While I was out shopping during the week of The Challenge II, I saw a man sitting on a bench by himself. I went over and sat beside him and said “hi”. He turned out to be a really nice person. I started talking to him about various things and then asked him if he had ever received one of these tracts by Ray Comfort. He accepted it and said that he hadn’t.
Then I asked him if he knew what today was (it was the National Day of Prayer) and he replied that he did. That led right into asking him some spiritual questions about prayer and being born again. He had been born again and started talking about how much our nation needed prayer.
Then he asked what school I went to. When I replied that I was homeschooled, he said that he wished his grandson was being homeschooled because though he had tried to teach him God’s way, his friends at school led him away. Because of this he was getting bad grades. Then the Lord reminded me of Psalms 119:99-101 about being wiser then your teachers if you memorize and meditate on Scripture. I started
sharing about how to meditate on God’s Word with his grandson. He really liked the idea!
After this he had to go, I gave him the book The World’s Greatest Question and told him to read it and give it to his grandson or anybody else that might need it.
~ Jonathan
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May 17th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Go Jonathan! That was real sensitivity to the Holy Spirit when you didn’t drop the conversation after finding out He was a Christian already. Taking that step deeper to meet a practical need that he was facing is the whole essence of discipleship!
May 25th, 2009 at 2:07 am
My Pastor here in Taiwan was also interested to hear about how meditating on Scripture works. The power of God to continue changing our own lives as Christians into His likeness is our key to bringing positive change to others because “if My people, which are called by my name [Christians] will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their [own!] wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven [continue to] forgive their sin and heal their land [bring the light of Christ to others]“! May your love for the Lord continue to make conversations meaningful.