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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