Answers To My Prayers

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Soon after my marriage to my first wife ended, I became a single father doing my best to raise 3 little girls, My oldest Samantha was 8 years old, Sophia was 6 and Sara was 18 months. I spent the next 4 years of my life earnestly searching for and praying for a wife, someone that could come along side me and help me raise girls. Because I was not the smartest guy in the world when came to understanding females. Oh, I knew the physical anatomy of girls but I knew nothing about the emotional issues. I was a typical man, I just wanted to know how to fix stuff and as their father I felt a high calling to fix every problem that arose. Little did I know that some female problems can not be fixed. So in my anguish and absolute failure to fix things, I prayed for a wife, but it seemed God was not listening. 

James 4:3 ESV You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 

It was hard for me to believe that God did not want me to have a wife to help me raise my girls, after all in the very beginning God said it was not good for man to be alone. However, looking back over the years now I have realized that the reasons I was asking God to answer my prayers for a wife were selfish and had nothing at all to do with bringing Glory to God, they were for Jeff alone, so that I could get out of life the one thing I desired the most, love!!! There are many different ways God answers our prayers. Some of the most common answers to prayer are: No, I love you too much, Yes, but you'll have to wait, Yes, but not what you expected, Yes, and here's more, Yes, I thought you'd never ask. In my case, God answer to my prayer was, Yes Jeff, I have a wife for you, but your gonna have to wait. 

Psalm 27:14 ESV Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! 

Waiting, I must say, is not something I do well. It seems there is not a day goes by that we do not spend a portion of it waiting. We wait at the stoplight. We wait in line at the grocery store. We wait for our children get ready for so that we can get where we are going. We wait at the restaurant for our food. We wait for the insurance company to approve a medical treatment. I could go on but I think you understand, waiting is part of life, even if you don't like it.... Immediate answers to prayer, you want them, I want them, but God does not always work that way. And to get his best, we must be patient. However there is one prayer that God always answers the same and always answers immediately. That is the prayer for salvation from repentant sinner.

 Romans 10: 9-11 ESV because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 

Many people think prayer is complicated, but it is not hard at all. Romans 10, verse 9 couldn't be any simpler, it says very plainly. “confess with your mouth and believe in your heart.” If you pray, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Today, I make Jesus the Lord of my life. I believe He died so I could be forgiven and rose again to give me life. This prayer God always answer immediately and with a resounding yes!

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