One of the ways it has impacted me is how I see praying in confidence, believing that God can and will do what we pray for. That is not to say that God is some Mover, waiting for us to pray for him to act, that would deny God his sovereignty. It is to say that when we pray, or when I pray, I often think in the back of my mind, 'This really won't happen...God won't really ... the way I expect or desire.' Which in reality, reveals more of my lack of faith than God's will and/or sovereignty.
If you go back to my blog entitled 'Expectations' (the only August 2010 entry) I wrote about this struggle that Christians have. I need to pray with faith. I know we all need to pray with faith. If we pray and have doubts, isn't that defeating the purpose? One of the purposes of prayer is to enact the will of God because, yes, there are times that we pray and God changes, but He won't act if we don't believe he will!
Miracles. Miracles never happen to prove God exists. In order for a miracle to happen, one needs to have faith that God exists (to perform the miracle) and faith that God will indeed perform this miracle. Therefore, by default, faith needs to exist in order for a miracle to be present. So, if we look at prayer in the same way, we ought to expect, without doubt, that God hears and answers our prayer.
There is a seven year old girl, Kate McRae, who needs us to pray with absolute faith on Feb 8. For the past 9 months she has been in remission from a rare form of brain cancer that threatens her short life. It is inoperable as it is wrapped around veins, arteries, or some sort of blood supply. Her dad is a pastor in Arizona and she has both a brother and a sister. Her last MRI, back in January, revealed new spots and there is a STRONG possibility that is cancer again. The team of doctors and her family are searching the country over trying to find doctors to help in this massive effort. Please pray. Her picture is currently my Facebook profile.
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