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God answers prayers
We are going through a year of prayer at Cumberland. I wanted to share a story about prayer in my life. During the first part of summer 2009, I was able to go to Kenya by myself for a mission trip. Before I left, the youth group gathered around me to pray for my trip. The students were also asked to sign up for a day of the week. Then pray for me once on that day while I was gone. I felt protected by their prayers. Not only from physical threats, but more importantly from spiritual attacks. My laptop broke the first week I was there. It was the only way I had to communicate with people back here. I sensed spiritual attacks coming. However, I felt protected by prayers from half way across the world.
There is no doubt that God answers prayer. It is not always the answer that we expect or desire. However, it is always what is best.
It is definitely true. In fact, it is one way to tell if you are in fact hearing from God and doing His will. When we enter into God’s work, Satan hits us with loss of material things, sickness, and sometimes even opposition from friends and family, and other Christians. We always need to recheck what we are doing and our motivations, even the timing, but if it aligns with what God has said in Scripture, and we experience loss, you can count on it being Satan at work. Corporate, community prayer, and fasting before and during your work is the way to keep the Devil at bay, and to see GOD work miracles.