Posts Tagged ‘Prayer’

Posted on April 4, 2010 - by Mary

God works through our Circumstances

Our entire church has been studying the Experiencing God bible study for the past 6 or 7 weeks. It’s a twelve week study and every week it gets better and better. I’ve already seen God move in our lives in many ways and I’m learning how see where God is working and then go there, instead of me making my own plan and asking God to bless it. It’s amazing. God is amazing.

This week I’ve been learning about how God works through our circumstances. And boy do we have some circumstances! Just the other night, Thursday I think it was, Karlie, my 17 year old was on her way home from Petoskey with one of her friends, who is about 4 or 5 months pregnant. As they rounded a curve the car in front of them suddenly came to a skreetching halt because of an accident that just happened, and so did Karlie and her friend. As soon as they stopped, Karlie looked in her rearview mirror only to see the vehicle behind her racing toward them, smashing into them. Karlie and her friend were okay, Praise God, but the van is not. We’re pretty certain the frame is bent because the two sliding side doors are sprung open at the top. The tow truck that came to tow the vehicle that hit them, used their wench to pull the side panel away from the tire so we could drive it home, but the bumper is dragging, not to mention most of it’s missing, and the backend is smashed in.

We still owe about $4000 on it and if they total it we will be lucky to get that amount out of it. When we hit the deer a couple of months ago, the body shop estimated it’s worth at about that amount or somewhere around there. If they do total it out, we may or may not have enough to pay it off, but we definitely won’t have enough money to buy another vehicle. We’ve learned through Crown Financial that we’re supposed to save enough cash to buy a vehicle outright, but we haven’t been able to do that either. We have to have 2 cars with Jeff working in Gaylord, and Karlie still in school. And I need a vehicle on Wednesday’s but we can manage to work around that with two cars….but not one.

Our truck is out of commission right now due to a blown tire, and we haven’t had the cash to buy new tires for it yet. It also needs frontend work, not to mention the body work, but that’s not a necessity to get it on the road. Our car runs pretty good but the hood needs a new latch. It’s pretty ghetto looking but like I said, it runs, so that’s what we’re using now to get around. Thank God Karlie is on spring break right now and Jeff is on vacation this week to give us time to work something out…for God to work something out.

So, I guess I’m writing this so you can pray for us. I’m praying for a financial miracle. I know God will provide all our needs, so I’m not worried. I definitely want to see how God is going to work through this! It’s going to be exciting and I’ll be sure to keep you posted.

Posted on September 3, 2009 - by Mary

God Answers Prayers

If you’ve been following my blog at all, you know I’ve been struggling a bit in my walk. Mostly due to the fact that I’ve not been spending time in the Word and in prayer like I should, need and want.

Well, as of late, I have been spending time in the Word each day and have been seeking God through prayer and let me tell you, what a difference I feel already. I must say, “I’ve missed God”. I’ve missed feeling His presence in my life and I’ve missed just walking with Him.

There were times I felt like not even going to church because I thought it was pointless and I questioned whether I should continue in the youth ministry because of where I was at in my faith. However, I did not stop going to church because I knew God was there and I knew the issue was with me, not church and definitely not God.

I’m glad I persevered through this attack from the enemy I was under, and now I’m getting back on track with my personal prayer and bible reading. Yes, I read the bible online and I even receive my daily devotions in my email. But, there are still times when I do get alone with God and pull away from the distractions of the Internet.

My prayers have been those of seeking God and His presence, as well as for our finances. And He has answered both! (Oh God you are so faithful.) I am feeling His awesome presence in my life again, like a block has been removed, or a wall has been lifted. It’s amazing the difference I feel in my spirit.
photo credit: constantly_Jair

As for our finances, I’ve been praying for more clients and more work for my business and God has answered those as well. In the last 24 hours, I’ve been contacted by 3 new clients who want to use my VA services! Plus, my current clients are continually giving me more work.

God is amazing, faithful and awesome. If you’re not feeling His presence in your life, seek Him out. He is there, just waiting for you. He loves you!

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God loves you and wants relationship with you, but it’s your choice. He’s given us freewill and will never force himself upon you. Seek Him and you will find Him. (Matt. 7:7-12)