On this Page, I would like to Share about some dear People I met years ago at different times.
Years ago in my 20s I was on my way home on the weekend (a 2 bus trip) from South of the City to North-East. My Mum had asked me (specifically actually) to be home in time for a special meal she had planned that day. On my way home – after the 1st bus, I was walking pass a Snackbar, and I felt a prompting from Jesus to go in.
When I was standing at the counter waiting to be served, I looked behind me, and there was a young woman my age sitting there looking through a Calendar she had purchased with religious pictures in it. I usually mind my business and let people be comfortable with their religion. However, I felt prompted again, to ask her gently and directly, if she knows the Jesus in the religious picture. She answered “No, I was passing by a Catholic Church 15 minutes ago and called out “God, can I find you Today!?” I sensed she needed to speak personally with me, and remembered my Mum’s request that morning, so I asked her if she would like to come with me and share a Meal together? Her countenance lifted and she felt happy to come.
We conversed in the bus and she shared her story with me. We arrived home at Mum’s and we shared the meal together (my Mum was happy to welcome her) and afterwards, we went into a small Unit I lived in there. When I was doing something, she picked up a Bible she noticed, and started reading some words in it – in just a few minutes, she experienced New Birth (a spiritual birth we experience when the Spirit of Jesus comes into our spirit.) He had spoken to her through what she read in those few minutes (about 5) and she started to Cry for Joy.
She was staying in a small Hostel from Interstate for a few days and we invited her to stay with us.
Then she went home happy with Jesus – a different woman. I could say more, that is her personal business, all I can tell you is
“Jesus turned her sorrow to Joy.”
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Another time in my 20s, I went to the City to catch a 2nd bus to a small Gospel Rally and was waiting at the bustop and a pretty Young Woman in her 20s came there – she was waiting also. We started a conversation and I was sharing about Jesus with her. She was drawn to what she was hearing. The bus came and I asked her if she would like to come with me because I didn’t want to suddenly leave her. She said “YES!” and on the way in the bus, I noticed a small fading bruise on her arm.
Jesus actually drew my attention to it and I had a deep concern in my spirit. When I gently asked her about it, she said she came here from HongKong to marry and he was taking advantage of her and treating her shamefully. I said she didn’t have to stay in that situation. When we were sitting together in the Presence of God in the small service, her eyes flooded with tears that flowed down over her dress and handbag when Jesus touched her with His Presence and she experienced New Birth (a spiritual birth when Jesus comes into our spirit) and we Personally Believe in Him.
Having Jesus on the inside, she had the courage to get out and leave that awful Guy and she was Happy with her New Life in Jesus. She found somewhere to live and then she found work and a Flat to live in and I visited her there.
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About 15 years ago, I was driving pass a Shopping Centre and called in, no particular reason. As I walked back to my car, I noticed a Young Indian Woman and offered her a ride home. She said it wasn’t far away and I said “That’s OK, I’ll take you there” with a friendly smile. When we got there she invited me in. It was a very old house and she walked me through the kitchen to her room, saying other people lived there too, in different rooms.
When we went to her room, she said her husband is there with her. He was out somewhere and there were two single beds in their Room they were renting. And a small wall cupboard with real Luxury Clothes from her homeland. She said her family is very wealthy over their but told her they can’t afford to keep paying expenses for her here.
Things weren’t working out for them here in Australia and she was Exceedingly Depressed – she said “It never stops, I’m like this Most the time. I stay in our Room a lot” She was Hindu. I asked if I could pray for her and told her Jesus likes me to pray only to Him. She gave me her permission. When I saw her 2 days later, the Depression had gone, and that week, an Indian Couple invited them to share rental with them in a much Nicer place. They were very happy there and she was Well.
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Another day, about 6-8 years ago, I was driving along a road I don’t often use, and I saw a Woman about 38-40 walking on the footpath distraught. Immediately, I stopped my car and asked if someone harmed her. She said a neighbor sold her a Car and would not give it to her. She took me to the house and a Muslim Lady answered the door and I discussed it with her.
Just then, the Girl in her 40s went across her lawn, flopped herself down on the ground and sobbed uncontrollably. I felt to go to her and pray (audibly in a certain way for her) she calmed down and invited me to her house a few doors away. When I went to see her a few days later, the Muslim lady called to me and asked if I can pray for her the way I prayed for the other person – reporting to me that she always behaved strangely and she has been in her right mind since I prayed for her.
I said “I prayed to Jesus. Are you sure you want me to do that?” And she said “Yes please Mam, just the Same as you did for her”………she told me her daughter lives 2 streets away and has not let her see her two grandkids for 3 years because she dislikes her dad a lot (he isn’t good at all) The lady said she wants to see her Grandkids again. The following week, she told me with great joy that her Daughter is Visiting her with her Grandkids again when he is out.
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Continued Soon!