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Before Our Prayers 
Are Answered!
Volume 372 
  February 14, 2016  
 
 
A teacher affects eternity; he/or she can never tell where his or her influence stops.  
Henry Adams  
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       Before Our Prayers Are Answered!   (1 of 5)   


This modern age is accustomed to having the materialization of our desires in a matter of moments. 

Whether it is choosing to zap our food in the microwave vs. the slow cooker or traveling by plane rather than enjoying a trip by car, etc., 

            we immediately want to experience the desired end-result.  

We justify the necessity for a hasty resolution  by thinking and saying we don't have a lot of time to spend waiting for this or that to develop, 

            that there are many other items which demands our attention. 

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Therefore, we try to find the quickest way to hurry and cross off that current concern. 

Rarely do we admit that we are spoiled brats and just want, what we want, RIGHT NOW! 

This mentality definitely and unfortunately also applies to our prayer requests. 

We learn through experiences that we need to submit our requests to the Lord; who holds all power in His hands. 
      
    Before Our Prayers Are Answered!  (2 of 5)


However, consciously or unconsciously we demand that God immediately answer our prayer requests. 

We try to convince Him of the urgency of our need for His immediate attention. 

However, because He loves us and desires for us to mature, He is more concerned with not only 

       answering our prayers, but also developing us for our future challenges and testing.  

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It is just like in school. 

Our prior grade is to develop us for the next grade's challenges and testing; so that we will be equipped to not fail due to a lack of knowledge, teaching and preparation. 

The developing of our knowledge and abilities are necessary to overcome the challenges and testing which we will experience as we continue navigating through our educational journey. 

The same is true of our spiritual walk with Daddy-God.  

He is not only interested in answering our prayers, but preparing, maturing and developing us for continuous victory throughout our spiritual walk. 
          
Before Our Prayers Are Answered!
(3 of 5)
    

Therefore, "Before Our Prayers Are Answered", He addresses immature areas in our mind, body, spirit

       and prepares us to fully enjoy and benefit from His answering of our prayer requests.  

To name a few areas, which He prepares us, are in the "Preparation of our Faith". 

God is Faithful

This is so that we will really believe that what we are praying for can actually happen. (Hebrews 11:6); 

      but, more so, faith that if Daddy-God's answer is contrary to our desire, that we yet trust and rest with

   His decision of not now or even no to our requests. 

In the "Preparation of our Obedience", we must learn to yield our hearts and minds to do whatever the Lord

 requires of us to experience our prayers answered, no matter how far-fetched what He requires may be,  

        (such as Naaman dipping in the Jordan River- 2 Kings 5th chapter.) 


Before Our Prayers Are Answered! (4 of 5)

In the "Preparation of a New Mind-Set" of how we think, as relating to the answering of our prayer

      requests, we learn how not to allow the blessing of our answered prayer to overtake us and make us

    prideful, and to worship it rather than God who blessed us with it. 

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With the Preparation of Dress we learn what is physically acceptable and proper for our new experience.  

In addition, how to dress our mind, spirit and soul with what is needed to stand against the new

        challengers of our answered prayers.  

"The Preparation to Separate", is to be willing to let go of was has been and excitedly embrace the

      frontier of the new; to step out of our comfort zone and leave behind that which is both the bad and 
     good of our past and to step into our new zone of experiences.  

Unless these and other areas are developed in our lives, we won't have a healthy mind-set or be in

       position to righteously enjoy the blessings of our answered prayers.  

          
 
Before Our Prayers Are Answered! 
(5 of 5)
 

This is why we must wait on the timing of the Lord, whichever way He chooses to answer our prayers. 

We must rest in His "Due Time and Season" which comes after we are spiritually prepared to benefit from our answered prayers. 

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So, regarding our attention being more focused on our requests and trying to monitor and supervise our 

        Great God-who created this vast universe without our advice, our attention must be given to

      learning and developing in the specific preparation ordered by God for our lives. 

We must chill out and know that God will answer our prayers for our good, but first, we must allow Him to do His perfect work and preparation in us. 

God bless you. 


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Precious Nuggets

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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Anne Frank
 
You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. Ralph Marston
 
I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I'll be. I just want to be a better man.  Jake Owen
 
You have to dream before your dreams can come true.   A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
 
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. Saadi
 
When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. Thomas Jefferson
 
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.  Nelson Mandela
 
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.  Napoleon Hill
 
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vince Lombardi
 
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.  Al Lopez
 
With confidence, you have won before you have started.  Marcus Garvey
 
Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.  Don Miguel Ruiz
 
You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.  Christina Perri


Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.  Alexander Graham Bell


Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.   Chanakya
 
The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.   Swami Vivekananda
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WORDS FROM THE HEART!!!

Thanks Dr. T. So encouraging to know that God always hear and knows what is best for us, and will answer us by His will and not our will. So thankful He cares for us and you Always have a word for us. Bless you. R.S.
 
Hey Dr. Lewis: Hope all is well with you and yours today.  Oh! Yes, we do have to remember what we were told.  Sometimes, it gets real tough in this world to try and live here, but the Lord God has said He will never leave us or forsake us. He is always right there whenever we need Him. We have a problem remembering what He has spoken in His Word and we need to go back and read again. We need to keep our minds stayed on Him. V L
 
Grace and peace be multiplied in JESUS name Mama Lewis - - Thank you so much for the continual News Letters!!! Thank God for You - You are indeed a Blessing and so glad I can say I know you in Spirit and Truth -  - Hugs and a Holy Kiss - Love Always - Be of Good Courage  Humbly son D T
 
Thank you Dr. T! So grateful that God has blessed me with another year of life!! He's so good! Thankful for his kindness, grace and mercy! Thank you for the encouragement over the years and taking the time to wish me a "Happy Birthday!". It really means a lot and I appreciate all that you do! You're loved by so many and you touch our lives continuously. Thank you for showing us God's love Dr. Lewis!  J S
 
Hey Dr. Lewis:  This is so very true:  God is Always with us, even when we don't think so, that is stinking thinking. We need to always remember He said to us He would never leave us even until the end of the earth!  So we should know be that He is with us!  Wonderful Word. Love you lot's!  Evangelist L V

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