Share the Love of Jesus

Recently, while praying, my heart was stirred. I asked God to open doors to five people during the coming week so that I could witness to them about Jesus.

That very day, I was sitting with my family in a restaurant when an elderly man walked by and placed his hand on each of our shoulders as he passed. It was a tender gesture, and I reached out to talk to him. The man’s name was Skip, and he was 85 years old. He told us his wife had recently been disabled by a stroke. “We’ve been married all these years, and now she’s lying in bed at home,” Skip said. “I’m overwhelmed with the work of caring for her. I just came out to get a little break.”

When I asked if we could pray for him, Skip’s eyes welled up. He had been waiting to hear someone tell him that God cared.

Later that week, I shared the love of Jesus with a homeless teenager. Within days, I had meaningful, powerful encounters with others. Prayer opens doors powerfully, opening our eyes to the needs at our doorstep and to God’s desire to meet those needs.

In our communities, people are ready to see a faithful church act on its belief that God desires to free people from every prison. They want to know there is hope for their despair. As a result of our prayers, the Lord is ready to move. All he needs is for us to move forward in faith to see his power transform lives. “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him” (1 John 5:14-15, ESV).

Friend, I urge you to keep praying earnestly for your loved ones and for everyone you meet. Even though you don’t realize it, God may have already moved in their lives. So, when you hear a knock at your door, be faithful to open it. Jesus is ready to amaze us with his saving, delivering, and transforming love.