After a tiring day selling products, I boarded the bus and settled wearily in my seat, eager to relax for just a few moments before my stop.  Suddenly I felt a man putting his hand in my purse and rummaging around for the proceeds of my days work.. I cried out with fear but the thief shushed me and said, "Be quiet or I'll hurt you!", and quickly got off the bus.  Instead of becoming angry or screaming of my loss, immediately I began thinking to myself.  " God loves him and He is waiting for him to repent."  With that thought I also quickly left the bus and followed him running and calling out to him,  "Dear man, dear man, wait a minute!  Please wait a minute!"

"What do you want?", he replied angrily, stopping to face me.  "I wish to tell you something", I began hesitatingly,  " I am a child of God.  He is a wonderful Father and loves me very much."  My voice became stronger and bolder as the anointing of the Holy Spirit took over.  "God loves you just as much as He loves me.  There is no great difference between you and the others who live in this world because everyone is a sinner."  I continued to tell him of how Jesus had died and shed His blood for him.  "  Did you know," I pressed on convincingly, unaware of the passerbys, "that there is absolutely nothing you have done that is too hard for Jesus to undo if you would only just receive Him in your heart today."

Upon hearing this, the thief's eyes filled with tears.  He began weeping and said, "Yes, I want this Jesus."  Right there on the busy street we prayed together and with salvation came the joy!

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Anointing from God
                ....Told by Ruslan (edited for clarity)

Some weeks ago in a house meeting one young woman expressed some anxiety. Her feelings were so visible that tears were on her face. She told us that she was unfruitful in the Lord and very few people were coming to the Lord through her ministry. She asked us crying, to pray for her that the Lord would open a door of ministry for her. After that she left us.  

A week passed. She came once again to our meeting and was very glad. She began testifying and telling us how God had so blessed her and how He had opened an effective door of ministry. She went on to tell how that she was at a relative's funeral where many of her relatives were also gathered.  In Georgia a funeral is the best opportunity to meet your kinsmen because it is very shameful if one does not come to their own relative’s funeral. 

So here were gathered many relatives and the Lord had anointed her mouth mightily so that ten people received Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior!! 

One more week passed and she came to the meeting even more joyful. When I
asked her to testify she shared how the Lord had given her opportunity to testify to her neighbors. They were all gathered in one person’s flat because it was very cold weather and only that one person had heat – “Georgian Oven.” She had gone there to get warm but there was another plan from God. According to His plan they got born again by the testimony of our dearest sister in the Lord.