Friday, May 1, 2015

Big, Bold Prayers

You know how you ask God for things and you pray and you pray. And then He does them and your face is like...


And God is like...
 

Why am I surprised when God answers my prayers? I know He can and I know He does. I guess I just don't always know if my plan is His plan.

A couple years ago at church, we did a book study thing about praying and one of the main themes was, "God honors bold prayers and bold prayers honor God." I always shied away from bold prayers. After all, what if I go telling people and then He doesn't answer my prayer? I will look silly and God will look weak. God? Look weak? That's ridiculous! So I started praying bold prayers and God answered them. 

Before we put our house on the market I prayed a bold prayer...that it would sell in one week for over our asking price. I told our realtor. He chuckled. One week? Seriously? For over the asking price? Right. Good luck with that. 

And then...it did. Our house sold in one day. ONE DAY!! For over the asking price. OVER the asking price! Did you read that? Can you believe it? Sure, we cleaned and scrubbed and decluttered but in one day? That, my friends, is a straight up miracle. 

Sometimes I think God answers big prayers just so God can see our faces. 


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