Great day sitting near the healing banner with Charlee. This morning Charlee had felt like God wanted to touch people who had a condition that doctors say can't be healed. While I was at the bathroom Charlee got to pray for a guy with diabetes. Later on while giving out water, a guy asked us if we could pray for his dad in California that has cancer. Then later a guy asked us for a water and I asked him if he had any pain in his body. He said he did but that it'll go and so I asked him if there's any other thing we could pray for him for. He said he's been restless so we asked him if we could pray for peace and good rest and he said sure. Before we prayed he said "I'm open to anything, I do the spiritual yoga over there ( there's a spiritual yoga place right near us). He said "I feel energy here". So then we prayed peace and rest over him and that God would reveal himself to him in his life. After praying he said "I feel a lot better, the pains leaving (we didn't even pray for that). So then we started talking more about how God heals and he told me he was raised Jewish and we talked about a lot stuff. I told him Jesus loves him and he paused and it was really cool like it was just sinking on him. He was getting ready to go and he said when you would say the word healing I kept getting a tingling on my head. So then we hugged him and I got his number to go to lunch sometime. Anyway it was awesome and he said he really felt better and he had a big smile. Great day.
Danielle's Story // 6.1.14 // Downtown Nashville
As I said before, I was trying out different methods of evangelism. Today I felt like I was supposed to go downtown and hold a sign that said "FREE ENCOURAGEMENT".
The first spot I went was the beautiful walking bridge downtown Nashville. I sat on a bench and was cordial to the people who walked by as they looked at my sign. A lot of people seemed interested, but was hesitant to stop. I was just about to move locations, when I guy walked up to me and said he would like free encouragement. I asked the Lord for encouraging word for him and told him how much God loved him. He smiled and said "thanks so much".
After that encounter, I felt like I was supposed to walk down to Jack's BBQ on Broadway. I was headed that way. As I was walking, I noticed a lot of guys kept smiling at me and making comments to me about how I looked pretty and instead of being annoyed by that, I felt like it was an opportunity to share God's love with them.
So these two dudes was eyeballing me and I decided to say hello instead of looking the other way. I think they were shocked that I actually said something to them. I greeted them and asked what their names were. They said their names are Tre and Peachy. I asked them if it was okay that I gave them an encouraging word, and they said it was. So I asked the Lord for a word for them. I gave them what I felt like I was hearing and they both had looks of shock on their faces. They said thank you and that they were encouraged.
I continued heading towards Jack's BBQ and saw this guy that was right in front of there. I told him that I was walking around encouraging people and asked if I could give him an encouraging word. He said that I could, so I did. After giving him the word he said "Keep encouraging people, hun".
So all in all this new way to evangelize was good. I am not sure how often I will try it, but It was definitely a good experience! God loves to encourage people through us. I would encourage you to ask him how you are supposed to encourage people in your life!