Though I am always engaging in conversations in an effort to build relationships in order to communicate the Gospel, it sometimes frustrates me when those conversations end quickly and we never get there.

So God, being the gracious, amazing and humorous God that He is found me praying yesterday morning as I woke up. (Me to God) “Y’know, if I could just plainly lay out the Gospel sometime real soon, that’d be great.”

No problem.

On my way to the office after an eye appointment, I call my secretary to check if everything is ok. I have had a church member call and tell me that an extended family member, living apart from God, was badly ill in the hospital, and she wanted me to go by and share the Gospel.

Hmmmm.

So I find myself in ICU in a very real “Mars Hill” conversation with a man that has his own ideas about God and is convinced that he is fine, but denies some real core beliefs of the faith. I am hearing these things, quoting back Scripture in affirmation about what he says that is right about God, but also to correct what he has wrong about God.

Long story short, he wasn’t buying what I was selling, but was very grateful for me to be there.

I’m praying for his recovery and the opportunity for more conversations that will lead to his salvation.

I am also praying that I will be quicker to get to the Gospel. Not in a “shove it down your throat” kind of way, but in an “urgent, this is important enough not to let the moment slip by” kind of way.

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