Pray about it more than you talk about it

Guilty! So often I talk something to death. I go round and round. I think of every scenario and every what if. I talk it one way and the next day I talk it the opposite. Crazy! Praying trumps talking! Trust me it does. I keep having to learn that lesson. I shared at an event Saturday night and briefly shared something that happened to us last week with an answered prayer just to encourage so thought I'd share a little with you today. 

We have been praying over a matter for months now and it would seem trivial to some but for us it's pretty big. I do know that many people have much weightier things on their heart but I'm a big believer that God cares about all of it. Anyway, the past few weeks it just seemed to bear more weight on us. My husband was praying Thursday morning and just asking God to give us something. He texted one of our kids and he texted back saying he had just been praying the same thing. Ahhhh, I love how God binds us together in prayer and draws our hearts together. That afternoon we got an answer. But hear this!!!!! It wasn't a total answer. It wasn't really the answer we expected. But it gave us hope. The answer was what will not be rather than what will be. But that confirmed that if God knows what will not be, He knows pure well what will be. And He will bring it about!! At first I admit there was some heart hurt and bewilderment. But that soon turned to much joy and delight. And for all three of us praying over this one thing, we all had that same sense of excitement. It also cleared up for us some others things we had been wondering about that hadn't made sense. Suddenly it did. And suddenly that bit of clarity showed us some things about someone that we had thought, but now was blatantly clear. It wasn't pretty. Actually it was down right evil and wrong and now I'm praying through that as well. Last night, or rather early this morning, some of that was being prayed over. Ever prayed some Deuteronomy 28 over anyone? I admit it. I have. I did. Shows me how much work God has to do on my heart. But I believe and please believe with me whatever your situation, God is in control of all that happens. If we are His, people do not have control over us. They may think they do. They may think that they can manipulate a situation for their good and our bad. They may think they hold all the cards. But know that nothing happens to us without God in perfect control of it. He's never caught off guard. If He closes a door it's only to open a better one. And then He will not let what others do to us go unnoticed or unpunished. It may seem that way but He never forgets and He never tarries. We can take people off of our hook and put them on God's hook. I promise that doesn't mean that they get by with it. It means we are released from it. He wastes nothing and He will work it all out for our good. Keep trusting. Keep believing. Keep waiting. That's some hard work right there I know but He ALWAYS come through. Live in obedience to Him so that we stay under that umbrella of His protection and watch Him work!!! You can trust Him with whatever weighs on you today. 

I know this is a different Monday post but I missed services yesterday. I got messages about how incredible it was. If you missed like I did, watch online!!