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Answered Prayers

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 5, 2012| 1 Comment »

 
 
Why has not your prayer been answered? Perhaps it has. Strangely enough, it often happens that we receive an answer to our prayer and do not recognize it. Some of us have had demonstrations in our possession for weeks or months and have not known it. This mistake is caused by outlining. We have unconsciously decided that the demonstration must take a particular form, and because that form does not appear, we think we have failed. Actually we probably have an even better demonstration than we expected, but for the moment we are blind to it.
 
 
If a boy prayed for a man’s hat (because he thought it would look well on him or make him grown up) he would not get it; since divine Wisdom knows that he could not wear it. He would get a good hat of the sort that would be useful to him. We often pray for things for which we are not really prepared; but if we pray scientifically this will not matter, since Creative Intelligence will send us the thing that we really need.
 
 
Seek God for his own sake, for the joy of being with Him and demonstrations will take care of themselves.
 
 
I will be glad in the Lord (Psalm 104:34)
 
How many answered prayers have we turned away because we did not accept God’s answer to those prayers? Know this, when we pray to God in faith, we should be prepared to follow the answer whether we like it or not. You see, God gives us what we need even when we ask for the wrong thing. The prayer will be answered; be prepared for it. It is like asking God for a train ride; when it arrives you must board it regardless if it is going to the destination you chose. We must have faith that God’s destination is the one we need.
 
It’s like the wise old man who told the doubting young whippersnapper; “Son, if I tell you a train is coming down this dirt road, you better get on it or jump in the ditch”. So it is with prayer. If we pray sincerely, we ought to expect the train. The only question is whether we will board it when it arrives at our station or jump in the ditch..
 
Waiting on the train,
 
Z gardener

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The Unforgivable Sin

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on June 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The Bible mentions the existence of an unforgivable sin, and this has greatly frightened innumerable Christians.
Let us be absolutely clear upon one point. There is no sin that a human being can commit that God will not forgive but there is one sin that he cannot forgive until we make it possible. This sin consists in shutting ourselves off from fresh inspiration or guidance from God. If your mind is already made up about everything appertaining to God; if you decide that you now know all the truth, and that you could not be mistaken; then it will not be possible for the Holy Ghost to open your eyes to error and lead you into higher truth. Naturally, as long as this is your state of mind, no help or improvement can come to you; and in that sense only is your sin unforgivable – unforgivable while it lasts. When you do change your attitude, enlightenment will come, and the sin will be destroyed.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him and he with me (Revelation 3:20).
Know that God loves us so much that God would never deny us forgiveness. Only we can block that by refusing to accept that we need forgiveness. No one can be forgiven for a wrong unless they accept that it was wrong.
Open our hearts and minds today Lord, so that we might recognize that which is wrong, commit to change it and ask forgiveness for it. Then we will be freed from it and can live and love in freedom and joy going forward.
Open to forgiveness,
Z gardener

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