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1 | who benefits most from prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | Brendac | 115847 | ||
Hi EdB I agree that that guy was able to be a blessing in the situation, Praise God, however, it was not God's best for him to be without a car. I mean then one can say that God allowed someone to be sick so that they could go into hospital so that they could minister to the person in the bed next to them. How much more of a testimony would one be if they were walking according to 1 Peter 2:24 and going to the hospital walking in divine health and taking the gospel to those who are sick and telling them that they don't have to be sick because Jesus died for our sicknesses. How much more of a testimony would you be to others if you could tell them about your blessings and they can see the abundance in your life and see that you are favoured by God? I mean some people could say "well if that is the lack that God keeps them in I certainly don't want it thank you very much." Our God is the GREAT I AM, and He is the God who is MORE than enough, He is the God who supplies ALL our needs according to His riches in glory, He is the God that loves us so much that He sent His only begotten Son to die for us. He has made provision for us in every area of our lives, we just need to accept it and take it and then go forward and be a great testimony and the greatest witness that we can possibly be as that was the great commandment - to bring to lost into the Kingdom of God. We need to be living the way Adam was before he sinned, and Adam lacked for nothing at that stage. So I continually pray the solution and thank God for the provisions that He has made for us in His Word!! Have a great day! Brenda |
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2 | who benefits most from prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 115849 | ||
Brenda How can you possibly say it wasn't God’s best for him to be without the car. If he was praying, had no unconfessed sin and paying his tithes, aren't we promised God's best? If we don't consider this God's best then what is? A Ford? Nah! How about a Lincoln? Nah! maybe a Rolls? see when you try to tie God’s best to physical realm you can't stop obviously God's best would be as chauffeured driven Bentley. Or possibly a 747. See the nonsense we get into. God's best as Paul tells is whatever state we find ourselves, whether rich or poor, hungry or feed, cold or hot, even sick or well we need to learn to content ourselves in that state trusting God when He says He will make all things work to our Good. EdB |
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3 | who benefits most from prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 115857 | ||
I have to agree with EdB. I think we can gain a lot from our example in the Apostle Paul as cited in the following: 2 Cor 12:6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say. 7To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. With all the tremendous good things Paul did AND the tremendous sacrifices he made to be a christian, I would think he above all other humans on this planet since his lifetime would have deserved some relief but the Lord didn't see fit to give it to him. Whenever I read these words I shrink with embarrassment at my feeble attempts to be a christian. Also I tend to complain about the tiny "thorns" in my life just like everyone else in the world. ALL of us should feel ashamed. We should be just thankful to be alive and well in such a country as this with all the freedoms and blessings we enjoy. I hope this gives you comfort and God bless. |
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