My team and I went rafting a few days ago for our adventure day. Afterwards while we were eating we noticed a lady who was working was pregnant. We asked if we could pray for her health and for her baby. Another lady noticed us praying and wanted to know more about this “God” we were praying to. She had never heard of Jesus. So we explained the love and forgiveness that comes with this beautiful relationship and she asked us to pray for her back pain. After we prayed we exchanged our contact info and said our goodbyes. Little did we know we had planted a seed in this lady and God wanted to water it.
We then had some coffee and one of my teammates prayed for the man who was serving us coffee. We said our goodbyes and got his contact information. Again, little did we know that God was planting yet another seed…
The next day, both people we prayed for contacted us and wanted to see us again. The woman said her back pain no longer hurts and wanted us to come to her home and pray for her family and the man said he had felt so much peace and joy that he wanted to know more.
So, we went back to this village. We met up with the lady and we followed her up this mountain to her home where nobody had even heard of the name Jesus. We were able to pray for so many people…. I personally got to pray for a woman who had cancer in her neck and a woman who had just given birth to a 3-day old baby girl. My teammates were able to also pray for others including the father of the newborn baby, his brother, his mother and sooo many more. There were about 10 different people who heard about Jesus that day just in the short few hours. The responses were amazing… tears…..joy and big smiles…..tingling sensations….an overwhelming peace….. all of it!
We literally brought the name of Jesus into this remote village that was primarily Hindu and the best part was that nothing was forced, we were actually ASKED to come to share our faith… that Jesus doesn’t want another religion, but wants a relationship! With everybody! Ahh!!!
Afterwards, we returned to the coffee place to meet up with the man who had felt peace and wanted to know more. Not only did he hear more, but actually translated the story of Jesus for us to about 10 of his friends who were also there!! Whaaat?! Isn’t that crazy awesome? Everybody then wanted to be forgiven and prayed for so we prayed then explained that they can pray anytime, in any place for anyone in the name of Jesus. We explained again that Jesus isn’t about a religion, but a relationship.
I am blown away that there are still people who have never even heard of Jesus and I am honored to be able to tell people about him and how he’s changed my life! Best part of it all is that we don’t even know what our present day ever looks like… God is leading us to these people. It’s not about spreading a religion, it’s about spreading this loving relationship.
2 Corinthians 6:18 “And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” says the Lord.”
God wants our heats so we can experience the most loving relationship imaginable.
