Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
What do you do when you pray and pray and you don’t get an answer? Or the answer is a plain No? Did I hear you say that all your prayers get a Yes answer? If so you are a most unusual person. Many people, especially children, are perplexed when they hear stories of some people always getting an immediate Yes answer; they don’t seem to get such answers. Well, neither do I.
Even the apostle Paul had to suffer the disappointment of not getting a Yes answer to his prayers. He tells us about it in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. He had a painful physical problem, and three times he earnestly prayed, Lord, take this away; am I not serving You? And he probably said, like we do so often, “Don’t I deserve something?” The Lord said No to his request: “My grace is sufficient for you,” and with it you can endure this pain.
The children need to understand that if the Lord says No, it does not mean He doesn’t love us; He does. His “No!” can be a greater proof of His love than if He lets us win the lottery.
We can be sure that He will always give us enough from His store of much more abounding grace that will enable us to bear the trial and endure its pain. That grace is often much better than to have the trial taken away from us.
Why?
Because His wonderful grace is strongest when you and I are at our weakest: “My strength is made perfect in weakness,” He said to Paul (2 Cor. 12:9).
Paul immediately took the hint and capitalized on it: “Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” My trials turn out to be a great bargain, Paul said!
Take a new look at yours; you may be missing a bonanza.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: January 29, 2008.Copyright © 2011 by Robert J. Wieland.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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What do you do when you pray and pray and you don’t get an answer? Or the answer is a plain No? Did I hear you say that all your prayers get a Yes answer? If so you are a most unusual person. Many people, especially children, are perplexed when they hear stories of some people always getting an immediate Yes answer; they don’t seem to get such answers. Well, neither do I.
Even the apostle Paul had to suffer the disappointment of not getting a Yes answer to his prayers. He tells us about it in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. He had a painful physical problem, and three times he earnestly prayed, Lord, take this away; am I not serving You? And he probably said, like we do so often, “Don’t I deserve something?” The Lord said No to his request: “My grace is sufficient for you,” and with it you can endure this pain.
The children need to understand that if the Lord says No, it does not mean He doesn’t love us; He does. His “No!” can be a greater proof of His love than if He lets us win the lottery.
We can be sure that He will always give us enough from His store of much more abounding grace that will enable us to bear the trial and endure its pain. That grace is often much better than to have the trial taken away from us.
Why?
Because His wonderful grace is strongest when you and I are at our weakest: “My strength is made perfect in weakness,” He said to Paul (2 Cor. 12:9).
Paul immediately took the hint and capitalized on it: “Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” My trials turn out to be a great bargain, Paul said!
Take a new look at yours; you may be missing a bonanza.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: January 29, 2008.Copyright © 2011 by Robert J. Wieland.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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Please forward these messages to your friends and encourage them to subscribe. The "Dial Daily Bread" Web site resides at: http://1888message.org/
To subscribe send an e-mail message with "subscribe" in the body of the message to: dailybread@1888message.org
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Robert J. Wieland's inspirational "Dial Daily Bread" messages are availalbe via e-mail to anyone who wishes to receive a daily portion of uplifting Good News. "Dial Daily Bread" is FREE. Due to travel or other circumstances, there may be intervals when "Dial Daily Bread" will not be sent.
