Jackie,

Thanks for sharing that with the group.

Phil.




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From: "Jackie Shepherd" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: A Different Way To Pray For Money


> Yes, Phil, we too have been there many times, as my husband and I have 
> been married for 42 years this August.
>
> Upon my retirement in 2011, we found that we also had an upside down 
> mortgage, and we would no longer be able to afford
> almost $1400 in house payments.  This was just before they initiated 
> financial programs to help home owners in our situation.  Therefore, we 
> had to foreclose on our house, though that was the last thing we wanted to 
> do.
>
> Now we have been renting an apartment in Portland,as we have moved from 
> Salem; and though we have lost our home, we are still finding that God 
> does answer prayer, as he helped us to find an apartment about a block 
> away from where my Mom used to live, so we knew the area.  The apartment 
> is small, but then there is no upkeep.
>
> We are about to move to a larger apartment, costing $10 less per month, 
> with a washer and dryer, as well as a dish washer.  It's amazing how much 
> you take appliances such as these for granted!
>
> Although God didn't answer our prayers as expected, he answered them in a 
> way that was best for us.  He knew what we needed before we did.  PRAISE 
> BE TO GOD!
>
> Jackie
>
>
> At 04:06 PM 5/5/2013, you wrote:
>>I thought this would be worth sharing on echurch; first, because it is 
>>personal, it happened to me, and second, I know others have similar 
>>financial needs.
>>
>>Sandy and I have, at times, made good money; for a couple of blind people, 
>>that is.  Sandy does well having been a medical transcriptionist for well 
>>over 40 years, however, she has, in today's poor economy, reached a 
>>ceiling.  She no longer receives annual raises but gets a 3 percent, one 
>>time per year check, of her total income; most of which is taxed right out 
>>of the picture, too.  We also have experienced various times of being 
>>broke to the degree that hasn't been much fun.  Years ago, when I traveled 
>>and spoke in churches around the country, we were so broke, people were 
>>giving us food.  Guest speakers don't receive many speaking opportunities 
>>during the summer months when it comes to churches.  A couple of people 
>>gave us each a frozen turkey, about 12 pounders, and we had turkey and 
>>potatoes for two weeks day and night.  So, in short, we know financial 
>>hardship up front and personal and not just once or twice.
>>
>>Recently, with Sandy surgery, and Obama's new health care ratcheting down 
>>private insurance companies, along with the hospital she works for picking 
>>the cheapest insurance plans they could find, we found ourselves in deep 
>>water financially.  Our house has been upside down for well over two years 
>>and although we've tried many places, we could not find a company to 
>>modify our mortgage for lower interest rates.  Financially speaking, I'm 
>>leaving out a lot of details but many of you on the list understand what 
>>I'm trying to explain.
>>
>>My prayers for finances have been restricted, to one degree or other, 
>>mostly to what I have heard through preaching and teaching and studying 
>>God's Word.  I also have put aspects of prayer the Lord has taught me 
>>personally into play over the years but I was still coming up dry most of 
>>the time.  Nothing, unfortunately, was working and things were getting 
>>worse.  I deep down inside, believed there was an answer and one that 
>>worked every time but I sure couldn't find it and what I had been 
>>practicing wasn't working either.
>>
>>One night, my victor stream battery was running low so I needed to plug it 
>>in to the charger.  In my small 2-room office attached to the house, my 
>>walls, several of them anyway, are floor-to-ceiling bookshelves with all 
>>sorts of books and electronic equipment, including my ham radio equipment. 
>>To say the least, there are, wires and cables running all over the place 
>>in out-of-the-way places; for the most part, haha.  In this particular 
>>case, I have two heavy duty computer electrical strips, with every slot 
>>filled, laying between my rocker recliner, and bookshelves I can reach 
>>easily without getting up, with lots of cables and wires laying around 
>>them on the floor and floor level shelve.  What I lack, I have installed 
>>on the walls, near floor level,  which I paid an electricians to do for me 
>>professionally, 24 more AC jacks and wired to only a couple of breakers at 
>>a time, so I have lots of power capability when it comes to plugging in 
>>everything under the son.  My breaker box outside on the back of the house 
>>is so large, you can practically crawl into it, haha.
>>
>>As I reached down to feel for the victor stream charger wire, my mind 
>>immediately said, "Holy Spirit?  You know where that wire is I need. 
>>Place my hand right on it."  You guessed it.  The first wire, out of all 
>>those cables laying on the floor, the first one I touched was the wire 
>>connected to the battery charger.  By now, I have told these stories so 
>>many times, most of you are sick of them but there's more to this one than 
>>meets the eye.
>>
>>The split second my fingers touch the correct wire, at the speed of light, 
>>an additional thought came to my mind.  this thought intersected, or 
>>overlaid, the first, that is, they overlaid one another just like coming 
>>to an intersection of streets.  The other thought was, "Now, Lord," I 
>>said, "Why can't praying for money be as simple as the Holy Spirit helping 
>>me find a lost wire laying on the floor."  I heard a small voice say, "It. 
>>IS. that. simple," He said with a strong impasses on the word is.  I 
>>somewhat dismissed this because I wasn't listening as well due to my 
>>interest of finding the wire for the charger so I could plug in the 
>>charger to the victor stream.  A short time later, however, I remembered 
>>what I'd heard and began to ask the Lord, "Are you trying to tell me it is 
>>truly that easy?"  I realized it should be, for God, so what was the 
>>problem with me and how I prayed.  I tried, that very evening, the 
>>following prayer.
>>
>>"Holy Spirit, you know exactly where the money is that I need and I don't. 
>>So I am asking you to take me to wherever the money is, placing my hand on 
>>the money, and then giving me the strength to lift it into my possession. 
>>If angels of God are needed to clear a path for us to get to where this 
>>money is you know about, I call upon them, in the name of the true Lord 
>>Jesus Christ, to clear a path and remove all that hinders.  In the name of 
>>the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."
>>
>>The next morning, I prayed the same prayer again, and as Sandy and I 
>>talked, we were directed to money we did not know was available to us.  In 
>>fact, we had been blind to it because it had been discussed at least once. 
>>A phone call was made, and 50,000 dollars was available to us.  It paid 
>>off all of our debts, except our house, so now we even have money to give 
>>to the church on a regular bases.  Plus, we helped out some other people 
>>and we also paid back loans we had from our family members with interest. 
>>One big blessing, we do not have to pay it back so no extra loan payments. 
>>Does it work?  Try it.  I've learned, you don't have to believe on the 
>>outside by verbalizing it but you do have to believe on the inside that 
>>there is no way Jesus won't do it for you as one of His children.  Go back 
>>and read that sentence several times.  Without that inside belief, you 
>>don't have to understand it on the outside; just do it from within because 
>>Jesus has already done all the work for us.
>>
>>I cannot guarantee this will work for you because I can't even guarantee 
>>it will work for me again.  I'm believing, on the other hand, this was no 
>>accident and it came through the power and wisdom of the Holy Spirit; of 
>>that I am certain.  So, I will pray this way when needed.
>>
>>Phil.
>>
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