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The very first memory I have of praying with a random stranger, that wasn’t at a place of ministry, was around 2016, but it feels like a lifetime ago. My teenage son was with me while I was getting my tires changed over on my vehicle. It seemed to take forever. Bored stiff from watching everyone enter and exit the tire shop, we decided to go for a short walk. We strolled around and ended up at a fast food restaurant.

My eyes quickly scanned the lobby and rested on a middle aged man who looked down really in the dumps. I was snacking on my fries and chatting with my son, but I couldn’t stop looking in the direction of that man. I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I needed to pray for him. This continued for about five minutes as I kept uncomfortably stealing glances at the downtrodden stranger. Finally my son said, “Would you just go and do what you are supposed to do?” My mouth dropped open! I couldn’t believe he had also heard that I was supposed to go pray for this man.

I rose from my seat and awkwardly made my way toward this stranger that I had never seen before in my life. After a quick introduction, I hesitantly asked if I could pray for him. He looked at me curiously and shrugged permission. I nervously slid into the chair directly across from him. As I did, he looked at me straight in the eyes, leaned forward, and just started sharing his life story with me. He looked like he had waited for this opportunity for a very long time. I sat in disbelief that he would just talk to a random stranger about it all.

He informed me that his name was Floyd and that he had lost his job a while back. He had a great life but after being unemployed his life spiraled downward from that point, even to the point of his being separated from his family. At that point he was at rock bottom and was feeling very hopeless. After getting permission to pray for him, I grabbed his hand and petitioned the Almighty for a turnaround in his life, right there in front of everyone. I asked Father God that Floyd would get an amazing new job, and that he would know without a shadow of a doubt that it was from the Lord. I prayed for some other things too, but I do not remember exactly what they were.

I continued speaking out what I was hearing in my spirit until I felt it was finished. As Floyd looked up, he looked like a totally different person. He sat in awe as the Lord had touched him. As we parted ways, he smiled and thanked me, and I just knew God had touched him in a mighty way.

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:37-38

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