“Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes you.” Craig Groeschel Last week I had a test done and sometime this week I expect the results. So many people were praying for me before the test so I had complete peace. But today it feels like all the prayers have worn off, like lotion when you wash your hands. My husband prayed with me this morning. It reminded me that God is in control, even if I’m worried. The test is over, the results have been captured, and now I wait; but still I feel a new calm since praying. It has nothing to do with the results; the calm is the change that came over me. In the movie Shadowlands (where Anthony Hopkins played C.S. Lewis), the Chancellor commented on how hard Lewis had been praying and how God was answering his prayers. Lewis responded, “…the need for prayer pours out of me, it doesn’t change things, it changes me.” Right now I feel the same way. It’s as if a temporary amnesia that prevented me from remembering God’s power and grace was lifted. My eyes were opened and, by remembering, I am again covered in His blanket of peace.
Is someone praying for a particular need you have? Are you praying for someone else? How is God changing you as a result? Lord, I do not understand how Your grace and peace work, but I’m grateful that it does. Help me remember I can return to a closer relationship with You, and Your grace and peace, through a simple prayer. Amen “That I may know Him.” I John 5:20 What are your thoughts? Libby Note: Craig Groeschel (1967- ), minister, author, speaker, and both the founder and senior pastor of Life Church, the largest church in the United States with twenty five locations in seven states (100,000 members in 9/16). He is married to Amy and has six children. They line in Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, where Life.Church is based.
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