Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Prayer, part 1

I got this email from a friend yesterday:


remember when we were talking about dr. F praying for his friend who was about to die and how he said "may you do according to your good pleasure" and i was talking to you about how sweet it was? and you didnt disagree with him but then noted the point about asking for and expecting miracles and praying towards those ends?
 
ok so here's a question...
 
1. i totally get what you're saying and i do believe we should have more faith in the power of prayer and in the work of the holy spirit than we actually do...
2. that being said, when the rubber meets the road, after you have prayed fervently and expectantly for a miracle to happen and "it doesn't happen" then what? OBVIOUSLY the answer is...God chose not to do "so and so" although he's capable, but how do you process that time and time again if "prayers dont get answered the way you'd like them or have asked them to"

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