That had that happen to me.  Right after I lost my house these finance
programs came up.  Isn't that the way.  But I know God has a reason for
everything.  My sister and I are now in a house we bought together.  And I
know she could have moved in with me in my house if I would have had it.
But the house we live in now is a regular a little bigger and has a huge
yard, where my house was a modular home in a trailer park.  It was big but
the yard was small.  I would have bought land for it to be moved on if we
still had it.  But I love the house we are in now.  There is only one thing
I don't like to well, that is we are on a somewhat main street.  But I can
live with it.  We live in the higher class neighborhood and  golf course is
a cross the street.  The Governor lives on the other side of the course,
they mayor lives down the street and my pastor also lives down the street.
So God does the right thing, we just don't see it at the time.  
If I still had the other house I probably would have bought land but it
would not be in a good place convent for us.  And we do have stores down the
street and a bus that goes right by this house

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-----Original Message-----
From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Jackie Shepherd
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 11:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Bulk] 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.
>