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What happens
when God answers? The ultimate, final
response on our part should be to thank Him.
No matter how God has answered our prayer, the one thing He expects from
us is thankfulness.
People tend to
insert their thanksgiving at different places in the prayer process. Some never bother to thank God no matter how
great and wonderful the answers He sends.
Most people but not all, are thankful when God answers the way they
requested and has given them what they wanted.
Then, some Christians have matured enough spiritually to thank Him in
spite of how He has answered, trusting His divine wisdom.
But the Bible
has an even greater requirement as to where the thanksgiving belongs in the
whole prayer process. Philippians 4:6,
surprisingly, reads, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be hade unto God” (NASE. emphasis mine).
I love this same verse in
the Living Bible Translation. I have it
written and framed in my office. It
says, “Don’t worry about anything. Pray
about everything. Tell God your needs
and don’t forget to thank him for his answers.
I am not supposed to worry
about anything. I should pray about
everything. I need to tell God
my needs AND THEN DON’T FORGET TO THANK
HIM FOR HIS ANSWERS.
I am guilty of forgetting to
thank God for his answers. I wonder how
he feels when he answers my prayers and I do not even thank him.
I can relate this to my own
children. If they ask me for something
and then I get it for them, how would I feel if they did not even thank
me? I would feel sad. I would feel like they were using
me. I would feel like they don’t even
care about me.
God, of course, is more
loving than I am, but I wonder how he feels when I forget to thank him for his
answers. This is a wake-up call for
me. How could I ever forget to thank God
for answers to my prayers?
This has been an incredible
life changing book. It took me awhile to
go through it because God was speaking change to me through Evelyn’s
words.
Thank you, Dear God for the life of Evelyn Christenson. The learning that she has shared through all of her books has allowed me to learn the easier way, through her words and not as much living it. There are so many treasures in this book that will change my life foever. Thank you Evelyn!
Well, this truly has been an
incredible Journey for me. I have read
all of Evelyn’s books, except two of them.
It has taken me through all of 2013 and so far in 2014. I am going to miss my Journeys with Evelyn,
but she truly has been my inspiration and motivation to follow what the words
of the Bible tell me. She was my mentor
while she lived on this earth and still is my mentor from Heaven. Praise God.
The next book I will be
reading will be Battling the Prince of Darkness, Rescuing Captives from Satan’s
Kingdom. I plan to read this book in one
week because I will not be available to read for a few weeks. So, I will be posting my thoughts about this
book daily for one week, beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5th.
I want to finish my
incredible Journey with Evelyn during April, the most important time of year when
we remember how much God loved us. Palm Sunday,
Good Friday and Easter reminds us of God's great love. Praying God’s Way during this time is not how
I planned to end my Incredible Journey with Evelyn, but how appropriate. God is so good.
Then, for the month of April,
1, 8, 15, 22, & 29. I will be
posting every Tuesday as I read through the whole book, Praying God’s Way. It will be sad for my Incredible Journey to
end, but in many ways all I have learned will be just beginning in my life.
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