answered prayer

A good friend sent this to me as a way to encourage me and remind me that God is a God who loves to answer our prayers.  It may not always be in the way we expect, but He listens and He answers. AMAZING!

10/27/09

Malachi's Birthday

Prayer: Lord would you walk John and Marissa through a safe delivery

Answer:  Wait,....continue to pray and focus upward

 

10/28/09

Prayer Chain that Chi was having troubles breathing and Marissa's dangerous levels of bleeding.

 

Prayer:  Angel of God would you be by Marissa's side and rule over the blood flowing through her body. It is your Grace God who has brought Chi into this world, and by grace would you sustain his breathing.

Answer: Yes, I am in control of the blood flowing through Marissa's veins. 

             (Luke 12:7) "Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered"

             No, I have more to show you with Malachi.

             (Psalm 37:7) "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.."

 

11/12/09

Malachi's heart surgery

Prayer:  All Merciful Father, everything in heaven and earth is Yours, including Malachi.  There is peace knowing He is in your Hands.  May you grant him life before, during, and after surgery and recovery.  May you use Malachi to add others to Your Kingdom.

Answer: Yes to life before, during, and after surgery. (1 Chro. 29:11)

  (Malachi used for salvation)Wait patiently.

 

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11/16/09

Breast Feeding

Prayer:  God, Father, only you know the pains and difficulties that are added to Marissa's life as she tries to uphold the challenge of pumping.  Will you use friends, family, nurses, and loved ones around her to encourage her in whatever decision she makes for her own physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health.

Answer:  Yes, (Psalms 71:2) "You shall increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side.

 

12/17/09

Infection

1. Malachi:comfort and strength to fight off infection while trying to breath and digest food.
2. Marissa and Emerson: recover from sickness.
3. John:avoid catching whatever the rest of us have

 

Answer:

1.Yes, I am upholding his immune system

2. Yes, I am able and willing to heal Marissa and Emma

3. Yes, I am forming a shield of protection from sickness for my own Glory

 

12/27/09

Thank you Lord for giving us 2 months with Malachi.  If it be Your will can we celebrate month 3 in four more weeks.

Answer: wait, I have a perfect plan

 

01/04/10

Getting answers

Prayer:  God please, if it be your will, can you send a Dr. or nurse who can bring comfort to John and Marissa and give them answers, give them direction, give them something of substance so they can take the next step while trusting in You fully.

Answer: This Yes was immediate (dr.meeting w/ them 01/05).

Psalm 118:8: "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."

 

Prayer for you now 01/06/10

 

I found this prayer online and am stealing it to put in my journal. 

 

"Give John and Marissa repose, Lord;
a pause in their burdens.
Let there be minutes
where they experience peace, (Hawkeye Game!!)
not of man

but of angels.
Love them, Lord,
when others cannot.
Hold them, Lord,
when we fail with human arms.
Hear their prayers
and give them the ability to hear You back
in whatever language they best understand."