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The Power of Prayer

By Arlene Allen

They tell us the 9-1-1 emergency system is state of the art. All you need to do is dial those numbers, and you will almost instantly be connected to a dispatcher. In front of the dispatcher will be a readout that lists your telephone number, your address, and the name listed at that address.  Also listening in are the police, the fire department, and the paramedics.

A caller might not be able to say what the problem is. Or perhaps a woman’s husband has just suffered a heart attack, and she is so out of control she can only scream hysterically into the telephone. But the dispatcher doesn’t need her to say anything. He knows where the call is coming from. Help is already on the way.

Times come in our lives when, in our desperation and pain, we dial 9-1-1 prayers. Sometimes we’re hysterical. Sometimes we don’t know the words to speak. But God hears. He knows our name and our circumstance. Help is on the way; God has already started sending the solution.

What brings you to your knees?

Do you pray out of desperation to a God whom you don’t really feel you know? Do you pray mainly for things you want, hoping God will grant your wish? Do you pray looking for advice? Maybe you pray wanting a closer relationship with your Heavenly Father.

God hears us when we pray, no matter why we pray. True prayer is more than just asking, even for good things. True prayer is change—not necessarily of our circumstances, but often of ourselves.

This month at WTOnline we will be visiting the whys and hows of developing a prayer life. Visit us often because some content changes weekly.

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