www.campdaniel.org<\/a>.<\/p>\nJo and Tony, Sr.\u00a0 are an important part of the ministry.\u00a0 They were in Florida resting before summer hit again.\u00a0 As soon as\u00a0Jo identified herself, I knew God had heard and answered my prayer.\u00a0 Of course, I invited them to stay with us and they accepted our invitation.<\/p>\n
Again, the dilemma of prayer, did the Lord remind me of the original purpose of our upper room because they were coming or did he answer my spontaneous prayer?\u00a0 Either way, can you imagine having a God so intimately involved in our lives that he works things out in minute details?<\/p>\n
In Deuteronomy 5 from The Message,\u00a0I read this morning, “What other great nation has gods that are intimate with them the way God, our God, is with us, always ready to listen to us?”\u00a0 Sure, there are times that we pray and wait and listen for years for a deep yearning that can only be expressed in prayer.\u00a0 But aren’t we all grateful for the special times that we pray and two hours later, the phone rings and our prayer is\u00a0answered.<\/p>\n
Have you had a time recently when God answered a prayer immediately?\u00a0 What is the prayer you have been praying for years that seems to be left unheard and unanswered?\u00a0 Do the times that God answers immediately encourage you that God hears but his timing is different?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Several years ago we had the honor to have a couple from Wisconsin\u00a0who are in disability ministry\u00a0visiting our home. \u00a0I\u00a0love having guests.\u00a0 In fact, years ago we built a large\u00a0second story\u00a0room that was to have two purposes.\u00a0 It was a meeting place but also a place to house visitors.\u00a0 After a few years,\u00a0the meetings that were being held in our home slowly dissolved.\u00a0\u00a0 But we continue to use the room for guests.<\/p>\n