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By HARVEY Zoon |
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08⎪FEBRUARY 2023⎪shop . cmausa . org |
Terri and I were at Oregon State Rally this August , when one of the Area Reps , Harvey Zoon , shared this testimony with us . It is not very often we get to hear what God does after we have the initial contact with people we minister to while on the road . The story below is so encouraging to see how God uses us to speak the truth , to pray , and to give a tract or Bible , and though it may seem small at the time , He stirs people ’ s hearts and does mighty things .
Doug and Terri
Doug and Terri South oversee the West Region as National Evangelist .
FERTILE SOIL matter what it may look
NO like before us , we must never forget that the Word of God is not chained . As Paul exhorted Archippus in Colossians 4:17 ( NKJV ), “ Take heed to the ministry that you have received in the Lord , that you may fulfill it .” We have to do our part , and our God is faithful to do the rest . Over a year ago , I was riding through Idaho with a group from CMA when we stopped at a local gas station . There we noticed a man and a woman trying to repair
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their broken-down bike , dripping oil and in a miserable condition . I felt something nudge me to go over and talk to them . As I did , I quickly realized these two individuals were soiled and heavily on drugs . I could see the bike was hopelessly beyond repair , at least in its owners ’ state . The man didn ’ t want my help or anything to do with me . However , one of my riding partners bought him some oil for his bike , and he did not refuse it .
I then talked with the woman ; she rambled on about her situation , much of which was incomprehensible to me . Instead of trying to understand her , I gave her a CMA Bible from my bike and encouraged her to read it . Then I left , having little hope for them or that anything would improve for someone in such a predicament .
More than a year later , in August of 2022 , I suddenly received the following in a string of text messages from the woman I had ministered to :
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