February 24, 2020

February 24, 2020

PRAY FIRST, PLAN AFTERWARD

Evelyn Christenson

PSALM 5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

      If we could learn to pray first and plan afterward, how different would be whatever we are doing for Christ. Maybe, just maybe, we are planning in one direction and God’s will is in another direction.

     Even if we are plugged into God’s will, we may be going at a snail’s pace. God says, “Look, you see only a tenth of what I have for you. There are nine-tenths that you’re not seeing, that you don’t know anything about.”

     God wants us to make ourselves available to Him. Then our omnipotent God will pour out His power upon us. Instead of following our tiny, tiny plans, God wants to open heaven and flood us. It’s exciting.

     Gail, our children’s worker, came up with a fantastic idea after she witnessed some miraculous answers to prayer. Her suggestion, “Let’s pray first and plan afterwards,” became the slogan for our church. During Vacation Bible School that year we set up a prayer room and collected requests along with attendance sheets. Then teachers and helpers spent their break times in prayer.

     An urgent request came from one department. Not one child had received Christ though the school had been in session for a week and a half. What a difference prayer made! I stepped into the department to see twenty-three hands raised to receive Christ. The spiritual ceiling of our church went straight up!

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