you know, when you've been a christian for quite some time, it can become rather easy to slip into a rut (well, probably a lot of ruts) when it comes to prayer. i find it so easy to talk about prayer and even to pray and to say that i believe in prayer, but when i am honest with myself, i can see that sometimes i am just going through the motions instead of really believing that God can and will answer prayer, even and sometimes especially when it is a "big" prayer...
but without a doubt, the best remedy that i know of for a prayer rut is when God brings you one of those "Holy Whacks" where he just slaps you up side the head with an answered prayer...
and today was definitely one of those days for me...
we have been struggling somewhat financially as a ministry and we had been getting to the point where it was hard for us to pay our mortgage and payroll and were really in need of about $4000 just to get us out of the hole we were in and then some additional increase in giving to keep us from getting right back into the same hole...
and this morning, in a matter of about one hour, God took care of both...
i talked with one supporter and i shared with him our need, and he said that it was a good thing that i called when i did, because he said that he just got a call from a business partner letting him know that they had their tithe money from their business ready to distribute somewhere. and would you guess how much that check was for...well you might have guessed $4000...and you would be close...it was actually for $4400. and he said that he would get it in the mail right away and that it should be here by wednesday at the latest...
and as if that is not enough answered prayer to get you out of a rut, i also found today that we have had new monthly commitments in giving of $200. yet again, a huge answer to prayer!
God truly is good, and he truly does answer prayer!!!
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