God uses the small things!

It is the the period of the 100K has gone full steam ahead and truly I am so much more sensitive to people now, what kind of people are around, what needs they have and how open they are. It is a matter of blessing and knowing them, and from there to pray with them that the gates of heaven will open and they cannot help but be drawn to our God! Here is a testimony from Nicole, from Jiarong's cell as an encouragement for us all.

I prayed for my friend, like Jiarong challenged us, on sunday morning, before I came to church. At first I was quite nervous, because I don't know how to get around to asking the person if I can pray for them. so I prayed before I called my friend. For wisdom to know what to say and so on. Then when I called I didn't straight away ask if I could pray for him. We just started talking about everyday things. One reason why I had decided to call this friend particularly is because his relationship with his mother is very bad. In fact, she sort of kicked him out of her house and told him to go back to live with his grandmother. His grandfather, whom he was very close to, passed away last year and he was really very grieved. So I wanted to bless him. anyway, he is one of my quite close friends.
So I called him, and only at the end when he needed to hang up, then I told him I wanted to pray for him. It was very rushed, because he needed to go help his aunt with something. So I just said, dear God, bless Zhong Han. help him and his mom not to fight. Give him a good day. In Jesus' name, amen.

After that I felt that it was a bit wasted. to say such a short prayer. I didn't think it made much impact. and when you asked me if I had anything to share during the combined cell, I said no, because I really didn't have anything to share.

But when i reached home my friend smsed me and said he wanted to ask me a question. He asked, 'Why must you pray for people before you go to cell?' I think that's a misunderstanding. :) anyway I told him, it's not a must. but we wanted to call someone to bless them. And then he said, 'I want to understand more about being a Christian'. And so I asked him what he wanted to know and he said 'everything'. although he hasn't accepted Christ yet, I believe this is really a miracle because although he knew I was a christian for quite long, he never asked about christianity. So I hope that God will continue to work in his heart and so on. One thing to pray is that his grandmother is a very strong Buddhist and won't allow him to go to church even though he wants to go.

So I just want to testify that God sometimes works when we think we have failed or disappointed him or ourself. yeah. I think God is really building my faith, even in the first few days of the 100K campaign. :)

As we seek to bless the people around us, let us trust that every blessing will spoken will not return void!