Praise God for answered prayers. Yesterday, we got an email from a dear friend from our home church that her husband received Christ as his Savior yesterday. I wanted to cry tears of joy and jump up and down dancing at the same time. I got to know this friend through a Bible study almost 6 years ago and began praying with her then for salvation for her husband. Over the years we got to know their whole family. They blessed us in so many ways and I could see God doing a work in his life. We just kept praying. God is faithful! We are privileged to know this family and get to see God's work in their lives.
This is what life is all about, it's what brings God glory. Our mission as Christ-followers is to share the hope of the Gospel with those who don't know Jesus, to pray for them, to invest in the lives of others through relationship building and prayer; and to live lives that exemplify God's grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love. We are to do this wherever God has placed us and to not grow weary in doing good and sharing the hope of the Gospel because God is doing the work. I praise God for all the people He brought into our friends life to point him towards Jesus. I praise God for all the people who invested in our friend's life through relationship, prayer, word, and example.
God is good all the time! He is faithfully bringing people to Himself and opening their eyes to the truth. As we pray, share the Gospel, and live our lives for Jesus; let us not forget this. Let us be faithful to do our part and trust Him for the rest.
Perfectly said and oh, what an answer to prayer. God is so good!
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