Ed Walsh
Puritan Board Senior
Have you ever watched the movie or read the book titled, The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin? It is a "science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot revolves around a character whose dreams alter past and present reality."
It has become kind of theme for my prayer life of late. I believe that our prayers, when inspired by God, do really change things. If and when God inspires us to pray, it is an indication that he is going to move mountains and change things that might otherwise turn out differently.
Are the Scriptures true or not? Jesus said, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." (John 15:7) He also said many like things. Does not the God who appoints the ends not also appoint the means? Does he who said, "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them," mean what he says? (Mark 11:24)
What do you think. Does God answer prayer or not? Or is prayer, as some say, just a means of changing yourself?
Thoughts.
It has become kind of theme for my prayer life of late. I believe that our prayers, when inspired by God, do really change things. If and when God inspires us to pray, it is an indication that he is going to move mountains and change things that might otherwise turn out differently.
Are the Scriptures true or not? Jesus said, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." (John 15:7) He also said many like things. Does not the God who appoints the ends not also appoint the means? Does he who said, "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them," mean what he says? (Mark 11:24)
What do you think. Does God answer prayer or not? Or is prayer, as some say, just a means of changing yourself?
Thoughts.