Friend,

I’m sharing a bit of my time with Jesus. I’m praying for the people, the people of my city, to have expectant hearts. Hearts that expect that there's something more. Someone who sees them, has hope and peace to give them. Like my friend Joseph prays, I pray also, “free them from a life without Jesus and bring them into a life with Jesus.”

I claim the Samaritan woman’s words when she said to her people in John 4:27-29, “Come and see a man who told me all about my life - can this be the Christ?” 

Clearly they had heard about the coming Messiah, whether they believed it or not. 

Do my people know Him?

Do they know my hope and faith is in Him?

Do I talk about Jesus?

She talked to Jesus. She came and talked to her people about Jesus. She invited them to talk to Jesus.

1. Pray for your people to have expectant hearts, open hearts. God, open the hearts and minds of my people. Make their hearts soft to You. Prepare them to meet you and receive You and reach out to You. Come Holy Spirit.

2. Engage with Jesus daily so that He can work in you, tell you things, put people on your heart.

3. Engage with your people and invite them to come and see. Through your personal story. In your home. To your church.

This isn’t easy work. It’s meaningful work. It’s what matters for eternity. 

Shauna