{"id":21502,"date":"1998-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/1998\/07\/01\/for-heavens-sake-10\/"},"modified":"1998-07-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1998-07-01T00:00:00","slug":"for-heavens-sake-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/for-heavens-sake-10\/","title":{"rendered":"For Heaven&#8217;s Sake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <strong>F<\/strong>or years, I have whined, cried, fussed, pleaded, and even prayed over the unredeemed state of many of my loved ones. So, when our church planned its yearly women&#8217;s retreat to be held near UC-San Diego, I recognized an opportunity and called my 19-year-old niece who studies there.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-article-callout is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Holy Spirit interrupted my impassioned intercession.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> &#8220;Michelle, let&#8217;s get together. Three of your cousins will be coming with me to a women&#8217;s retreat near the campus. We&#8217;d love to meet you for dinner on Friday night. Great! See you then.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p> During dinner, we invited Michelle to join us for our meeting that evening. She agreed. I could barely contain my excitement. I had prayed for Michelle since she was born but had never seen the gospel make an inroad with her.<\/p>\n\n<p> On our way to the meeting and during the worship time, I prayed silently and fervently, <em>Jesus, you know how much I love Michelle. Please call on her tonight. Meet her here. Touch her life in an unforgettable, inescapable way! <\/em>I prayed on and on, even rehearsing all her worthy attributes, life history, and reasons she needed God right now this very instant.<\/p>\n\n<p> The Holy Spirit interrupted my impassioned intercession: &#8220;Linda, I am not the ambassador of your love. You are the ambassador of my love. I sent you as my ambassador to invite Michelle to come. My plans of love are already in place.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p> Prayers of love are generated from God&#8217;s heart. They only agree with his purpose: to save, to deliver, to help and strengthen. This is his work on earth, and I am to be <em>his<\/em> ambassador, waiting to carry out instructions, instead of giving God so many instructions! I relaxed and joined the worship with my whole heart, anticipating the fulfillment of his loving mercy in my niece&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n\n<p> Though Michelle had never before attended a Christian church, she lifted her hands to God during worship and smiled as she sang. Later, the speaker ministered to her personally and led her in a prayer of salvation and surrender, while her three cousins and I cried and laughed with the joy of a new birth.<\/p>\n\n<p> After the meeting, Michelle immediately went to a phone and called her boyfriend: &#8220;Nathan, I met Jesus! You&#8217;ve got to come and meet him here tomorrow night! Oh yeah, and I want you to meet my aunt and cousins, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p> Nathan must love Michelle, because the next day, he bravely accompanied her to the women&#8217;s retreat. As our meeting began, I asked him to sit with us in the front row (so he could try to forget that he was the lone male in a room full of women).<\/p>\n\n<p> Nathan listened intently to the minister. Later he told us he had often prayed for answers and our women&#8217;s minister seemed to address every question and need he had presented to God. He came forward to publicly accept forgiveness and a new life.<\/p>\n\n<p> Michelle and Nathan glowed with joy. After our services, they made plans to attend a church they had been invited to numerous times. I prayed for them and later sent them Bibles and music CDs.<\/p>\n\n<p> My beloved niece Michelle had gained eternal life and more. God, in his extravagant love, had already directed her to a church where she could continue her new life. Knowing her highly social personality, he also gave her a partner to go with her. 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