What has not been said about the power of a God so magnificent that he spoke the universe into being, made the blind to see, lame to walk, and dead to live again.
To the believer this power is unquestioned, but often believers miss another potent power granted us by Christ, and that is the power of the Holy Spirit manifested especially in the church setting. I recently had a heart attack and very serious surgery (5 bypasses-yippee-no waiting-did I mention yippee?), But I as a Cradle Christian underestimated the power of God and the amount of love and outpouring of prayers by Family (siblings, immediate family) Friends from all parts of my life, one I had not talked to in 20 years, but God put it in his heart to call me at 11:30 the night before bypass surgery-and Tim thank you for the "hamster story." What I needed was laughter-you sure brought it home!
I have a very good friend whose Uncle/God Father just had emergency open heart surgery (3 bypasses), but like me this guy does not know how many prayers are being offered up-Family, Friends, College Housemates & Spouses, and it branched out to (in my case-I 'll ask my siblings to pray as well-this will hit their prayer chains at all churches, Protestant and Catholic alike-does not matter-our brother in Christ needs prayer-all divisions drop-and the urgent need assumes its rightful place). Talk about the power of prayer then think about the exponential power of prayer, gee, I think if handled right, we might be able to get some things done!
So if you’re reading this, say a prayer for our fellow brother in Christ, Ted. Pray as the Holy Spirit of God leads-and keeps all prayer on track-The Spirit is not only the comforter, but also the great coordinator for millions upon millions. It takes a God this powerful and wise to keep it all straight, but personal enough to hear each and every prayer. What a comfort and as the old song writer wrote "What a Friend we have in Jesus!" Time to throw this one in the internet ocean-we will speak again, BigDale (but getting smaller by the day)
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