A good story can't be told too often!

Yesterday I attended my second Sunday service with the covenant community in Vester�len. I was shocked at the beginning. A young journalist, Johnny, had been asked to give his testimony and tell of the good things God was doing. Now he was asked to come to the front and share with us the good news of God�s working in his area.
He came to the front with his head lifted high. When he opened his mouth Christian clich�s were gushing forth. He seemed to be bragging of something. He even read some verses from the Scripture and seemed to be preaching down to us. I was surprised, what had happened to the Johnny I heard sharing his story in the cell-group gathering a few days before? He must have been manipulated by some religious demons. He had forgotten his story and was just emptying himself of some wishy-washy religious clich�s. When he finished, I helped him remember the story he told at our gathering on Thursday, a good story, doesn�t matter how small I is, can�t be told too often!
Earlier in the week Johnny had an assignment to interview some people in their home. When he went to see them, he happened to knock on the wrong door! A lady he didn�t expect to meet opened the door. It was Heidi, a lady the cell-group had been praying for recently, ever since they came to know that she had got cancer. When Johnny came to himself after the surprise, he explained his mistake and asked her how she was. She wasn�t really interested in talking to him and the conversation seemed to come to a quick end. Johnny was praying desperately to God to give him an opportunity to tell her of the goodness of God. But nothing seemed to materialise. He just had to wish her well and goodbye. She gave a kind of common reply in this part of Norway: �One will hope and pray!�
Immediately Johnny knew this is the moment of visitation. �Pray, yes, that is very powerful. I am part of a group that is praying for people, may we pray for you?� Tears appeared in Heidi�s eyes as she was touched by his care and offer to pray for her. Gratefully she welcomed the group to pray for her. Then Johnny could share with her about the goodness of God and the power of prayer, before he had to hurry on to his assigned interview, in the right house this time.
Johnny was full of joy as he told the story, because God even had used his mistake to bring blessing to another person. That this person already was on the prayer list of the cell-group, made it even more exciting! God is certainly working among people in this area!