Pray For a Divine Appointment

Written By: Jonathan Cruz Gadea
10-22-19

When I put God first in the morning before anything else in my life, He would give me wordsof love and encouragement to share with people. It was Thursday, September 26th , the second week of our 3-week canvassing program in Hot Springs, AR. Soon it was my first drop of the day. While driving around to find the place where I was going to be canvassing, Judit (who was the leader of the day and my prayer partner) asked me, “What can I pray for you brother?”. I replayed, “For a Divine appointment.” Soon after that, Shawn and I were dropped off at a Mobile Home Park; we prayed before going to knock on doors. When we were done praying, I went to knock on the door at the first house. A woman in her late 40’s came out, so I started canvassing her with the cookbook “Simply Fresh”. She was really into the healthy lifestyle. Then I asked her if she was a Christian, she said, “Yes, I consider myself Christian, but I haven’t gone to church for a while.” So I pulled out the book “Peace Above The Storm” and I started telling her things about the book. I was closing with this book and telling her what we were doing as a students. Suddenly she interrupted me and said to me, “What is it that you are doing? Can you tell me more about it? I want to know more”. This lady had so many questions, and she wanted answers. She went inside to get me a glass of water, and in the meantime, I was praying to God to help me answer her questions, or to give me the right words to speak, the right words that she needed that day. After a little conversation, she asked me to come inside and talk more about it. As we were talking, God would draw my attention to the book where there was the answer to her question. He did that with every question she had that day. Later on, in the conversation she told me that she lost her husband, he committed suicide few years ago. Also, her daughter (which is in the Navy) would not talk to her anymore (I don’t remember the reasons). As a result, she suffered from anxiety. She asked me if I knew something that could help her with that, in fact; I told her that “Peace Above The Storm” would help her. (I watched Andrew K. testimony about that book which helped him when he suffered from anxiety). After God helping me answer all her questions with some Bible verses and quotes from the books, she said, “This is not a coincidence, God sent you here, 3 days ago I was praying to God for answers, and now you came” she added, “You are an Angel sent by God.” At the end we prayed and she signed up for  bible studies. Her name is JoAnn, and she got 7 books and a selfie with me.

The Lord fulfilled His promise with me just as He did with Jeremiah: “Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak…” “Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.” Jeremiah 1:6,9.