A few years ago, a pastor named Harry told about an unusual mission from God. He always began his mornings with prayer. One morning during his prayer time, Harry felt that God was leading him to fulfill a very specific mission: to buy twelve barbecued chickens. Harry didn't know what God wanted him to do with the barbecued chickens, so he drove around town praying and asking God to lead him to people who needed food. He sensed God leading him to five different homes in different parts of town.

In one home was a single mother who didn't have enough food to feed her children. In another home was an elderly couple with health problems. The wife had just been released from the hospital; she was too weak to cook for her husband. In every case, the person at home had been praying for God to pro…