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rick

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prayer
« on: July 17, 2007, 07:40:03 PM »

> >This beautiful story was written by a doctor who worked in Africa.
> > >
> > >             One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor
> > >ward; but in spite of all we could do, she died, leaving us with a
tiny,
> > >premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter.
> > >
> > >             We would have difficulty keeping the baby alive, as we had
> > >no incubator (we had no electricity to run an incubator) . We also had
> > >no special feeding facilities.  Although we lived on the equator,
> > >nights were often chilly with treacherous drafts.
> > >
> > >             One student midwife went for the box we had for such
babies
> > >and the cotton wool that the baby would be wrapped in.  Another went to
> > >stoke up he fire and fill a hot water bottle. She came back shortly
> > >in distress to tell me that in filling the bottle, it had burst (rubber
> > >perishes easily in tropical climates ).
> > >
> > >             "And it is our last hot water bottle!" she exclaimed.  As
in
> > >the West, it is no good crying over spilled milk, so in Central Africa
> > >it might be
> > >             considered no good crying over burst water bottles.  They
do
> > >not grow on trees, and there are no drugstores down forest pathways.
> > >
> > >             "All right," I said, "put the baby as near the fire as you
> > >safely can, and sleep between the baby and the door to keep it free
from
> > >drafts.
> > >             Your job is to keep the baby warm."
> > >
> > >             The following noon , as I did most days, I went to have
> > >prayers with any of the orphanage children who chose to gather with me.
> > >I gave the youngsters various suggestions of things to pray about and
> > >told them about the tiny baby.  I explained our problem about keeping
> > >the baby warm enough, mentioning the hot water bottle, and that the
> > >baby could so easily die if it got chills.  I also told them of the
> > >two-year-old sister, crying because her mother had died.
> > >
> > >             During prayer time, one ten -year-old girl, Ruth, prayed
> > >with the usual blunt conciseness of our African children.  "Please,
God"
> > >she prayed,
> > >             "Send us a hot water bottle today.  It'll be no good
> > >tomorrow, God, as the baby will be dead, so please send it this
> > >afternoon."
> > >
> > >             While I gasped inwardly at the audacity of the prayer, she
> > >added, "And while You are about it, would You please send a dolly for
> > >the little girl so she'll know You really love her?"
> > >
> > >             As often with children's prayers, I was put on the spot.
> > >Could I honestly say "Amen"?  I just did not believe that God could do
> > >this.
> > >             Oh, yes, I know that He can do everything; the Bible says
> > >so.  But there are limits, aren't there?  The only way God could answer
> > >this particular prayer would be by sending me a parcel from the
homeland.
> > >I
> > >had been in Africa for almost four years at that time, and I had never,
> > >ever, received a parcel from home.
> > >
> > >             Anyway, if anyone did send me a parcel, who would put in a
> > >hot water bottle?  I lived on the equator!
> > >
> > >             Halfway through the afternoon, while I was teaching in the
> > >nurses' training school, a message was sent that there was a car at my
> > >front door.  By the time I reached home, the car had gone, but
> > >there on the verandah was a large 22-pound parcel.  I felt tears
> > >pricking my eyes.  I could not open the parcel alone, so I sent for the
> > >orphanage
> > >children. Together we pulled off the string, carefully undoing each
> > >knot.  We folded the paper, taking care not to tear it unduly.
> > >Excitement was mounting.  Some thirty or forty pairs of eyes were
> > >focused on the large cardboard box.
> > >
> > >            From the top, I lifted out brightly-colored, knitted
> > >jerseys.  Eyes sparkled as I gave them out.  Then there were the
knitted
> > >bandages for the leprosy patients, and the children looked a little
> > >bored.  Then came a box of mixed raisins and sultanas - that would make
> > >a batch of buns for the weekend.  Then, as I put my hand in again, I
felt
> > >the.....could it really be?  I grasped it and pulled it out.  Yes, a
> > >brand new, rubber hot water bottle.  I cried.
> > >
> > >             I had not asked God to send it; I had not truly believed
> > >that He could.  Ruth was in the front row of the children.  She rushed
> > >forward, crying out, "If God has sent the bottle, He must have sent the
> > >dolly, too!"
> > >
> > >             Rummaging down to the bottom of the box, she pulled out
the
> > >small, beautifully-dressed dolly.  Her eyes shone!  She had never
> > >doubted!
> > >             Looking up at me, she asked: "Can I go over with you and
> > >give this dolly to that little girl, so she'll know that Jesus really
> > >loves her?"  Of  course, I replied!
> > >
> > >             That parcel had been on the way for five whole months,
> > >packed up by my former Sunday school class, whose leader had heard and
> > >obeyed God's prompting to send a hot water bottle, even to the equator.
> > >And one of the girls had put in a dolly for an African child - five
> > >months before, in answer to the believing prayer of a ten-year-old to
> >bring
> > >it "that afternoon."
> > >
> > >             "Before they call, I will answer."  (Isaiah 65:24)
> > >
> > >             
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gmik

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Re: prayer
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2007, 04:57:41 PM »

Great story.

