The Two-Minute Warning

“Divine Appointments Begin”

It was a long trip down to Orlando but I enjoyed it as I spent most of it praying and worshipping the Lord. So I was arriving in Orlando and Jerry and Billy’s place were on the other side of the city and I was about out of gas so I needed to stop real quick so I found a gas station to pull in.
What Lord? Is that you? Is it really you? You know it’s late and I’ve been driving all day and I’m tired and they are waiting for me for supper.
Go talk to that man over there I said and tell him that I know and understand the devastation that happened when his father left them and I love him and want to heal him.
Yes Lord, You made it clear that I was hearing from you so I don’t want to miss an opportunity to minister life to someone You love.
So I went over to the man sitting on the corner bench from the gas station. It appeared to be a bus stop bench.
Sir, Can I speak to you for a moment?
Yeah, go ahead, What’s on your mind?
Well, I’m a Christian see, and the Lord was just speaking to me about you. He told me to come and tell you that He knows and understands the devastation that happened to your family when your father left and He loves you and wants to heal you.
The man began to weep & cry & whale. Then he cried more and I had no idea what to do.
Lord! What do I do?
Put your hand on his shoulder and he’ll tell you his story.
So I just put my hand on his shoulder like the Lord said and he began to speak.
When I was younger, a young teenager around 13, my parents had started fighting a lot. They had always been so in love before. I overheard some of the fighting. It seemed my mom had suspected infidelity. My dad had started drinking and then one day he just left and never came back. My mom freaked out. She wished she hadn’t hounded him. She was so full of pain and about to go crazy and then just went out one day and put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger.
Then he began to weep again all the more. So I waited. Then he slowed and began to share again. I was 13 and my sister only 11 and we were put in foster care and separated. They at least gave of the address of where the other one was so we were able to keep in touch by letter. I left my foster home when I turned 18 and went to visit her. Then two years later she left her foster home too. She was a train wreck waiting to happen. I hurt so bad for her. I would hold her in my arms as she would cry. She came and lived with me for a while and got a job and seemed to be doing better. Then one day she came home screaming for joy saying she had found Jesus and He had healed her and she started trying to convert me. Well, I wanted no part of it. So she eventually moved out and moved away with some of her other Christian friends.
Again he was silent and I was at a loss for words on how to respond but as I reached out to the Lord for help within my spirit these words came out: So where did she go?
She went to Tampa with a friend and got an apartment there. They go to some big church out there. . I have often thought it was a cult of some kind or something. They are into speaking in tongues and what not.
Oh interesting, I’m going to Tampa next week to preach in a church there outside of Tampa.
Oh really! What’s the name of the church you’re preaching at?
A church called Greater Grace Church!
You’ve got to be kidding me! That’s the same church where she goes.
Oh really! So what’s your name anyway?
Bill, Bill Wimberton.
Well Bill, It sounds like to me God’s got your number. All these things aren’t just coincidences. Your sister has probably been praying for you and God wants to answer those prayers and heal you too and restore you to your sister. There’s a verse in the Bible that says: When my father and mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up. It sounds like that’s what God wants to do with you as He has done with your sister. What’s her name?
Sarah, Sarah Lynn.
Then he began to cry again and just wouldn’t stop. Again I wasn’t sure what to do but I heard the Lord say clearly: Just wait! Then he began to speak again.
I lost my job and my car was stolen. My girlfriend broke up with me. I’ve been at the end of my rope and I began to pray: God if you really are there like Sarah says You are, then please show me. I really need you now! And now you have come in answer to these prayers and hers and ministered God’s words to me. Ok, So what do I do now?
That’s easy! All you need to do is say: Jesus, I thank you that you died on the cross for my sins. I ask that you forgive my sins and my unbelief and come into my life and fill me with your Holy Spirit and be Lord of my life.
Can you do that?
Yes, Jesus, Please forgive me of my sins. Thank you for dying on the cross for me.