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Prayer--It Works!

By Carmela
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So I've been praying for two young men to surrender their lives to the Lord--one I've been praying several years for, the other just a couple of years.  Neither is an atheist, but they seemed to have zero desire to deepen their (almost nonexistent) relationship with God.

Fast forward ... years go by with ABSOLUTELY no sign that God and I are on the same page.  Not even a HINT that God is moving in the spiritual realm to answer my prayer.  I continue to pray, because obviously salvation is God's heart for both of them as well.

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Fast forward to last week.  Within the SAME WEEK I find out that both of them are just now talking about getting closer to God!  They are confused as to how to do this, but in their hearts they desire to be closer to Him!  Isn't that amazing?!?!  Nothing ... for a L-O-N-G time, then--boom!--both prayer requests begin to be answered within a few days of each other.  As you can tell, I'm REALLY excited!

I am aware that this could quickly fizzle out (or NOT!), but even if it does, God has taken the first visible steps in answering my prayers for these two young men.  I am happy for ANY forward movement in anyone's relationship with the Lord (including my own, by the way).

So, whatever you are pounding heaven's doors for, however long you've been pounding heaven's doors, ...

keep pounding, keep travailing, keep begging, keep seeking.  :)

If you need further encouragement, a great passage about prayer is found in the book of Daniel, Chapter 9--specifically verses 20-23.  Also, Daniel Chapter 10, verses 4-6 and 12-14.

Hope this helps.  :)

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