AMERICAS' EASTER IS DRAWING CLOSE. WHILE OVERSEAS I WENT TO THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE TO BUY THE "AMERICAN FEAST" FOR EASTER SUNDAY. THERE WERE NO TURKEYS AVAILABLE. THE STORE HAD DUCK, LAMB AND RABBIT. UPON PRAYER I WAS GOING TO SELECT THE DUCK, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AN OPPORTUNITY CAME TO WITNESS. THE 4 WORKERS IN THE MEAT SECTION SAID EASTER WAS NOT UNTIL MAY. I PRAYED AND ASKED GOD TO PLANT SEEDS ABOUT THE TRUE JESUS. GOD HAD ME EXPLAIN EASTER IN AMERICA IS MAY 31ST. THEY STARTED TO SAY, VERY PROUDLY, OF THEIR DAY WAS THE CORRECT DATE FOR EASTER; AS THE ORTHODOX CHURCH HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. I LOOKED AROUND AND SAW THERE WAS A CROWD GATHERING AROUND THE MEAT DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE ALL LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION.
I GRACIOUSLY EXPLAINED TO THEM ABOUT THE ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC CHURCHES NOT BEING CHRISTIAN. GOD HAD ME QUOTE SCRIPTURE TO SHOW THEM THE CORRECT WAY TO PRAY. I EXPLAINED CHRISTIANS GO TO GOD IN PRAYER AND USE THE NAME OF JESUS, THEY DON'T PRAY TO THE VIRGIN MARY AND THE SAINTS. QUOTING "THE LORDS' PRAYER" WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. I EXPLAINED THE DISCIPLES ASKED JESUS DIRECTLY HOW TO PRAY AND THE SON OF GOD ANSWERED BY STARTING A PRAYING WITH "OUR FATHER,..." ANY GOOD CHRISTIAN KNOWS "THE LORDS' PRAYER," IT'S VERY POPULAR AROUND THE WORLD. GOD HELPED ME TO HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND WHEN A CHRISTIAN PRAYS TO SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES GOD, THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR TRUST IN THAT PERSON. HE HAD ME SHARE WITH THEM ABOUT THE BIBLE STATING WE ARE TO "TRUST, RELY AND LEAN OUR ENTIRE PERSONALITY" ON GOD. GOD HAD ME GO FURTHER WITH STATING "THE MINUTE A CHRISTIAN PUTS THEIR TRUST IN SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES GOD, THEY LOSE THEIR SALVATION." THEY WERE ALL SILENT AS THEY ABSORBED WHAT WAS SAID. I SHARED WITH THE MEAT SECTION WORKERS THAT I'D SHOP AROUND AND SEE WHAT THE OTHER STORES HAD IN STOCK FOR A HOLIDAY MEAT.
THE NEXT DAY I RETURNED TO THE STORE WITH THE DUCK. WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE MEAT SECTION, I PRAYED. ONE LADY WAS ALONE IN THE MEAT SECTION. I DIDN'T FORCE A CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT THE PREVIOUS WITNESS AND ASKED ABOUT THE DUCK; AS IT HAD BEEN RELOCATED IN THE FREEZER. THE WOMAN SAID SHE WAS BUSY AND COULDN'T HELP ME. SHE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT RECOGNIZING ME FROM THE DAY BEFORE. I RESPONDED WITH A LOVING COMMENT AND WAITED PATIENTLY IN PRAYER FOR SOME ASSISTANCE. ANOTHER WORKER CAME TO THE MEAT SECTION AND WAS HER RELIEF FOR A BREAK. THE WOMAN WHILE WALKING OUT TO TAKE HER BREAK, ESCORTED ME TO THE NEW LOCATION OF THE DUCK. GOING BACK TO THE STORE THE NEXT DAY HAS PROVEN A MAJOR VICTORY FOR GOD. IF THE SEEDS WEREN'T PLANTED ON GOOD SOIL, THE WORKER WOULD HAVE BEEN RUDE. AS GOD HAS TOUCHED THE MEAT WORKERS' HEART, IT HAS BEEN A HEART OF LOVE AND NOT OF STONE. THE LORD WILLING I'LL SEE ATLEAST ONE NEW CHRISTIAN WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN FROM THE EASTER SHOPPING WITNESS. WHO KNOWS HOW MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THE AUDIENCE THE WITNESS HAD DRAWN. WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN, WE'LL SING AND SHOUT THE VICTORY!
