{"id":1761,"date":"2007-05-01T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T07:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.183.22.105\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:19:27","slug":"discover-the-power-of-praying-for-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/discover-the-power-of-praying-for-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Power of Praying for Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1761\" class=\"elementor elementor-1761\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3766464f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3766464f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Then one morning as she was working on her language studies in a caf\u00e9, her friend John came in.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>He talked about how God was opening up many opportunities for him to share his faith with students in language class. Kimberley wanted to know where all of these opportunities were coming from.<\/p><p>&#8220;When John said, \u2018All I do is pray\u2019, I realised that&#8217;s exactly what I hadn&#8217;t been doing.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d8da2ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d8da2ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ab28c6\" data-id=\"8ab28c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f545db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40f545db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/01\/robert-bye-F2eHfMwIOxA-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg?w=1024\" title=\"robert-bye-F2eHfMwIOxA-unsplash\" alt=\"robert-bye-F2eHfMwIOxA-unsplash\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-299e7721\" data-id=\"299e7721\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c4425a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41c4425a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;After that I began praying with faith that God would hear and answer; that he would show us his power and surprise us.\u201d Kimberley began to see God directing her to those he wanted her to speak to, whether during her team\u2019s evangelism times or in everyday life.<\/p><p>&#8220;For example, we started chatting to a lady in a caf\u00e9. I shared my testimony and my teammate Hannah shared from the Bible. Two weeks later, Hannah bumped into her again. She had been thinking about our conversation since we&#8217;d met, so Hannah excitedly arranged for us to meet her that afternoon.<\/p><p>We spent an hour beforehand praying.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71a9a7ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71a9a7ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20caf0fc\" data-id=\"20caf0fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4f74cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4f74cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cIt was clear that God was directing our conversation as he answered our prayers before our eyes. I inwardly asked God, \u2018Please help us move the conversation onto you\u2019 and five seconds later it did! Then I asked, \u2018Please open up an opportunity for us to get out the Bible and talk about Jesus\u2019 and that&#8217;s exactly what happened! We told this woman just how much God loved her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimberley and the team have learned the power of praying in faith for God to direct their paths towards those He wants to hear His message.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59c4cfe5\" data-id=\"59c4cfe5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d90f14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32d90f14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/01\/sarah-noltner-4U3d6u_p-fE-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg?w=1024\" title=\"sarah-noltner-4U3d6u_p-fE-unsplash\" alt=\"sarah-noltner-4U3d6u_p-fE-unsplash\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f26473 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f26473\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70a1dab7\" data-id=\"70a1dab7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3986966f back-link elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3986966f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/agape.org.uk\/student-global-projects\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Go on a student global project with Agap\u00e9 UK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f9563f6\" data-id=\"7f9563f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bc4df23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bc4df23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-435f419f\" data-id=\"435f419f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5974f671\" data-id=\"5974f671\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-368695d0 landing-page-intro2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-14288 elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"368695d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Talk to a Mentor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea4989a landing-page-intro2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-14291 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea4989a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What hit home for you in this article? 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