Jen, all of us go through some very hard times. I guess it's a part of life, we live, we love and we learn as we go. I for one would like to hear how God has worked in your life. Feel free to share what you feel comfortable with sharing. None of us are perfect, but we are all in this relationship with God, learning to listen, to let go of long held feelings, praying for you today.
In His Love
Rhonda
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From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jenifer Barr
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2017 9:17 PM
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Subject: Re: Prayer Question To Ponder
Hi all.
I could write an esay on where I've been and why I've not been contributing to the list, but I won't. I wanted to answer Phil's question in my own life and thank you all for your prayers. I've been hungering for God's word more than ever, trying to seek His will more and more in my life for the past few weeks. God's finally got my full attention and I hope I never stray again.
in my experience just in the past few days, I have received an answer to a prayer I'd been praying for the past 23 years. It wasn't the outcome I'd wanted... the outcome I'd prayed for time and time again... but He answered. One night not to long ago I completely gave this situation to Him... crying out to Him that I needed closure on this matter. I told Him that I was no longer praying for the outcome I wanted, but what He wanted. I told Him that I would accept whatever answer He gave me but I just needed an answer. Well, He answered and I thought I'd be devastated by the outcome because it wasn't what *I* wanted. But I have peace now. I have the closure I need.
I now have one true love now, and that is Jesus Christ. I am no longer bound by a past love that I thought was true.
The Bible says that if a man marrys a divorced woman he will be commiting adultery, so I am not bound by looking for a mate. And, I'm perfectly ok with that.
I've strayed from phil's question, and I am sorry. *smile* But I will answer it by saying that God answers our prayers in His own timing. It may not be how we want Him to answer, but He truly does answer.
Perhaps, if you all want me to catch you up on the last five or so years... where I've been hiding, I will. If not, that's ok, and you can all continue on this journey with me. I'm going to be asking you all a lot of questions about things I've read if that's ok?
I pray God's blessings for you all.
Jen
On 1/4/17, Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here is something to think about for this new year. In recent times,
> as in a few months ago and a few years ago, I heard the Lord in my
> thoughts, that is, the Holy Spirit, telling me to pray specifically
> for two different things. They were separated by a couple of years so
> it wasn’t the same request each time. These were prayers of petition,
> that is, prayers I was called upon by the Lord to pray and in both
> cases, pray for a specific positive outcome. For those who do not
> believe the Holy Spirit has any such intercessory ministry he
> administrates in the Body of Christ today, you might as well stop
> reading now, because I don’t want to offend anyone. In comparison,
> you all have read the dozens and dozens of prayers I have prayed when
> looking for something I lost. If you cannot believe those prayers of
> petition, you won’t believe these other two petition to which I am now
> referring. For the moment, I am not going to tell you what those
> petitionary prayers were specific but I probably will later. For now,
> I want to focus on the fact, believe it or not, that God spoke to me
> in my thoughts and told me, at two different times, to pray for a
> specific outcome; both of which would have been God’s will to do in
> both cases. The problem is, neither prayer was answered. In the case
> of one, the Lord spoke to me 3 weeks in advance of the event the was
> later to occur and in the second prayer, it was a couple of months,
> praying every day, and both times, my will-of-God prayers were not
> answered. Would God ask you to pray for something He knew He would
> not answer? If so, why? Was it my fault for listening to voices in
> my head? Could it mean that God cannot answer every prayer? Warning;
> thin ice. Oh, sure, the old faithful axiom; God always answers
> prayer; sometimes he just says, no. Cute, but weak theology to back
> it up. Anyhow, let’s start here and comment as you wish. There are
> no trick answers but I’ve been thinking about this experience for sometime and thought you’d like to share your own thoughts and concerns about unanswered prayer.
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