Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Spirit-led studies save souls from cigarettes and selfishness
I had an amazing experience with a young man who wanted to go over the truth link study guides together. We ended up going on a Spirit led study about "How to study the Bible"-- no plan or outline involved, and after being blessed by this, the contact asked? "Can we study some more?" At this point it probably would have been acceptable to leave, but I felt it necessary to stay, impressed that we needed to go deeper. This time we studied tl lesson 2: the origin of evil-- Questions were answered about free will, did God create evil? etc. and there were many "aha" moments and spiritual epiphanies experienced by the contact and myself as we, once again, went on a freestyle Spirit-led study, asking questions and dialoguing amongst ourselves and with the Scriptures as we went along. At the end, I felt the need to make an appeal but, not having an outline or plan, simply asked the question: How can we apply what we have just learned? All of a sudden the contact stands up and says, "give me a hug" to which I responded by... hugging the contact. The contact then proceeds to open up and explain how he had started smoking, had stopped reading his Bible and was being a poor example at school and at church, and wanted to change. Our last text was was Hebrews 2:14-15 and so he shared how he wanted to be free from cigarettes and from spiritual apathy, I also shared how I wanted freedom from specific attitudes, thought processes and actions that were hindering my spiritual growth. We prayed and sealed our decision to be free in Jesus Christ. PTL!
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Great story!!
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