“Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”
--Matthew 21: 22
“All things can be done for the one who believes.”
--Mark 9:23b
“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find;
knock, and the door will be opened for you.”
--Luke 11: 9b
I grew up in the Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island, Nebraska, and in 1968, married a Lutheran. My husband, Dee, got drafted in 1969 and when he was sent to Vietnam in 1970, I moved back in with my parents and attended that same hometown church with my mother. I prayed for Dee’s safety every Sunday and it seemed my prayers were answered. He came back to Nebraska and our lives returned to normal in 1971, but without my continued religious commitment. What fickle faith I must have had!
By the summer of 1978, we had had two children four years apart and, after repeated requests from the two grandmothers, we had both children baptized at the Peace Lutheran Church in Arapahoe, where Dee had been confirmed as a teenager...
To read the rest of this chapter, you will now need to buy my book, Simple Faith, Mighty Faith, published by Cornhusker Press and released 7-3-2011. Go to my website, http://www.JerriHaussler.com for ordering details. Thank you!
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Thoughts to Ponder/Points for Discussion
1. What is your philosophy about prayer? Do you pray on a regular basis or only when a tragedy happens and you have a special request?2. If you’ve never asked God for something small, would you give it a try? Why or why not?
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