Feeling a burden for others around me
Today, I felt a slight burden for one of the staff members that I met at a store. I felt like his work situation and life circumstances may be a bit tough. It wasn’t a Word of Knowledge yet, but it was the start of something. If I had the courage to start speaking to him, I think I would have received more and been able to continue conversing with him, as the Lord led. In another store, I felt led to speak to an older staff lady. She happened to be friendly and open to conversation. I did feel impressed to ask if she were Singaporean, but shied away from that because I didn’t feel it could be an apt moment to ask. She ended up asking me that question instead and that opened up the conversation. I learnt from these 2 experiences to not think too much and just “go”. I could trust my gut instinct, and Holy Spirit impressions. Even if I make a mistake, the most is I would receive is a rejection to continue speaking. Nothing too bad would happen. If I were bold however, I could get to the point of sharing Christ. I felt encouraged that sensing the Spirit is getting easier and I’m becoming a little more sensitive.
Be strong and courageous
C and I paired for PE. Both of us usually depended on our partners to share. Before we set out, the Lord gave us the verse Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. We approached a few people. For the first 2 persons, we didn’t manage to talk much as we didn’t know how to continue the conversation. We managed to speak to one lady at the flea market and prayed for her.
Prophetic Evangelism is a learning process
Not achieving what we set out to do indeed left us dismayed and disappointed. True, none of the downloads that the team received came to pass physically for our group that day. However I believe that something that the Lord was trying to tell us was to not focus on what did not happen, but rather on what did happen. Remembering that this may be the first time for some of us to seek downloads from the Lord and going for such an event, the Lord already showed us that He worked in whatever capacity that is in His will. With such little experience it is of wonder that our downloads matched with each other, both amateurs and mentors. I believe that the Lord is trying to teach us that as beginners we may not be as sensitive as we set our expectations to be. Some of us may have gone into this practice thinking that its only upon doing what we have been prepared for have we demonstrated success. But with time, experience, intimacy with the Holy Spirit and faith are we then able to finetune this gift, still remembering that even seasoned Prophetic Evangelists do make mistakes. It is never a first time hit and I think it opens up something we can look forward to as we journey on with the Holy Spirit in faith
Faith renewed
During the PE training, SK felt led to look for man in black tee and bermuda with problem related to belly issue while per ministry partner had the word healing. Together with her ministry partner, they found treasure #1. In their conversation with treasure #1, his wife revealed that he had indigestion and irritable bowel syndrome. So they prayed for his healing, as well as for one of his son who had low immunity. They then invited him and his family to visit our Church through the church service timing card. Shortly, they found treasure #2, an elderly lady in her 70s who was baptised in her younger days, but have wandered off from her faith. She asked for healing over various health and aging issues, in particular, an injury on her left upper arm where she had a surgery. She was opened to visit our service and the two had accompanied her for a season, to strengthen and renew her faith.
A Loving Encounter
I was supposed to leave at 630am for a meeting. Got late and left at 7am. Walking to the bus stop I missed both my buses 🤦🏻♀️. I bumped into an incredibly fit senior citizen. Told her I missed both my buses adding it must not be God’s timing to catch those buses. We spoke and she shared pictures of double rainbows 🌈 over home in Hawaii. It was a perfect rainbow and literally covered her home. So told her His covering is over her home and family. I briefly mentioned how the rainbow came about. She was nodding her head. I continued to share that the earth won’t be destroyed with water but with fire and asked her ‘Where will you be? Up there or in the fire 🔥? She said ‘Of course up there la.’ I asked her what made her so sure? She said ‘What’s the point of all the good work I do here on earth then?’ I shared that her no amount of good work is gonna save us. We are all sinners. Even if we do good work, we are still sinners. Only Jesus can save. She was nodding her head. She asked which church I went to and I told her, and whipped out the service timing card to give to her and encouraged her to visit our website. At that moment, my bus came and that paused our conversation for the moment as we each went on with our day. A seed sown. Prayers for it to be watered before a soul is won for Jesus Christ.
LOVE
Huey Lee had a vision of the colour blue and ice cream, prompting them to visit a near by ice cream shop, where they were pleasantly surprised to find blue-coloured ice cream. They were attended to by a staff, who had previously seemed reserved and troubled. Several members from the teams have also been praying for him and releasing Words of Knowledge as well as prophetic drawings to encourage him during past visits. They were delighted to observe that although the staff remained shy, he now served them with joy. They believed that by sowing seeds of kindness, God would work in others. Both Glory and Huey Lee found encouragement in the sign “The greatest of all is love” displayed in the shop, as the Fruit of the Spirit that they had picked during grouping exercise was “LOVE”.
FAITHFULNESS
Carol and LK returned to visit a shop owner at the jewelry shop. During their earlier prayer, LK had a vision of flowers, and they were astonished to find glass-blown flowers in the shop. The shop owner had recently undergone surgery due to an injury sustained while assisting his wheelchair-bound mother. LK prayed for the shop owner, asking for creativity and success in his business. They later discovered that the shop owner was actually an artist, and the glass ornaments in his shop were crafted by him. The shop owner, who is also a believer, requested prayers for his mother, who has been battling schizophrenia for nearly two decades. This encounter reminded them of the power of prayer and the importance of supporting one another in faith.