth cleaned.
When the vet’s assistant came out to get the dog, he bent down andput
the leash. When he looked up, he said there were crosses in my eyes!
He was so amazed, and remarked that he is truly blessed. So, I asked
him about his relationship with God. He’s been trying to do things on
his own, and I was able to tell him that I knew that wasn’t working
for him because it didn’t work for me and because God wouldn’t have
shown him crosses in my eyes if it were. He agreed, and I was able to
encourage him to come to church. That’s an opener!!!- -Amanda
I had seen a 3 year old several months ago right after she burned her
hand. I prayed for it then, and I saw her again today and her mom said
that it did not blister or anything and there is no scar. Praise God!
Kevin
Yesterday, while substituting at Middle School, I saw a girl wandering
around in the halls. She was new and didn’t know where she was going.
I told her I was new too and didn’t know my way around well, but I’d
help her find her way. About 30 minutes later, I saw that she was in a
P.E. class I was subbing and and shared the Gospel with her and she
accepted. I prayed that she receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and
asked her how she felt…”good” she replied with a smile! Whoo-hoo! Yeay
God! - Michael Ann
Last night I was visiting with a friend and she said that she was
having pain in her left wrist. It was painful to pick up her children
or do other tasks. I prayed for her and the pain went away instantly!
Thank you Jesus! - Michael Ann
Was out running errands with my mom on Wednesday. At our first stop, I
saw a man in a van and I heard the Lord tell me to pray for him. Call
me crazy, but I wasn’t going to walk up to a stranger in a van in a
parking lot, so I prayed for him in my heart as we continued running
errands. About an hour and a half later, while we were at the HEB, he
walked past me on one of the aisles and the Lord quickened my heart,
“pray now!” I stopped him at the end of the aisle and he was open for
prayer.
His head was deformed and I asked him what had happened. He said that
when I saw him earlier, he had just been beaten in the head with a 2X4
by his mother. He hadn’t gone to the doctor because he didn’t want to
cause problems with his family. I prayed for his head and the swelling
went down, and he could open his eye, but then I was able to see that
his head was sunken in. He said that just two years ago, he was hit by
and 18-wheeler and during his recovery, came to know Jesus. He was
currently in need of encouragement because of his living situation and
he didn’t have anywhere else to go. I continued to pray for him for
the next 15 minutes as he poured out his heart of all the needs he
had.
The presence of the Holy Spirit was there in the dairy section and he
walked away in perfect peace…even the ladies who were demonstrating
products in the area were blessed! Yeay God! - Michael Ann
A few weeks ago we had an operations advisor name David come from
Arkansas to help out. While he was here I asked him how his family was
doing and he told me his sister-n-law Nancy had just went to
California and was about to go into surgery for clots in her pulmonary
artery. I asked him if I could pray for her and he said sure. Well he
called me today and said Nancy was doing fine and the doctor said that
she healed faster than anybody who has had this type of
operation.(which has been about 2000 people) David said he knew that
the prayer had alot to do with it. Thank You JESUS for your Love and
Healing Power. - Jason
Last week I had just parked my car at Walmart, when I noticed a woman
in the truck next to me with her head in her hands crying. I tapped on
her window and explained I was a follower of Jesus and asked if she
knew Him too. She said that she did but was currently going through a
lot of relationship problems. As I prayed for her, the peace of Christ
filled her truck and the spirit of despair lifted. After we finished,
she said with a huge smile across her face, “You don’t know what you
have given me today.”
Jesus loves to love people (even in the Walmart parking lot)! - Liz
Last Tuesday at school, I got the opportunity to clearly present the
gospel to my whole class. I explained it twice to make sure they
understood, and then I asked who wanted to invite Jesus to come live
in their hearts. A whole bunch of hands went up! I was so excited and
focused on how to model praying the sinner’s prayer in Spanish (the
whole 20 min conversation was in Spanish-I wanted them to really
understand what we were talking about!) so I didn’t count the hands,
so I’m not sure exactly how many of them prayed, but several of them
did! It was so precious-all these little voices repeating the prayer
after me! Afterwards, I asked them if any of them felt different and
several of them said they did.
I have one particular student with whom I’ve had lots of difficulty
and have been praying a lot for who was one who did pray to receive
Christ. The next day I observed him respond differently to a situation
that usually makes him angry-instead of getting frustrated he chose to
help another child who was having trouble with an assignment! The Holy
Spirit is at work in his life! Praise God! - Cat
I shared the gospel with a little boy in clinic and asked him if he
wanted to accept Jesus in his heart, and he said he already has. I
realized he goes to kindergarten at Amanda’s school! Praise God for
her being a light in this school – go God! - Kevin
Tonight at LG a fellow LGer was limping around. She slipped on some
water at work and hurt her knee. Several of us prayed for a while and
the Lord healed her knee! She could bend it and bear weight on her leg
free of pain. GOD IS SO GOOD!!!!! - Holly
I prayed for a woman in clinic for her congestion to get better, and
she said that it felt better and she could take a deep breath in
through her nose. she was very encouraged right before Thanksgiving.