PS  Olivia is soooo cute.
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rick

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Re: prayer
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2007, 06:25:55 PM »

thank you, gena. you are very kind. she is a looker, huh? i thought you might like this picture. this is where i told her God wouldnt punish the majority of His creation forever and forever. just kidding!

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gmik

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Re: prayer
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2007, 12:22:19 AM »

Rick that is too funny!!

I love the picture.  Actually she looks just like the twins!!!
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iris

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Re: prayer
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2007, 03:20:32 PM »

Cute baby Rick!!!
She looks like she's having some sweet dreams.


Iris
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Deborah-Leigh

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Re: prayer
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2007, 08:58:15 AM »

A beautiful thread Rick and what a precious baby!

I had read the story you posted yet reading it a second time, it dawned on me that Christ wrote this epic circumstance as related and adeptly captured by your Scripture summation.

Is it not interesting that Mystery Babylon is quick to snatch the Word of God and profess that it is prayer power that MAKES God do the good things He does. All the time is is God who writes the circumstances over which man has no control!
From : http://bible-truths.com/lake15.html

Factor number one--CIRCUMSTANCES: What did the Holy Spirit of God inspire (cause?) James to explain as a major factor in what determines the true outcome of man’s will? Answer: "Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow."

God changes the minds and wills of mankind around the world, a billion times a minute, through circumstances that "you know not" are actually the cause of your choices and your changed choices. We are often if not most of the time completely unaware ....


....COMPLETELY UNAWARE....BLIND... :D ;D...

Matt 13:19 While anyone is hearing the Word of the kingdom and does not grasp and comprehend it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.

The teaching about the "power of prayer and agreement" that urges group to pray under the spell of the deception that two mortals can overturn God or manipulate, coerce or convince God to alter what He has ordained....is deceptive lies that covers the fact that God is the author of circumstance and controls everything and everyone.

God "caused" them to pray and ask. God caused them to think their prayer was answered AFTER it was spoken. We know the prayer was written by God in the first place and the responce prepared five months in advance. That God is the cause and author is the testimony of Gods Sovereignty and Love.

Peace to you

Arcturus :)
« Last Edit: July 21, 2007, 09:00:47 AM by Arcturus »
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rick

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Re: prayer
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2007, 09:13:05 AM »

thanks arc and oh so true. I had a guy at work tell me if all is predestined, then our lives are totally useless and without meaning. I said nothing but it really made me feel sorry for him and the judgement he will face some day. He does not even believe God exists, let alone controls his life..............rick
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Deborah-Leigh

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Re: prayer
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2007, 10:05:36 AM »

I had a guy at work tell me if all is predestined,

Is it not so revealing that people who can not let go of believing that they have free will, simply HATE to think God is in control of EVERYTHING! They detest trusting God. They prefer to throw in the towel not knowing God is Love and God's Will will be done!

then our lives are totally useless and without meaning.

What a blind blasphemous conclusion that leads to sore correction for those who profess and believe that God made us for no reason and without meaning. That we are being made into the image of Christ that is without significance and glory is to profess blindness and deafness to the glorious message of the Gospel. Great the chastisment that will put that error straight that assumes Gods work as meaningless!


I said nothing but it really made me feel sorry for him and the judgement he will face some day. He does not even believe God exists, let alone controls his life...

Well...we all begin somewhere! :D ;D...in the dark  :'(

Peace to you rick

Arcturus :)

« Last Edit: July 21, 2007, 10:10:26 AM by Arcturus »
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Deborah-Leigh

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Re: prayer
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2007, 10:21:14 AM »


Just to add to this theme: http://bible-truths.com/lake15-B.html



People want to be their own demigod, which cannot be controlled by anything or any one. This is the one area were all humanity can shine.
 
People don’t approve of God’s way of doing things. They argue that if God is sovereign and operates as the Scriptures tell us, then it isn’t fair and it isn’t even morally right.
They say that for God to be in total control of us would be to treat us like robots. And that it would be evil for God to predetermine us to do evil before He allows good to be done in us. And so, as the world of Christendom does not approve of the God of Scripture, they create their own god in their own image—one that they themselves can control by the power of their own supernatural freedom of will. And because they cannot with a carnal mind love and obey God, and

"…because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall SEND THEM strong delusion, that they should believe a [the] LIE: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness" (II Thes. 2:10-12).


Peace to you

Arcturus :)
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