Stranger at Home

So I have continued to pray for opportunities to minister to strangers, but this past weekend I realized something we all should think about.


My Niece

My niece and I are really close. She has always been my biggest fan and always has looked up to me. The other day my niece was telling me some things that are going on in her life, that are really hard to swallow. At the moment she told me God said "Pray with her!" I told God, " I am good, I will pray for her later."  The more she talked about the heavy issues, the more my heart was burdened, it got so intense I had to pray. I prayed with her immediately and my heart felt relieved.

In this moment I realized a lot of times we are really close to our family members and friends, and we tell them, "Whats going on? Oh really? I will pray for you!" But I believe that God calls us to do more than this. God calls us to even meet our family members and friends where they are at and pray with them, not just for them.

So in conclusion don't let your closed family be strangers! They are the ones you should minister to the most.

Ms Evelyn

Wow! I can't put into words how overwhelmed I have been lately with God's presence. He has literally been in my face and directing my every move. Over this weekend I started to get really frustrated. I was continually praying for God to give me opportunities to minister. I felt like I had little moments, but felt really limited because I have been working all weekend. My thought was, "How am I suppose to go out and minister to strangers when I am stuck at work, where  I know everyone." And God to my surprise said, "I will SEND them to you!"

Ms Evelyn

So here I am laying on my couch, just watching lifetime about to fall asleep when I get a text. The text is from an unidentified number. My heart starts racing and I read the first page. "Oh Miss April I just want you to know you are gonna be missed and tell the kids they are missed also. Don't forget to stay in close connect with God's people somewhere. Love you tons!!!!" At this moment the holy spirit just punched me in the heart. God said, "Here you are I sent you (via text message) someone to minister to now minster. So I replied to God and the unknown person. "This is Jenna. Miss April isn't at this number, but how can I pray for April and for you?"

As I waited for a response I was so overcome by God's presence I couldn't contain it. I started thinking. "I am going crazy! I just asked some random person, who texted me by accident if I could pray for them. A simple reply like, 'this isn't April' would have sufficed." Then she responded. "Thank you for asking my church is coming up on their 50th anniversary, so prayer for them would be great." For some reason after getting that text I started pacing and getting very anxious. I ran to my bedroom and God said, "Call her!" "Really God? Call her!"

"You want me to call a person I don't know and talk with them! Okay I am crazy! Lets do it!" So I called Ms. Evelyn. The phone rang and my heart started sinking as I was searching for the words to say. Hello wasn't enough! "Hello? This is Jenna. The person who just text you. Who is this?" "Miss Evelyn." "Hello Miss Evelyn! I wanted to call you, because I have been praying for God to put strangers in my life I can pray for, so I wanted to talk to you and see what you needed in prayer." "Oh child, thank you for calling. I would love for you to pray for me. You can pray for me and my well being." In this I prayed for Ms. Evelyn and that she have a relationship with God, that God show her God's love, and God surround her. Ms Evelyn said my prayer really helped and asked that God bless me for following after Him.

God is drastically moving in my life and the more God leads me to situations like this, the more I see how real and amazing he is. My prayer for you that you step out boldly for Christ and ask him to move drastically in your life. Words can't describe how in awe I am of God, but I am!

Making Opportunities

Yesterday I woke up with an overwhelming feeling. I felt as if God was literally in my room. I felt so compelled to help someone I couldn't stand it. I prayed and did my devotion for the day and asked God lead me where he wanted me to show love. As the day progressed I started getting discouraged because I didn't feel I was getting any opportunities. As the day was near over I realized something I had been helping all day in small ways. God also reminded me and said, "It does no good for you to minister to strangers about my love, if you aren't showing true love to those who you are closest to." Oww!!! That hurt!!!! God is going to bring me opportunities with strangers, but I can't forget to love those who I am closest too. Just food for thought!

A man named Gabriel

Three days ago I prayed a prayer that is quickly changing my life. I prayed that God would put people in my life that I could minister to and show God's love to. My goal in this is that as a Christian I know many people have a misunderstanding of what a Christian looks like. So instead of me shoving God down people's throats I prayed for opportunities to minister particularly to strangers. With this I have already met four people since I prayed that prayer. But it wasn't until today that I actually realized it was an answered prayer. It wasn't until I met Gabriel!

So...


Here I am at work going through life's daily routines. When the phones
rings. A man is on the other end and wants to know if I can help him. He
thinks he has called a homeless shelter. I tell him he has called a
university and he hangs up. As soon as I hang up, I wish I could of done
something different or tried to help. As soon as I finish my thought he
calls back. I answer, "This is Jenna, How may I help you?"

He responds, "Yes, I have been staying at a homeless shelter for 10 days 

and myself, my wife, and my two kids can no longer
stay there for free. Can you help me?" My heart breaks and I want to
immediately go through the phone and hug him, and tell him he can
stay with me. But after coming to reality I think what can I practically do
to help this man. So I tell him to hold on and I would find him another
homeless shelter. As I am searching on the web, my heart is breaking and
then I find two different locations and give the locations to the man. After
letting him write them down, the Holy Spirit or like I to call it "The Voice
of Julian" says, "Ask him his name!"  So I do and he says, "My name is
Gabriel." "I say, "Well Gabriel before you go, can I pray with you?"
He says "Yes". I pray that God protects Gabriel and his family and God shows
Gabriel his love and helps him in this time of need." And then I say good
bye! If I weren't at work I would have wept! But I know without a shadow of a doubt 
God brought me Gabriel to pray for him and start this journey. 

My prayer is that you join with me as I seek God to help others!  See you soon!