--- title: "Paul's Story" date: 2019-10-31T18:00:00+00:00 author: Jacob Hilton canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/stories/pauls-story" section: Stories --- Great Commission is the Evangelical Alliance's evangelism and mission hub for stories that inspire and resources that equip us all to share Jesus. - [Great Commission](/great-commission) - [Stories](/great-commission/stories/all) - Paul's Story # Paul's Story #### Paul shares the story of how his church community encourage each other in prayer and evangelism [ ![Https vimeo com 217170032](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Https vimeo com 217170032](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) #### Prayer | 0:00 ## Paul's Story 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group, where possible, but we also want to resource the individuals in the group to be where they are, in work, in their neighbourhoods and family, sharing Christ" I wish I could say that prayer was absolutely foundational to our outreach, but it should be, and I think we've been learning that more recently" I'm trying to learn that it shouldn't be about me saying, "Lord, look here's what I'm doing, "and please bless it and use it But I want to be saying, "Lord, what are you doing and how can I follow that Because I think the Lord is at work in people's lives, and when we encounter them, we realise he's already been speaking to them, and it's being sensitive to how his Spirit is leading us to say, how do we speak into what he's already doing So prayer for me is about seeking God's heart, both in terms of how we see other people, to see them as he sees them, with compassion and with love, but also then, to have the sensitivity to his leading to know how do we be his voice, and speak in, 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