I came across this story this week on preaching.com. It was originally Part of an article in Leadership Weekly called God Winks by Joe McKeever.

It’s a great example of how God is working in the world today.
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God Saves Husband and Wife Independently

My friend Bryan saw [God's providence]. Aboard a plane to Salt Lake City, Bryan got acquainted with his seatmates, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter. The lady found it intriguing that Bryan was a minister and peppered him with questions. Eventually, Bryan shared his story with her--of how Jesus Christ had changed everything about his life--and ended up praying with them both as they invited Jesus to become their Saviour.

That's when the lady told Bryan why they were headed for Utah. She had been separated from her husband for two years due to his drinking problem, but he had conquered the bottle, and they were going to try marriage again. "He needs the Lord, too," she said. "When we get to Salt Lake City, would you mind talking to him about this?"

Bryan was more than willing. In the airport, they met the husband and found out that minutes earlier, as he was waiting for the plane, a furloughing missionary had sat down beside him and led him to faith in Jesus Christ. God had arranged the schedules of two ministers on opposite sides of the world to get this family in the kingdom.

The story of Jesus' birth is lined with heavenly coincidences. A Roman census moves Joseph and Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem just in time to fulfill a 500-year-old prophecy that the Messiah would be born there. Shepherds found the stall where the Lord was
born, and breathlessly announced that they had seen a sky-full of angels proclaiming his birth. Foreigners chasing a star showed up bearing gifts, gold among them, just in time to finance the family's hasty flight to Egypt.

God was moving heaven and earth to get you and me into the kingdom.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ came together at a moment in time when the Greek language and Roman highways and disillusionment over the old religions flowed together to create an ideal situation for spreading this message.

Coincidence? No, just a sovereign God on the job

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Well Praise God – I’m so glad that I came across the article. What a wonderful; example of what The Lord is doing and how He is drawing people to himself. Every minute of every day God is changing lives. Every day thousands of people are discovering salvation as they turn to Jesus.

Acts 2

³⁷When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" ³⁸Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call."
⁴⁰With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." ⁴¹Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day