IF THERE WERE NO GOD...THERE WOULD BE NO HOLY SPIRIT POWER...NO PRAYER!!

Ephesians 3:14-19

For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner (wo)man; so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fulness of God.

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I hope that you know that you can pray whenever and wherever. God wants to listen to you when you're kneeling, sitting, walking, driving...I love that He walks and talks with me. I cannot fathom no God, no prayer and no Holy Spirit power to give me strength. Oftentimes, He renews my strength in the form of connection. Allow me to share with you just a few prayer stories of late:

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1. Weekend before last when we were at the Women of Faith conference, Harriet prayed that if there was someone among the 20,000 women in the Wachovia Center that she knew from her past, would God please let her run into them. It was almost time to go home and Harriet says, "Okay, Lord, I guess it just is not going to happen today..." She looks up and standing right in front of her is the woman who led her to Christ. She had not seen this woman in about 5 years. Needless to say, God's answer to Harriet's prayer was encouraging, empowering, and strengthening.

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2. This week, I was speaking to a group about educating learners with special needs. I had prayed beforehand, like I usually do, that God would make the connections that needed to be made. Afterwards, a woman came up to me to say she felt that God had put her there as an answer to her sisters prayers. It seems that her sister has one child who has autism and two children who have AD/HD. Would I be able to help? Quite possibly! God is good all the time!

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3. It always amazes me that I can go to Bible class on Sunday morning and the next hour hear a song or a sermon that connects perfectly with the previous class. There was no planning for that to happen...only Holy Spirit connections when teachers/preachers/song leaders are being Holy Spirit led. I pray about my themes for this blog and my individual posts. On my Monday post, I talked about "What's in a Name?" Well, guess what Beth Moore talked about yesterday morning on our class video? The same thing! Holy Spirit connection!

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4. Sunday morning, at first service, Derek told of two boys, from his youth center ministry, who moved away recently. He had lost connection with them. They were heavy on his heart over the last few weeks as he prayed that God would make a way for re-connection. One day on his way to work, the thought came in his mind to take another route that he had not taken before. On down the road, he passed a bus stop. There stood these two boys! He has not only re-connected but arrangements have been made for these boys to get transportation to the youth center. Our God is involved in the details! He wants us to stay connected!

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I'm glad there is a God! I'm glad that He wrote a book! I'm glad that He listens to me and lives inside of me! I'm so thankful that He's actively involved in my life! It's great to be connected to the Creator of the Universe...after all He's my loving and kind Daddy! He certainly knows how to keep me connected!

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