“The Lord Heard My Cry”
“For you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver.”
Daniel writes:
The last 10 years of my life have been a crucible. I’ve often thought of myself as a modern day Job. Out of work. Literally down to my last $5.00 with a young child to support. I prayed daily to God in the name of Jesus for help.
Everyday I talk with God and have devoted my life to Him. I say a short prayer, then close my eyes and open the Bible for God’s message for that day. Over the course of time God promised me that he would give back 2x what he has taken away. (Job and Isaiah).
Finally, praying for forgiveness of my sins and for my enemies I asked God, in the name of Jesus, for financial wealth. That day I opened the Bible to Psalms 66: God told me that He heard my prayer.
Without getting into the details, within 72 hours of that message I was almost 28 million dollars wealthier. God HAD heard my prayer. Praise God, in the name of Jesus.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on July 21st, 2008 and filed under Praise, Bible, Your Stories, Struggles, Grace, Life Verse.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am
Isn’t He good in that way??? He is so awesome.
He prospers His children in all ways, whether it
be by renewed relationships, restored health, a
pregnancy when the doctors were saying it was
impossible, the exact amount for a pending electricity bill……He is there, right on time!
Of course, we should be eternally grateful for what
He does for us, but oftentimes, we fail to just
Thank Him for WHO HE IS…for receiving us back
unto Himself after we rebelled and took off on our own
thinking we did not need Him. Yet, He was patient
and waited on us to return to Him, opened His
arms wide, and welcomed us back to His Kingdom.
We are all rich because of Him.
Yours in Him, TJ
July 21st, 2008 at 11:50 am
Dear Daniel:
I congratulate you on your unyielding faith and good fortune, indeed.
In my humble profession of counselling when young and old, who pour out their hearts to me even their stickiest personal problems, innermost feelings, rightly or wrongly, I beseech my ALL MIGHTY TRIUNE GOD for wisdom. For “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5).
I, too, “Praise God, in the name of Jesus.” For, He has never failed me.
Jesus assures us repeatedly, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9); and
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you” (John 15:7).
Simultaneously, I am aware that “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked” (12:48).
It is always so gratifying and fulfilling to be His servant with His Everlasting Grace and Love.
Thank you.
May GOD continue to Bless you and yours,
GODSPEED, always and forevermore!
Mary Sun.