It was a typical Saturday and God blessed two more families in the ghetto after they with the past families, worshiped him for over one hour. Most families that live in the ghetto do not have a lot of money. Neither one of these families could afford a car, so the manager of the King Soopers store gave them permission to take their groceries home in the grocery carts. They told the manager that they would go home and unload the groceries and bring them back right away.
As the families were about to leave the parking lot, four men came up to them and said that we are going to forcibly take the groceries in their carts. Both families were Christians but were caught off guard. Lydia and her dad were the closest to them. Lydia said, “We need to pray for those men.” Her dad agreed and quickly greeted the men and said, “Before you harm anyone, can we pray for you guys?” Whenever you let someone who has the power of the Holy Spirit pray over you, it will change your life. The men gave them permission to pray for them. Lydia’s dad and each family member began praying over them. Their prayers were being directed by the Holy Spirit which in turn made each man regret what they were about to do.
Finally, one man had enough and said, “I am so sorry that we did this to you. We were just very hungry.” He turned around and began to walk away. His buddies did the same. One of the family members said, “Wait. Why don’t you let us make you some sandwiches for you.” The families immediately began to look through their carts for the items to prepare sandwiches for them and said, “We too were hungry, and God just blessed us. Now we want to bless you.” The families made them sandwiches using the knives that the men were going to stab them with and chips to go with the sandwiches.
Meanwhile, while this was all going on, the manager of the store was watching everything what just happened. He came out and asked the men if they would like a job cleaning up the parking lot. He said, “I will give you $100 if you clean this parking lot up.” The men were very excited to take the job. They finished eating with the families and thanked them for what they did. They apologized for threatening them again and went to work.
When I came back a week later, I found out that the men did a good job of cleaning up the parking lot. They must have been observed by other people because they were hired them to clean up other parking lots. One furnished them a place to live. The conditions was that they would deduct their rent from the work they did. These men were very grateful. Jesus Christ gave us the Holy Spirit to give us power. Let’s use that power to change people’s lives.