Prayer

I could fill this page with promises from the Bible on prayer.  But sometimes it seems as though my prayers don’t go any higher than the ceiling in my little trailer.  Many times I feel a release when I pray, like God says, OK I’ve got it.  When I don’t hear that  I call on someone else to intercede on my behalf.  Terrie, my wife, a close friend, another family member, or my pastor.  I am not beyond going down front during church and ask someone to pray for me.  Meny times that, Still Small Voices says, “go down front and have someone pray for you”.  That happened to me one Sunday.  I had a knee problem, it hurt, had been for a couple of weeks. I heard that voice so I went down front.  Bro. Ray prayed for me, the next day my knee was 95% better.  It’s fine now,  to God be the Glory.

Monday a group of people from church, Terrie and myself, (10 people in all) went to The Prayer Center in Princeton Ky.  It’s the entire upper floor of a building next to a Methodist church.  Each room has a theme like The Arch of The Covenant room and the Walling Wall room, five in all with a book store and a meeting room.  Kathy told us about each room, the significance of each, and some miracles that have happened in them.  I felt a warmth that I can’t explain.  Before Terrie and I left, Kathy, and Jane prayed with us for a special need.  I would recommend anyone to go.  You can get their hours off the Internet.

Many times you may think God can’t hear you, but He does, always.  There may be some reason you are not getting an answer, but He does hear you always.  The word says,” He will never leave you or forsake you“. Posted by Steve Waltrip

Blessings

Have you received blessing a today?  I try to look for blessings were ever I go. Last weekend Terrie and I were a part of  ‘One Day with God’. A prison ministry that matches inmates with their children once a year. If they meet during the year they are not allowed to touch. For one day they hug, kiss, laugh, cut up, play games and just have fun. Most of the day they have a mentor that stays with them, a spiritual advisor if you will. My blessing came at the first of the proceedings. All of us (volunteers) and about 25 kids were bussed through the front gate, through security, and were sitting in the gym of Green River Correctional Complex. The dads were lining up outside waiting to come in. One of the leaders told the kids, when your dad’s name is called, run and hug him. The first dad came in and his name was announced and his child ran and gave him a big hug. This went on twenty more times. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the place including my own.

Most blessings come at a cost. Big or small usually someone has to do something in order to receive a blessing. For example; if you receive a blessing during a Sunday morning service, you had to get up, get ready, get the kids ready, drive to the church, etc. It did not come with out a cost. If someone else blesses you with a gift, they had to consider what you might like and pay for it. It came with a cost. I was blessed last Saturday at the prison, it cost me. I had to go to bed early, get up early, and spend a Saturday in prison. But what ever the cost I was going to be there because I knew God had a blessing for me.

Invest time for the kingdom, and you will be blessed, and allow others to be blessed through you. I want to share a valuable lesson my dad taught me one time. He gave me some money one day, a large amount, under one hundred dollars. I didn’t do anything to deserve it and I told him I couldn’t except it. His response was, “are you going to rob me of a blessing?” I kept the money, with a blessing! Posted by Steve Waltrip