A few months ago, someone I love told me prayer doesn't work. If I remember correctly, his exact words were "nothing fails like prayer". This broke my heart because I know it's not true. Since then, I've been keeping track of all the answered prayers and conversations with God that I've experienced. But there have been so many, that my head is overflowing and I'm beginning to forget them. So I'm starting this blog as a place to record such things. Hopefully others will be encouraged and inspired, and also send stories of their answered prayers and conversations with God.
For today, I'll just start with the most recent event. A few weeks ago, after reconciling the books for our IT business, it was clear that we needed $8K dollars to come in within 5 days in order to make all our payables on time. In this economy, AR has been pretty low, and some have been stretching past the due dates - something that rarely happened in the past. So it was highly probable that this amount would not be forth coming. But confidently and expectantly I asked the Lord for $8K by Wed. He was faithful and provided what I asked for.
After processing the payments and all the new payables, it was clear we now needed $10K for meet the current payables, plus payroll, and we need it by Friday (2 days ago). Again, He blessed us with exactly what we asked for.
I have no doubt that God answers prayers - big and small alike. I've experienced it. I count on it. Just as friends and loved ones talk every day, so can we talk with God every day.
I believe that God loves it when His children know what they're asking for, and pray very specifically for what they need, with a clear expectation that their heavenly Father will provide what they need.
ReplyDeleteWould you go to the bank manager and say "Oh please help me with money"? He would not know what to do for you. No, you would prepare the numbers ahead of time, and then walk in and say "I need $xx to make payroll this month."
The problem is usually with our lack of faith. It's easy to ask in a general sort of way, because ANY answer could be okay. We need much more faith and trust, before we can confidently bring a very specific request to the LORD. Yes, it is scary to trust the LORD for a very specific outcome.
We also need to "die to ourselves", because we have to acknowledge that we do NOT know the whole picture. And therefore, even though we ask in faith, we are ready to accept any outcome ... because we trust the One who holds us in His hands.
Thank you for sharing this with us, Michele.