Dear God,

[Trouvere]

I had this saved.I wrote it awhile back but today I was reminded that God means more than what He supplies.


Gods Mail

I had this awesome thought while I was praying at church.
What if we had to sort through Gods mail?
I began to imagine what it might consist of.
Surely it has to mostly be requests.
"Dear God,
I need you to give me the money to pay my utility bill by Friday or they are cutting me off. Love always," Susie.
"Oh God","Oh God","Oh God" please don't forget about me.You know the bible promises you would never leave me nor forsake me.Love always and I know you are going to stick by your word," Eddie.
"Dear God can you give me five hundred dollars by tonight? Always your servant, " Joan.
Well this really began to sink deep inside my heart until
I decided that my prayer meeting tonight would take a turn for the best.
Instead of coming to God belly aching and begging and asking tons of things
I decided to come before him like the bible says in praise and thanksgiving without a hidden agenda.I mean face it all the prayer seminars I have been to could have been easily summed up in one statement,"How to extract just what you need from Jesus in five easy steps."
Just so this doesn't turn into a Dave Barry type commentary(and hey no disrespect) let me add that I am sure God gets tired of it as well.
What if every time you met with someone for coffee they were asking you to give them money or do something for them? The conversation never turns to good things but always one sided and then without even waiting for your answer they just get up and leave and you even get to pay the bill.
Whew! I feel convicted about all those times the free coffee drinker bore a likeness to me. So anyway I have decided to pray more positively and spend genuine time talking with my friend Jesus.After all the whole reason I am a christian is not because I want everything handed to me.Its because I want to hold the hand of the most awesome and only God in the whole universe.The neat thing is He wants to hold mine back.I am convinced of it.I just need to learn that this relationship is not onesided and Jesus is not my bellboy.

Although I have considered this, I am still guilty of me focused praying... God forgive me and let me take time to bless you from the depths of my soul!

Thanks Troubador!

[Trouvere]

Originally Posted by philjones

Although I have considered this, I am still guilty of me focused praying... God forgive me and let me take time to bless you from the depths of my soul!

Thanks Troubador!

Brother Phil I am impressed.You know what my name means.You are one in a million.I believe the most mature point we can come to in our christian walk is to begin to focus on praying for others.I had been in such a bind for awhile with issues on my job and in my family that my prayer had become very me focused.Mostly with me telling God that I needed to be delivered from it all.
I had been working in a hostile enviroment with no airconditioning carrying
a stanley tool box up six flights of stairs.I could not figure out why I was going through all of it.My husband lost his job and things were unraveling and
my prayer stayed me focused all the time.I don't remember when it ended but it did a small part at a time.Suddenly I began to see more needs around me than I had.One of the most unlikely sources came up to me across some prison bars and whispered the words,"Miss Nurse God isn't going to put more on you than you can bear.Hang on."I then saw a change take place in my circumstance.I realized that the pressure showed what I was made of.MUD.
Jesus helped me out of my pit.He is so good.My husband started a new company that is doing a great business.The aircondition got repaired and as of this week the elevator is now working.It was out almost three months.
God is a specialist at putting together things that are just about to crack up.He remakes them.

One of the most impacting messages God ever gave me to preach was a message I titled "Broken By Design". We are never broken by chance when we are submitted into His hands... He only breaks us by design... to make us better and to bring us into the fullness of His plan for our lives. Many of us spend our time on earth living at a lower level because we resist the breaking by design that will bring us up to the point of His plan.

Originally Posted by Trouvere

I had this saved.I wrote it awhile back but today I was reminded that God means more than what He supplies.


Gods Mail

I had this awesome thought while I was praying at church.
What if we had to sort through Gods mail?
I began to imagine what it might consist of.
Surely it has to mostly be requests.
"Dear God,
I need you to give me the money to pay my utility bill by Friday or they are cutting me off. Love always," Susie.
"Oh God","Oh God","Oh God" please don't forget about me.You know the bible promises you would never leave me nor forsake me.Love always and I know you are going to stick by your word," Eddie.
"Dear God can you give me five hundred dollars by tonight? Always your servant, " Joan.
Well this really began to sink deep inside my heart until
I decided that my prayer meeting tonight would take a turn for the best.
Instead of coming to God belly aching and begging and asking tons of things
I decided to come before him like the bible says in praise and thanksgiving without a hidden agenda.I mean face it all the prayer seminars I have been to could have been easily summed up in one statement,"How to extract just what you need from Jesus in five easy steps."
Just so this doesn't turn into a Dave Barry type commentary(and hey no disrespect) let me add that I am sure God gets tired of it as well.
What if every time you met with someone for coffee they were asking you to give them money or do something for them? The conversation never turns to good things but always one sided and then without even waiting for your answer they just get up and leave and you even get to pay the bill.
Whew! I feel convicted about all those times the free coffee drinker bore a likeness to me. So anyway I have decided to pray more positively and spend genuine time talking with my friend Jesus.After all the whole reason I am a christian is not because I want everything handed to me.Its because I want to hold the hand of the most awesome and only God in the whole universe.The neat thing is He wants to hold mine back.I am convinced of it.I just need to learn that this relationship is not onesided and Jesus is not my bellboy.

Thanks for the reality check, sis.

Needed it. Bad.

Originally Posted by philjones

One of the most impacting messages God ever gave me to preach was a message I titled "Broken By Design". We are never broken by chance when we are submitted into His hands... He only breaks us by design... to make us better and to bring us into the fullness of His plan for our lives. Many of us spend our time on earth living at a lower level because we resist the breaking by design that will bring us up to the point of His plan.

Powerful.

You don't happen to have a copy of it somewhere, do you?

Originally Posted by Trouvere

God is a specialist at putting together things that are just about to crack up.He remakes them.

I weep as I read this.

I'm being remade.

Originally Posted by Ronzo

Powerful.

You don't happen to have a copy of it somewhere, do you?

Ron,

I will see what I can find. I believe I can make you a copy on CD from my hard drive but I am not sure. Wait, I have a copy in my car.

PM me your address and I will get it out to you.

Continuing to pray for you my Brother!

PM Sent.

Thank you for the prayers.

[Trouvere]

Thanks friends.I have to admit I felt like I was cracking up before.