I GRACIOUSLY EXPLAINED TO THEM ABOUT THE ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC CHURCHES NOT BEING CHRISTIAN. GOD HAD ME QUOTE SCRIPTURE TO SHOW THEM THE CORRECT WAY TO PRAY. I EXPLAINED CHRISTIANS GO TO GOD IN PRAYER AND USE THE NAME OF JESUS, THEY DON'T PRAY TO THE VIRGIN MARY AND THE SAINTS. QUOTING "THE LORDS' PRAYER" WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. I EXPLAINED THE DISCIPLES ASKED JESUS DIRECTLY HOW TO PRAY AND THE SON OF GOD ANSWERED BY STARTING A PRAYING WITH "OUR FATHER,..." ANY GOOD CHRISTIAN KNOWS "THE LORDS' PRAYER," IT'S VERY POPULAR AROUND THE WORLD. GOD HELPED ME TO HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND WHEN A CHRISTIAN PRAYS TO SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES GOD, THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR TRUST IN THAT PERSON. HE HAD ME SHARE WITH THEM ABOUT THE BIBLE STATING WE ARE TO "TRUST, RELY AND LEAN OUR ENTIRE PERSONALITY" ON GOD. GOD HAD ME GO FURTHER WITH STATING "THE MINUTE A CHRISTIAN PUTS THEIR TRUST IN SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES GOD, THEY LOSE THEIR SALVATION." THEY WERE ALL SILENT AS THEY ABSORBED WHAT WAS SAID. I SHARED WITH THE MEAT SECTION WORKERS THAT I'D SHOP AROUND AND SEE WHAT THE OTHER STORES HAD IN STOCK FOR A HOLIDAY MEAT.
THE NEXT DAY I RETURNED TO THE STORE WITH THE DUCK. WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE MEAT SECTION, I PRAYED. ONE LADY WAS ALONE IN THE MEAT SECTION. I DIDN'T FORCE A CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT THE PREVIOUS WITNESS AND ASKED ABOUT THE DUCK; AS IT HAD BEEN RELOCATED IN THE FREEZER. THE WOMAN SAID SHE WAS BUSY AND COULDN'T HELP ME. SHE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT RECOGNIZING ME FROM THE DAY BEFORE. I RESPONDED WITH A LOVING COMMENT AND WAITED PATIENTLY IN PRAYER FOR SOME ASSISTANCE. ANOTHER WORKER CAME TO THE MEAT SECTION AND WAS HER RELIEF FOR A BREAK. THE WOMAN WHILE WALKING OUT TO TAKE HER BREAK, ESCORTED ME TO THE NEW LOCATION OF THE DUCK. GOING BACK TO THE STORE THE NEXT DAY HAS PROVEN A MAJOR VICTORY FOR GOD. IF THE SEEDS WEREN'T PLANTED ON GOOD SOIL, THE WORKER WOULD HAVE BEEN RUDE. AS GOD HAS TOUCHED THE MEAT WORKERS' HEART, IT HAS BEEN A HEART OF LOVE AND NOT OF STONE. THE LORD WILLING I'LL SEE ATLEAST ONE NEW CHRISTIAN WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN FROM THE EASTER SHOPPING WITNESS. WHO KNOWS HOW MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THE AUDIENCE THE WITNESS HAD DRAWN. WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN, WE'LL SING AND SHOUT THE VICTORY!
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