“Ask me, and I will make the nations your
inheritance, the ends of the
earth your
possession.” – Psalm 2:8
New York City is the "City of Nations". In our own
backyard there are many who have never heard the Gospel. Here at Street LIFE
Ministries it is our constant prayer that God would open up opportunities to
share with people from different ethnic groups. During Worship Warfare Week, an elderly Chinese lady came
up to the Prayer Station asking for a book of prayer. She shared that her
grandson had been going to church after school and was coming home praying. She
inquired why we ended our prayers with “Amen” and wanted to understand how to
pray. Through my broken Chinese and Google translate, I was able to explain how
prayer is our way of communicating to God and how as Christians we end our
prayers with “amen” because it meant we're in agreement. I gave her a Gospel
of John in Chinese and was able to point her to the prayer for salvation in
front of the book, explaining that she could read the tract and if she wanted
to she could pray that for herself. She thanked me for the explanation and
shared how grateful she was to understand and be able to explain that to her
grandson. Personally, I came away from that encounter encouraged, believing
that God is hearing our prayers for the nations and giving them as our
inheritance (Psalm 2:8). Please continue
praying that we would have more encounters like this!
