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Bondman · 08-09-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy

BUGGING GOD!

Cute!! Thanks, Fluf! And Robin, thanks for the above also! I originally got God to answer my years of prayers for our healing and ministry funds by BUGGING GOD like crazy! Y'see what happened was that I read about the Widow and the unjust judge:

Luke Ch 18:1 Also [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up).
2 He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man.
3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary.
4 And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence or fear for God nor respect or consideration for man,
5 Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and wear me out by her continual coming or at the last she come and rail on me or assault me or strangle me.
6 Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge says!
7 And will not [our just] God defend and protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf?
8 I tell you, He will defend and protect and avenge them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find persistence in faith on the earth?

I decided that I would drive God crazy by making my requests to Him right throughout every day! And so I DID!! And according to verse 5 above where the widow WORE THE JUDGE OUT, I apparently wore God out, because to my surprise, it was only about 2 weeks later that He said to me, "I have answered your prayer [for both things]. Don't pray any more, just give Me thanksgiving." WOW!

Okay, He told me NOT to pray any more cos He'd said already answered. Man, that's been SO hard as I've waited many more years for what He promised! I've realised, however, that without in any way disobeying Him, I CAN pray for Him to HASTEN the fulfilment of what He's already promised! (I still give Him daily thanksgiving as He commanded). I'm asking Him for healing and our money SPEEDILY. And He's copping a barrage of prayer right through every day!! (Please feel free to join in. Whenever you think of it, just say to God, "Please send healing and their money speedily!")

Notice the two prayer REQUIREMENTS in v. 8: PERSISTENCE and FAITH!! i.e., trust Him to hear and answer prayer, and pray "buggingly"!! *hee!*

Do I expect to be healed two weeks from now? I've no idea. May be tomorrow. WHEN He answers is entirely up to Him. All I need to do is my part - then I trust His heart for His part.

- BM