Answered Prayer
There
is just something about an answered prayer that fills our hearts with awe and
with gratitude. It also brings a smile to our lips and a spring in our step,
together with a song in the heart – the analogies go on. Well, we are just so-o-o
encouraged at the moment by the answers to prayer we are seeing and
experiencing. If you will bear with me, I will tell you about a very few of
them.
When
we took on our charity shop and café, we prayed to be in Gods will, for insight
and wisdom, and all the help we would need. The Lord has supplied beyond our
expectations. Answered prayer.
When
we moved to our house, the Lord had us name it Sanctuary. Since then He has led
our church to ask us to start a ‘home group’ for the lost, the hurting, the
back-slidden, and those outside the church. Last week we moved the group to the
café because folk coming into the shop wanted to join us. Answered prayer.
Our
one prayer has always been to see souls saved and we have seen this. Only last
week, we had a young lady give her life to Christ within just one week of
coming to the shop for the very first time. She is not the first and she will
not be the last – all praise and Glory to God \o/ Answered prayer.
We
have both long sought to be presence carriers of Christ’s presence in our home,
our work, our church, and in all our dealings with the world. This week, not
for the first, second or even third time, we had customers and staff remark how
they love the atmosphere of the shop. That is Christ’s presence through His
precious Holy Spirit and is, for us, the most precious answer to prayer.
Since
Holy Spirit led us to this new home, town, and church, we have seen endless
answers to prayer both little and large. We are so humbled and privileged by
the way the Lord appears to be using us and answering our prayers in this
place. We know that we know we are in the right place, in the right timing, for
God to use us in some small way for His Kingdom purposes. Since we have taken
our focus from our situation to His Kingdom, we have never once been at a loss
for anything – He has supplied our every need and answered every kingdom
focussed prayer.
God
answers prayer as prayer avails much!! I will never claim to be the ‘righteous
man’ of James 5:16 but I do know that prayer does indeed avail much. Praise and
Glory to God.
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