No matter what
happens after the prayer, the Christian can say A) God answered it cause what was prayed for actually happened B) it hasn't happened yet, but God will answer in the future C) it didn't happen because it wasn't his will.
I wish I could say that something instantaneous and definitive
happened after that prayer — that I had some deep insight, saw something magical, or that my depression lifted immediately.
Not exact matches
I'd need to tell you about harsh winters and barren fields and doubting saints and unanswered
prayers, about the kind of rising that only
happens after you've been down on the ground for quite a while.
It's great that your friend got a job, but at least how you presented it, it doesn't sound like god gave him a job or even moved his resume to the top of the pile, but rather
after applying for many many jobs, especially being out of a job for years that's a lot of job applications, one would
happen to strike gold, hardly seems to me that god or specifically your
prayers had anything to do with his success.
Of all the collects in the
Prayer Book, that for the Fourteenth Sunday
after Trinity
happens to be my favorite.
After much
prayer and letting go, I came to terms with the fact that I wouldn't necessarily know where or how this birth would
happen until it did and just started trusting God and my body.
«He says that his
prayers and condolences are with the families of the shootings
after each shooting that
happens nationwide, but if his
prayers and condolences are really with the people and the families, he should stand up and do something.»
i am absolutley amazed at how many of you do ANYTHING before you have coffee... i wake up plug in coffee... take the dog out... come in... sit down with coffee and
prayers... call my precious elderly mom to make sure she is ok... open the curtains... check emails to make sure the rest of my grown family is well (and hope that there are new pictures of the most adorable baby grandboy who ever lived)... make the bed as soon as my husband wakes up and has his coffee... i am much more flexible
after almost 38 years of marriage... now i actually wiat for him to get out of the bed... and then the rest is whatever
happens....