Answer To Prayer

Did you hear the story of the young couple who were hopelessly lost at sea? The couple began to pray and, well, let's just say this story has an amazing ending.

It was spring break. Going to the beach and swimming in the ocean sounded like typical things high school and college kids might do. But these two weren't prepared for the strength of the ocean waves and it's tides.

The two had been trying for two hours to get back to shore without success. The girl began getting cramps in her legs as the waves began getting taller. That's when the young man offered a desperation prayer.

“I cried out: 'If you really do have a plan for us, like, come on. Just bring something,'” Tyler.

A short time later a boat showed up and the crew pulled them out of the water. When the grateful couple saw the name of the boat they both began to cry. The name of the boat was "Amen."

Both kids were attending a Christian school and both are also alive now and well and praising God for what He has done for them.

Have you ever had a "God moment" when you knew without a doubt that God was with you? They are so amazing! It is always a wonderful faith booster when we get reminded of God's love and provision in our lives.

"He has rescued us from a terrible death, and he will rescue us in the future. We are confident that he will continue to rescue us." - 2 Corinthians 1:10

Has God rescued YOU yet? If not, all it takes is a prayer and repentant heart for God to reach down and rescue you. Pray a desperation prayer to Him today and see if He doesn't come to rescue you in some amazing way.

"Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth." - Revelation 3:10

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Need To Breathe

Why do we have a tough time returning back to work after a particularly enjoyable weekend? That's kind of a useless question. The answer is obvious. Work is tedious & boring. Weekends are fun and exciting! We'd much rather be on vacation than chained to our desks doing pointless, boring things. Feeling depressed Monday morning makes perfect sense. Then why do we keep doing it again and again?

Our faith can be the same way. When we first come to believe in God we get SO excited. We're on fire for Jesus. We can't get enough of Him. We read. We worship. We praise. But then . . . we all tend to return to our old way of living. We all tend to slide back into the person we used to be. Why? We're humans, we're flawed and we all tend to ignore our Creator.

Our faith lives shouldn't be that way. We are told in the Bible that we are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength." We fail at that. Why? There are several reasons.

Persecution. When we come home from church or a Bible study we can be met by an unbelieving spouse who wonders why we waste so much time at church.

Propaganda. We watch television and get seduced into thinking that sin isn't so bad. We see violent television shows that thrive on sex and murder and "self." It is all too easy to absorb their thinking into our minds and hearts.

Procrastination. There are times when we don't feel like reading the Bible. Those are precisely the times we SHOULD be reading it. We become accustomed to a way of life and we feel comfortable just wallowing in it.

People. We all have friends who are non-believers. We want to be friends with them yet they always tend to suck us back into doing sinful things. We tend to go along with them because we like having friends.

So, what can we do about it?

When a person is drowning they crave one thing. Air. We need it to survive. Without it we die. Shouldn't our faith be like that? Shouldn't we crave God's word? Shouldn't we NEED to be in it?

When someone is drowning and has no way to save themselves, what do they need? The need someone to save them. They need someone who can throw them a life preserver. Don't we have that in our faith lives? His name is Jesus. He saved us on the cross.

We live in a fallen world. We are in danger of drowning each and every day. When a friend is having a bad day we need to be ready to throw them a life line. Who knows . . . tomorrow the roles might be reversed and WE will be the ones in need.

We all can learn how to swim my immersing ourselves in God's Word, thereby keeping ourselves afloat with every word we breathe in. Spend time serving others, spend time in worship and praise, spend time doing those things we need to do in order to remain afloat in a world that keeps pulling us under.

We need to breathe. God is our oxygen.

"16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God[b] may be complete, equipped for every good work." - 2 Timothy 3:16-17

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