Things you never thought would happen to you.

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Crustyone

Crustyone

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To OneFaith on post #96, do you always tell others that "No worries, I pray for you..."? If not, that may have been the problem. In this case I sense that you are saying because you are praying for this individual, he has no worries. The emphasis doesn't seem to be on God doing the Protection. I can understand why it seemed OK from your point of view, but the real cause of the safety may not have come through to your son. Athletes have a problem of overconfidence. You may have become overconfident that God and everyone else would naturally understand that you were invoking God's power for safety.

The other option would be that your son became overconfident and was careless because he felt that God would protect him even if he was not as careful as he should have been. Then again it could be both or none of theses reasons. Just a thought.
 
Crustyone

Crustyone

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OneFaith, I didn't address your last paragraph, because truthfully I didn't read to comprehend it, but now that I have I don't think you need to worry about having removed yourself from victimization, unless it involved an altercation of some kind. Did you get angry enough to leave or just scared enough to leave? I don't think God repays suffering with a special ability. I am quite sure that faith is the only criteria and I am very impressed with your faith as I know that mine is sorely lacking to have prayer answered. I know He can answer prayer, but don't know if He will want to answer mine and no, I don't pray for selfish things, or at least I don't intend to.
 
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pottersclay

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#103
I never thought I'd ask the Lord to draw closer to me as my choice of drink and drugs to cope for the day.
I never thought I'd search out and download that praise song that spoke to my heart.
Never thought I'd walk away from confrontation putting to rest 15 yrs of martial arts.
Never thought I'd be teaching my children and grandchildren about God.
Never thought my wife would endure 33yrs of marriage to me.
Never thought I'd bury my daughter.
I never thought of myself as a weak and screw up person untill I meant Christ.
Never thought he'd heal me from cancer .
Never thought the death of my mom would leave me speechless at her memorial service.
Then again I never thought I'd live as old that I am...
 
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