The Station Prayer Chapel has had the opportunity to
minister to Christians and non-Christians alike. Here are a couple stories I
hope will inspire you to do what you can do wherever you are.
I became acquainted with a young Muslim man a couple weeks
ago through a friend of mine he had called on accident. A wrong number was a
God set up! The man was living in a pup
tent he carried in a backpack. He is on probation here and has previously spent
time in prison. His mother is a Christian and I’m sure she prays for him a lot.
I talked to his wife in California, where he sent her to live with her family
until his probation is over in 10 months. She had converted from Catholicism to
Islam. He finally found a room to rent here in town that he can afford. My
agenda is to just be friendly with him, to share the love of Jesus with him by
how I treat him. I’ve prayed for him and encouraged his wife during our phone
conversation. I’m showing him a sermon right now so that at some point I might
be able to preach him a sermon.
This last week Jan and I ministered to a man who we knew
very casually from attending a small church here in town several years ago. We
knew he had professed Christ but was now backslidden. As we talked with him,
Jan got some very focused prophetic insight about abuse in his life when he was
about 6 years old. He finally admitted she was correct and that he had been
sexually abused by 2 older sisters when he was 6. That hurt little boy was
still in there, alive and not well. He, too, had been in prison several times. At
one point a packet of crystal meth fell out of a magazine he had with him. He
was afraid Jan was going to call the police when he realized she knew it wasn’t
the “sugar” for his coffee he had told her it was. During our 3 hour conversation
with him, we both felt impressed to warn him that God was giving him a chance
to repent right then and turn his life back over to Christ. To him we did
preach a sermon. He left hearing but not responding to God’s plea for his soul.
We pray he will come back to God for salvation and healing. None of us know how
long we have on this earth.
It’s always a joy to talk with our Christian brothers and
sisters who come in with a praise report, prayer request, or just to say Hi!
Sometimes the Holy Spirit will give us something for them as they walk through
the door. More than a few times a rhema word from the throne room has given
hope, encouragement, and direction to one of God’s saints. Hallelujah! We count
it a pleasure to serve at The Station.
