Sunday, October 21, 2007

Belief vs Hope

It's funny that when a prayer is answered some of the first things that come out of our mouths are, "Can you believe this" or "I just can't believe this is real", etc. I began thinking about this since Rick's sister has returned home to her family.

We pray for years for something in particular and then when it happens, we're actually shocked and completely surprised. I wonder if we prayed believing instead of praying and hoping how many requests would actually come to fruition? Things might even happen a little sooner.

It makes me think of something I read in Beth Moore's, "Believing God." She stated something to the effect that, "Instead of wishing and whining that we need to start believing and receiving." The point is to actually believe that God is believable!

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