Day 16

Kyle Kilgour | Re:Hope Southside

Before my family had joined Re:Hope my mother-in-law had always prayed that we would one day find God. I came from a non faith upbringing and was reluctant, and my wife had been a Christian but had fallen away from church in her teenage years. 

One night my mother-in-law prayed that God would somehow shake things up so that we would start coming to church. The next morning she woke up suddenly with what felt like swollen tonsils, but turned out to be tumours from a rare blood cancer. Fast forward to the afternoon, and she was awaiting a cancer diagnosis. This news shook us all to the core! We had close friends who encouraged us to join in on an Alpha course which just happened to be starting at this time. Since that first night at Alpha we have been coming to church ever since, and we are so thankful.

Sometimes God answers prayers in ways that are different to what you want or expect but we trust that He is always leading us in the right direction!

Deirdre O'Reilly | Re:Hope West End

A lady approached me in Partick one day, saying: ''I wanted to say to you. Do you remember praying for me?''

I replied that I remembered praying for her son; he had mental health challenges. She liked to visit him each day but the walk was physically challenging for her.

''You prayed for my knees,'' she said, which were causing her much pain.

The pain gradually lessened and eventually disappeared.

Sadly, later, her husband became ill and died. ''Because my knees were healed,”' she said, ''I was able to keep him at home and look after him as I wished. If my knees had still been painful, I would not have been able to do this for him.''

She expressed deep gratitude and we both thanked God for His graciousness.

EXTRA BONUS — not only has her son's situation greatly improved, he now regularly attends church. Thank you so much God!

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Would you be ready for God to answer your prayers in unexpected ways? Surrender the outcome and the process again to Him today.