Jenny knew God was real – He had spoken to her. She understood His plan of salvation that she’d heard me talk about at our Book club and wanted to know Jesus. However, she didn’t think this gift could be for her. She just wasn’t qualified, she thought.
Feature: Salvation
It has been quite a crazy few months! I need to apologize for not writing sooner; I hardly knew where to begin. So I will try to sum up what has been going on with me the past few months.
I smiled as my Chinese friend, Laura, looked at me and exclaimed, “Ginger, I am not sure I know how to answer his question well in English!”
“Laura, please continue the conversation in Chinese!” I encouraged. “We Americans don’t need to understand everything that you are saying!”
As Jenny and I were sitting in the Korean restaurant, I asked her how she liked the Bible study Sydney had taught on salvation. Jenny replied that she agreed with it – it went along with what she’s seen in her life. I used a few illustration tools to make sure Jenny understood what Jesus had done for her. When I asked her if she wanted to receive this free gift from God, she said yes, but that she wasn’t qualified. It finally clicked for her when I wrote out a resume with Jesus’s name on top with all of His qualifications for Heaven and then crossed out His name and wrote hers instead. When I handed her the resume, she wanted it!
Feature: Salvation
Two weeks ago he shared with us the story of how God healed his
grandfather during the holiday when he prayed for him and the new
revelation of His power and love that he got.
Dinner was a bit awkward. Durk and Shirley apparently hadn’t spoken much English recently, because they kept switching to their own language.
We live in a world in which a spiritual battle is constantly being fought (Eph. 6:12). It is easy to pray, and when we don’t …
Mei Ling’s family is very very poor. The way Herbert described it, they don’t even have 1 元 to spare to go towards curing her.
The most important thing is that I am in love with Jesus. The second most important thing is that I love people. And from those two things lies the true ability to change the world.