A Story… One can of green beans—Big Deal! The church was abuzz as the 12-week Tuesday overnight prayer seminars neared. Registration was amazing. I was the leader. But God began to nag me about a past event. Three years ago, I took an elderly unstable Aunt shopping. She purchased a poinsettia. Unloading her buggy, a lone can of green beans sat hidden behind the plant, unknown to us and the cashier. I didn’t want to get her out of the car again, nor could I leave her alone in the car. I drove away. Forgotten until three years later back in Uganda!
Those green beans lodged in my head. It wouldn’t let up! First, I rebuked Satan for trying to disrupt the seminar plans. Then I made excuses: too long ago, don’t know address of the store, the newspaper headline “Missionary stole beans” will embarrass my parents, etc. The day before the first class, I drove twenty minutes to church for final preparations. Those beans hounded me! Enough already! “Lord, I will drive into this roundabout and I will not exit until this is settled. What must I do?” After a few laps, I returned home. Wrote a check. Took it to the Post Office, addressed to Food Lion, Christiansburg, VA. Settled! What a release.
Those twelve-week sessions were marvelous and repeated many times. Along the way, a church-wide overnight prayer hosted 399 people with several giving their lives to Christ. So what about those beans? What if I had not mailed the check? What if I had kept that LITTLE sin hidden? Story from: Catch Your Breath
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Work on it. Ask the Lord for conviction of sin. Listen. Write what you hear. Plan confession, restitution, and reconciliation. Note: Prayer partners can help put steel in your backbone to get this done. God will fill your sails.
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Xtras! Ask a mature Christ-follower to help you do this well. When it is done, testify to someone as to how God worked. The effort of testifying face-to-face anchors and multiplies this work of God. Sets your sails for revival.
* Tell someone of God’s Gospel Goodness.
* Ask someone to share their God Story.
* Join one or two in prayer for Revival.