Bring more healings, Jesus!
- Kevin
So, I picked up a metal lid that had been left on an electric burner
that I didn’t know was hot. I heard my hand sizzle, and thought for
sure that it would hurt for a while. I put ice on it immediately, but
Michelle also prayed for me. I felt peace and wasn’t worried about it
hurting or blistering, and later on that day i couldn’t even tell that
I burned my hand – no pain, no blisters. Praise God! - Kevin
I was on my way home and saw a man picking up cans. I’ve been keeping
granola bars in my car since the Poverty Simulation and thought it was
the perfect time to finally get to use them. I gave him the whole box
and found out that he is in Alcoholics Anonymous. He is currently
pursuing his understanding of God outside of the Bible, but the Lord
is pursuing him, even though he doesn’t quite recognize it yet. Go get
him God!!!! - Holly
Saturday at Erin’s wedding reception one of my friends was not feeling
well. So I prayed for healing. Her nose was immediately clear, the
pressure in her head was gone, and her throat was no longer sore.
Praise God for His healing! - Holly
Saturday, Nov. 14, I was in Dallas at an art conference. I had a
couple of hours to spare so I took the train around. I just felt like
I was supposed to. As soon as I got the the train station, the
security officer, came and helped me buy my ticket. We talked, and I
asked him if he had a relationship with God. He said, “No, but I
really want one.” So, then I shared the gospel with him, and he gave
his life to the Lord!!! How sweet it was for God to enter into this
man’s life.- Amanda
I had the rare opportunity to venture out during lunch this week, so
waited on the Lord for someone to share with or pray for on my trip to
HEB to get stuffing. I had the sense that I would see a patient and to
pray for back pain. On my way out I saw a patient and chased him down.
He didn’t have back pain, but then his wife came out of the bathroom
who has back and leg pain! I got to pray for her and share that God
highlighted her for my outing. Go God! -Kevin
I shared the Gospel with a patient today, and he professed faith in
Jesus for the first time! I prayed for him and talked with about
coming to Antioch and getting established in the church. Go God! -
Kevin
On my way out from work today while walking to the parking lot I
shared a trac with man named Johnny. I asked him did he have a 100
(meaning real) relationship with Jesus and he said no . I shared my
testimony with him and asked him if he would like to accept Jesus into
his heart and he said yes. So we prayed and he asked the Lord to
forgive him and to come into his heart! - Jason
On the College Station Outreach, I had a picture of a large black
lady, and heard the names Louise and Jim. I saw the exact picture of
this lady the next morning at the hotel. her name was Lily (starts
with an L!) and her husband’s name was Jim. They were very excited
that God had highlighted them, and I got to pray for them for healing
from some recent surgeries and for refreshment. Then they prayed for
me. How fun to hear from the Lord and see pictures that come to pass.
Praise God! - Kevin
Almost forgot,-Monday before leaving for the outreach, on the
evangilism assignment, Jason and I got to sharing with a guy named
Pedro. Pedro went to school with Jason back in the day. Asked him
about what he thought about Christmas, and he said it was just another
day-shared with him why Jason and I celebrate Christmas and the
gospel. Jason got to shar his testimony with him-when asked if he
wanted to recieve Jesus-he said yes! Another brother in the Lord,
thank you Jesus - Aaron
So on the Fall outreach to College Station, on Friday night, just
minutes after meeting some guys from the church plant, I got to
co-labor with them in sharing the gospel with a guy named Dorian,who
tried to sell us burned cds. He was considerate and let us share with
him but did not receive it.—-The next day a group of our girls ran
into Dorian again, we invited him to the International BBQ and got to
play games with him, I shared with him again and still he did not
recieve it, due to the love that was displayed to him throught the
team, he agreed to come to church on Sunday where the message was
about the Outrageous love of Jesus. At the end, I asked if Dorian
wanted to recieve the love of Jesus and if he wanted Jesus to come
into his heart and change him-He responded YES-Thank you Jesus For our
new brother!!!! I believe it was because the church was the church and
he was consistantly loved by everyone. - Aaron
Tuesday, November 3, I was talking with some kids in my 2nd grade
class, and the subject of Jesus came up while we were waiting for the
rest of the class to get there. So, I gathered everyone around the
table and shared the bridge. They all prayed and one girl started
crying afterwards. She said she felt so good and so loved! Then, I
showed them how to hear God. So, then the rest of the class came in,
and I didn’t want them to miss out just because they had gotten in
trouble, so I shared the gospel with them. Well, almost everyone
prayed, but 2 girls began weeping, somewhat uncontrollably. After
class, it took me about 15 minutes to calm them down. When I finally
did, they said they just missed Jesus so much and wanted him to come
back. Not something we had covered. So, I showed them how to hear God,
and he told one girl, “I’ll never leave you, and I’m coming back,” and
the other one he told, “I love you, and I’ll always be with you. Don’t
be sad.” Can you say wow!!! - Amanda
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