Let me share with you that this ministry is the real deal. I had the blessing to experience this ministry and my oh my how Holy Spirit uses this ministry and the kids that are a part of this ministry to bless the church and reach out to hurting kids and adults too. God's presence is with them as they minister in praise/worship/dance and the sharing of testimonies of the young adults that their lives are so changed once Jesus touched their hearts. There was a point when an altar call was given and Eddie asked the congregation to pray on behalf of the children responding to the altar call. To pray if you were a mom or a dad and pray on behalf of these kids as if you were praying for your very own children. Oh my, all I can say is how the tears flowed from my eyes as I prayed with others in the church. We take our lives sometimes for granted. Just because you may pray for your children we may tend to forget that there may be children out there that have no one to pray for them or on their behalf. I believe in my heart that if you pray for those that have no one to pray for them then God will bring others on your behalf when a need may be there. That is not the reason to pray for others because of a selfish cushion need you may have one day. You need to pray as Holy Spirit tugs at your heart to pray. He knows who needs the prayer and when it is needed. You do believe that right?
As I am writing now I am being reminded of the time one of my children was in the hospital for a second surgery and as I sat with my bible and prayed in a rocking chair outside of their room a silent conversation I had with Holy Spirit. It went something like this, "Why does my child have to go through a second surgery why was it not taken care of the first surgery?" I asked as a mother would ask of her child of why they had to go through the same surgery and recovery etc. It was in that moment that I was to rest assure that the 2nd surgery was not a bother to this child like I wanted to think it was from the perspective of a parent wanting to shield your child from pain. As I sat in that rocking chair I then understood why I was there, to pray for sick children in that hospital. My child's surgery was minor compared to the serious health conditions of children in that very hospital that were facing life/death concerns. I was there to pray and intercede for children that may have had no one to pray for them. I prayed the word of God sitting in that rocking chair at the end of the hospital hall corridor. I will never know who they were all I know is that God had a plan and purpose to us being there for the very children that needed pray at that very moment in their lives.
Another thought just came to mind now also...when my father died I met a woman at the hospice house that after his death I felt led to go see her and also a young child that was a patient there also, he may have been 8,9, or 10 at the time. One day I struck up a brief conversation with this child and by looking at them you knew there must have been some kind of tumor because you could see it bulge out of their head a little above the eye area. I found out that they liked music and at the time I had a few percussion instruments with me in my car and I asked the nurse if it would be OK to bring them in and if this child wanted to select one they could have it to make their own music. They said it was OK and this child selected an instrument. I found out that not many family members would come to visit this child and my heart really went out to them with just the thought of thinking that they were dying at a hospice house and very few came to visit them. As I am writing this tears well up in my eyes with that remembrance. I cannot even imagine a child so young facing death and not having what other families just may take for granted. I stopped in one more time and it was after Christmas of that year and I inquired of this child if they were still playing the instrument and I found out that they died a little bit before Christmas but the silver lining in the cloud was that their family was around this child. If you have children do not take them for granted and keep praying for them and telling them how much you love them. If Holy Spirit causes you to pray for others that you may never meet or know today but will meet them in heaven pray, pray, pray for them. Your tears and your heart felt prayers may be the very thing that touches heaven and can cause a change for their very lives. Think of it like this also...your intercession prayers just may be the answered prayer of that child's family member that prayed and prayed and prayed. To God be the GLORY.
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