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THURSDAY THOUGHT 1/15/09

Prayer Works
 
I have had every prayer answered, rarely in the way I had expected, but always answered.  Some have been answered in a blunt and bodacious way, such as the time I was down to the last seven cents in my bank account and an unexpected check arrived for $2,800.  Others have been answered as subtly as a whisper, experienced, for example, in the healing and joyful restoration of a tattered relationship with a once-estranged child.  I have seen prayer melt away huge barriers, overcome insurmountable obstacles, and transform lives from horror to beauty.  Prayer works.     
 
Best of all, prayers work for others.  In one passage of the Bible, Jesus heals a cripple, not because of that man’s faith, but because of the faith of those who loved that person enough to carry him across town and take a portion of the roof off and lower him down before Jesus in a crowded house. 
 
My point:  Pray!  Ask God.  Talk to God.  Let Him know how you feel and what you want.  He will answer.  Maybe it will not be how you expected or when you expected it, but He will answer.  Celebrate the joyful blessings of this day. — jri
 
“Since they could not get him to Jesus because
of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof
above Jesus and, after digging through it,
lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying
on.  When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the
paralytic, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’”
        –    Mark 2:4-5