After graduating from high school, Shawna moved to Canada to attend Trinity Western University. Trinity had many English-language learners from China. Shawna applied to serve as a Resident Assistant, and that next autumn met some of her Chinese roommate’s friends.

These Chinese students weren’t atheists, per se. They simply had never heard of God, the Bible, or Jesus Christ. They knew nothing about Christianity.Instead of teaching them a new vocabulary of Christian words, Shawna focused on fun and friendship. A few weeks after the start of the new school year, one of the Chinese girls asked her, “Would you teach me how to pray?” Shawna said yes and, after a few tries over several days, her friend started to get the hang of praying.  

Then Shawna’s friend asked a wonderful question. She asked, “Who hears my prayers?” Only then did Shawna begin to tell her the most basic and important facts about God.

Intuitively, led by the Holy Spirit, Shawna focused on her friend’s felt need--learning to pray--as the door through which she could come to learn about God, the Bible, and the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ.

How might God use you to share the Good News today? Don’t miss the opportunities He brings your way.

This is Luis Palau.