Does God Hear Everyone's Prayers

[Floatingaxe]

"God Himself told me to pray for her. I am sure that when I prayed with authority for the particular condition she was suffering and her doctor called here at the office that day and told her the tests revealed nothing, I knew God was answering.

I'm sure of that too.

"He longs to have a relationship with her, but at this particular moment, He doesn't. tha tis why He is using Christians in this dear one's life to show Himself to her."

I think the very beginning of a relationship has begun though. Just a 'hello, I'm here. Are you there" kind of thing.

You're like the mediator!

Very good!

[Guest Biblicist]

This is a story I heard once, bear with me, It's been a long time

Two men became stranded on a deserted island. They decided to each take one side of the island. The first man told the second man, "I don't believe that God will answer our prayers to be rescued but, since you are a praying man and full of faith, if you say you will pray, I will pray also." The second man agreed to pray and they went their seperate ways.

The first day the first man prayed for food, as he searched his side of the island he found not only a bountiful forest full of all kinds of fruit but also a stream flowing with fresh water.

A week later, after praying daily for shelter, pieces of the shipwreck washed up on shore providing the necessary supplies for a beautiful shelter and some furniture. The man thought, "WOW! The Lord is really answering my prayers. I think I will pray for something really out of this world and see if he answers." So he began to pray for a companion, some beautiful girl to fill his lonely hours.

After a few weeks of this, one morning, he awoke to find a young lady washed up on the beach. She too had been shipwrecked by yet another disaster. They got along famously and were quiet compatable as friends. They enjoyed many wonderful hours feasting on the bountiful food and living on the beautiful island.

After a while though, the man began to pray more earnestly for rescue, he and the woman had begun to get lonely for other human companionship and wishing to get back to the "real world".

Not three days later, a rescue boat arrived on the Island and a ship out at sea had come to rescue them. The man finally prayed, remembering his friend on the other side of the island. "Lord, thank you for answering all of my prayers. But why didn't you ever answer the other man's prayers, he was a much more faithful person than I was?"

The Lord answered, "I did, his prayers were that your prayers would be answered."

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