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In a very surprising turn in lot and could see the young man
this conversation, the young man begin soften, and we could tell he
suddenly asked the guys in our was genuinely listening to every
group if they believed a person word being shared with him.
would be condemned to hell if they Shortly after that he began crying,
committed suicide. This got their telling them he wanted this Jesus
immediate attention as you might they told him about.
imagine.
You can imagine when this
When the guys inquired as to young man’s hands went up
why he was so curious about that toward heaven and he cried out in
particular subject, he made it acceptance of Jesus as his Lord, we
known to them that when he had all did a lot of jumping and
completed everything he wanted to shouting in that parking lot. And
do and said goodbye to his sister, we didn’t care who seen us, in fact,
he really didn’t have any other we would have welcome anyone’s
purpose to live and his life didn’t inquires.
matter to him any longer.
But the fact is that these men
At this point, this question listened to both my husband and to
and the entire conversation was the leading of the Holy Spirit. Their
handed over to my husband. Being obedience in ministering to this
a Pastor I guess they felt he was young man made a difference in
more qualified to handle this young his life. I can tell you it made a
man’s situation than they were. difference in the lives of everyone
So, image their surprise when my there that day. We knew we had
husband called another couple of been exactly where God wanted us
men in our group over, introduced to be and it resulted in stopping
them, explained this young man the plans of the enemy. If we had
dilemma to them, then walked not been there or if my husband
away. had not pointed him in the right
direction, that life changing
The two men began sharing
with him how his life did matter to conversation with him may never
God and how He had a purpose for have happened and the enemy
his life. They combined their could have won.
witness with love and After everything was over, my
encouragement for him. husband explained to everyone
why he called the two men over
It was about a half hour or so
when we looked across the parking that he did, and then walked away.
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