Does the word, ‘Coffee’ have a special meaning for you?
How asking and listening for God to speak presented an opportunity to pray for a recipient moving into a new flat in Molesey.
Our time-giver prayed as they drove to meet a recipient for a furniture needs assessment. ‘Is there anything you would like to say to this guy, Lord?’
‘Coffee’ He replied.
“Er? Does he need us to bring a coffee maker? Should I go and buy one? Or perhaps I should offer to take him to a coffee shop?”………
During the assessment, the team looked for an opening to mention coffee. When they told him they had prayed to God about him and was the word, Coffee, anything special to him, he replied,’Yes’! He had a strong childhood memory of rich coffee brewed in the kitchen with his mum. She had recently passed away (overseas) and he had no means of being with her, or at her funeral. Coffee also made him ill due to the medication he was on, so he had to avoid it.
So a simple word from God opened up the conversation to share His compassion, listen and offer prayer for his loss and also his health. Conversations followed on subsequent visits to support him with furnishing his home, that led to questions of faith and God. Please pray for Riccardo* as he recovers from domestic abuse, marriage breakdown, financial hardship and not being able to live with his daughter.
*name changed
Enabling customised giving
Besom loves to help you give as God inspires you to – in March we were approached by Adrian de la Touche’s homegroup (from HTC) who wanted to give Easter eggs to children who had received our Christmas Hampers.
They bought a batch of Real Easter Eggs which included the Easter message, packed them in beautiful gift bags, phoned to organise deliveries and prayed over everything. The two teams had wonderfully long chats on doorsteps about everything, tears, smiles from children and more. A really positive experience and the desire to go bigger and further next year!