Day 8

Deirdre O'Reilly | Re:Hope West End

One Sunday evening I went for prayer at the evening service asking that Jesus would use me to reach people for Him. It was a pleasant summer evening, so I began to walk home. Along the road I met a young man whom I had met several times before and had prayed with regarding some of the challenges in his life.

However, the conversation this time developed differently. He began to share that his background was that of a different faith. Some of this he found helpful and some not. He clearly knew that I was a Christian and asked about my beliefs. So I told him that I followed Jesus because, whenever I asked Jesus for help in a challenging situation, He would come to my assistance; sometimes in an unexpected way. But he ALWAYS came to help. That was why I believed in Him.

I felt I needed to be careful, as this young man did need support. I did not want to be negative about his background faith if he found some support there. I did not know enough about his background faith to have a conversation about this.

He mentioned a Christian drop-in group which he sometimes visited and said he might return there. He did believe that there is a God.

I prayed to God for the challenges in his life. I then prayed for God to lead him and show him the truth of who He is. We do bump into one another in the area every so often, so I hope to continue the conversation later as I shall hopefully meet him again. I thank God that the young man seems ready to look at his life more deeply.

Emma Watters | Re:Hope Paisley

I had a lumbar puncture done and they were struggling to draw fluid. I said they could try one last time and asked if I could pray beforehand. I prayed for the procedure, the needles and the clinician’s hands. I finished by asking for the fluid to come in Jesus name — and in that instant it started to dribble out the needle.

Just to add to the supernatural events of that day, my friend from church messaged to ask how I was. When I told her about my morning, she said she had been woken up at 4:30am by a whisper telling her to pray for me. She later said it had been revealed to her that I was having some sort of procedure.

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How could it impact your day if the one true God came to your aid? Pray and expect that He will!