Tag Archive for: Pray

All of China Shakes

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Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)

I heard a story on the radio the other day that really challenged me.  I would like to share it with you and see how God can use it in your life.

There was an 80 year old missionary who was bed ridden.  For many years, he had served in China as a missionary.  One day, someone came to visit him.  The visitor expressed that he was sorry the missionary couldn’t be in China.  This was the missionary’s response…

“When I pray, all of China shakes!”

This got me to thinking.  What happens when I pray?  Does anything shake?  Do I truly believe that God can change circumstances?  Do I trust that He will?  Matthew 17:20 says,

“…I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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Range of Motion

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But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.  I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him… (Philippians 3:7-9)

Today I went in for an appointment with my new neurologist.  I had set this appointment up in June of 2008, right after I moved from Minnesota to Florida.  I knew it would be important to start over with a new neurologist, so I set myself up with the nearest appointment I could get with someone who specialized in the field of neurology that I have struggled with most recently.

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