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Staying Positive

Thoughts & Prayers

10/7/2018

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During times of tragedy these two words receive widespread use.  This week we acknowledged the one-year anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 people attending a concert.  I recall that a year ago on social media, lots of thoughts and prayers were shared. I also recall that there was great rebuttal - thoughts and prayers are not enough!  This week, seven Florence, SC police officers were shot while serving a warrant. One of the officers, a 30-year veteran, lost his life.  For this tragedy we offer thoughts and prayers.  

In my many conversations this week, I was given some overwhelming things to think about and my prayer list grew.  I have two friends with hospitalized children.  I have a friend suffering from cancer.  I lost a high school friend to cancer this week.  I’ve been following the story of Maddox Ritch, a 6 year-old who got lost at a nearby park and was later found dead in the creek.  There was a fire locally that claimed the life of a mother of five this week.  This is just the abbreviated list, there is more.  I truly am thinking and praying for all these people who are suffering. Honestly, though, sometimes I begin to think my thoughts are worthless and my prayers are insufficient.

In Joshua 10, Joshua and the Israelites are fighting the Amorites and Joshua thinks he can finish the battle if he has a few more hours of daylight.  Joshua is a righteous man who has a personal relationship with God.  In his bold faith, Joshua asks God to leave the sun and moon in their place for a little while longer.  Scripture tells us, “So the sun stood still and the moon stopped till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.” (Joshua 10:13)  Joshua’s prayers were not insufficient. God supplied his need just as he asked.  God will answer our prayers, too.
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Our thoughts are not worthless and our prayers are not insufficient.  Through prayer we ask ask the most high God to intervene, there is nothing more powerful nor more sufficient.  I pray that God’s will be done. I pray that God give peace and comfort to the family of Maddox Ritch; to the Isom family who lost their mother; and to the family of fallen Officer Terrence Carraway; and to the family of my high school friend.  I ask that God heal the police officers injured in Florence. I ask that God shrink my friend’s tumor by way of a miracle that even her doctor will know He is Lord.  I ask that He heal my friends’ children that no sign of their ailment lingers. I ask all of these things in Jesus name and I believe these things will be done.  (John 14:14)  AMEN!

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.


Matthew 6:9-13
“This, then, is how you should pray:  “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us today our daily bread.  And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’


Thank you for reading!
Have a blessed week!
​Kim
Copyright 2018 Kimberly Griffith Anderson
4 Comments
D. Floyd
10/7/2018 07:02:43 am

Thanks prayers are powerful with them things will happen and situations with change. We will keep praying! Thanks

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Mom
10/7/2018 12:06:57 pm

I have felt the same way about those two words. They seem worn out. But if we pray as our thoughts turn to those on our prayer list God can move mountains, tumors, grief, pain and anything else He allows to come our way. Don’t grow weary in praying! Great to see Joshua’s story included.

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Cynthia Spratley
10/7/2018 07:49:21 pm

Kim.
I do believe that it is effective to pray if we do so believing that God is able and if we do it feverently and not give up when circumstances seem to dictate that our prayer is not answered. We have to pray in faith, not by what is seen but what we know in our minds and hearts about the faithfulness of our God! He is just, he is kind, he is love and he will answer when we cry out to Him.
It may not look like the answer we wanted because we can't know all the intimate details of other people's attitudes in their hearts and we can't know (unless He chooses to reveal it) the amazing orchestration of details that has to happen for the answer to come through. I am a firm believer that for those that know the Lord as Savior, it is often perfect healing when they go home to Jesus and do not have to suffer further on this earth. So when we pray for healing we must accept that the person may be getting to go to heaven rather than remaining here on earth.
I have seen God do mighty things and so I know He will and I also know that He is our Father so he desires to give us good gifts. Thanks for sharing. I just got back from KC, Missouri where one of my best friends and Godly aunts passed into her reward and it was bittersweet, but I know she is rejoicing around the throne and I look forward to the day when we will meet again. :)

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Martha T. Robinson link
10/10/2018 06:54:47 am

It was great to see you Saturday! I did want to tell you I did write a novel about 3 years ago during November--a NaNoWriMo novel--and I had put you in it--as a science teacher of course--but I was concentrating on a history teacher as the main teacher in the novel. You have caused me to rethink that. Oh, by the way, as I was rereading what I had written (Teen Novel 2015), editing, and such, I deleted the entire file! Fortunately, I had printed out a hard copy--so I have since reentered it, revised it, rethought it--and it is again in a file on my laptop!

Thanks for this blog post. It reminded me of my recent study of Fervent by Priscilla Shirer, which was a really excellent book on prayer!

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