If you have a heart for the marginalized; when you walk downtown and the sidewalk surges with sorrow and loss, and human misery is evident in every face as you walk by the homeless, or a jail, or a nursing home, or whenever you see people in desperate need, and you sense the Holy Spirit prompting you to do something, but you feel completely inadequate, and simply have no idea what to do or say, here are some thoughts that may help.

No one in ministry began confident, not one. I think it's best, if possible, to join with another that is experienced, just tag along. I think this is especially important if you venture into areas that are dangerous. 

I read this by a woman who goes into strip-clubs, red-light districts and anywhere women are being exploited; I think what she says is so important. --- 

"I went not to rescue, but to witness.  Not to dominate, but to dwell. This trip had no agenda other than to occupy. 

And the moment a woman behind a glass window opened her door—and her heart—and invited me inside, closing the red curtain behind her, the assignment was sealed.

This wasn’t an easy trip." 

But it was a holy one.

Some conversations were brief.

Some were tender.

Some were divine disruptions I’ll never forget." 

These are comments made by Kelsey Decker about her trip to Amsterdam where she reaches out to the exploited women there.

I like that quote so much because we never know what God has planned, and if we simply go, with no pre-planned agenda, God will bring us someone we can help, how? We never know: but God orchestrates these divine encounters; all we have to do is make ourselves available. If we go trusting Christ, sensing His Spirit, and willing to step out, feeble as we feel, He will bring fruit.