How God answered Francis Chan’s ‘ridiculous’ prayer for a son-in-law
By Mark Ellis, Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS --December 14, 2016)
-- Many Christian parents have prayed for their children to meet and
marry another Christian – preferably a faith-filled, sold-out follower
of Jesus.
But
when noted author and preacher Francis Chan was impressed by a young
man involved with his ministry, he lifted up a bold, audacious
matchmaking prayer and God answered in a way that confounded Francis
himself.
“Earlier
this year in February I prayed and I asked God for something that was
just ridiculous,” Francis Chan told a group at the Finishing the Task
conference held at Saddleback Church on December 8th.
Francis
had begun to notice a young man involved with his ministries named
Justin Clark and became impressed by the insights gained in the younger
man’s devotional life. “I would come home and say, ‘Honey, this guy, the
way he talks about the Word and the way he talks about his prayer life,
I’ve never met anyone like him.’”
“You have a little crush going here,” his wife Lisa said, lightheartedly.
“I do, I love this guy,” he replied.
A
short time later during his quiet time with the Lord, Francis took his
interest in Justin to another level. “Lord,” he prayed, “you answer
everything and you’re so good to me and I’m just going to ask, can you
make him my son-in-law?
“He doesn’t even know my daughter, but make him fall in love with my daughter and make my daughter fall in love with him.”
After
he lifted up the prayer in February, weeks and months went by, nothing
happened, and Francis began to forget about the prayer.
Photo captions: 1) Francis Chan preaching. 2) Justin proposing to Rachel. 3) Mark Ellis.
About the writer: Mark Ellis is Senior Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net), and also founder of www.GodReports.com, a website that shares stories, testimonies and videos from around the world.
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