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Why God Sometimes Delays by kpakpandoN(m): 8:02am On Jun 08, 2017
From experience, we know of a truth that God answers prayers. It is also common knowledge among those who walk with God that on several occasions, despite consistent prayers, God may take His time before intervening in a given situation. In fact, in some cases, He may allow the situation to deteriorate to its extreme limits before He steps in.  This was the experience of Mary and Martha, sisters to Lazarus (John 11:1-6). Why would God wait until you are completely helpless before He turns things around? It could be because He does not want you to tamper with what He is about to do. When a doctor wants to perform an operation, he puts his patient to sleep. When God was about to form Eve out of Adam, He put him into a deep sleep. Genesis 2:21 says,
“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.”

Do you know that God still likes to do some great things without any contribution or interference from us? Sometimes, He may allow us to get to a point of helplessness before He moves in to begin His work. He wants you to be absolutely surrendered to Him so that when He begins to do what He wants to do, you will not consider your own ideas. If you are ever so self-willed, you may need to visit the bus stop of helplessness repeatedly, but if you are completely yielded to Him, this may not occur too often in your life. How submissive are you to God?
Similarly, God may take His time before coming to your aid because it is in those extreme moments that prayers are said from the depth of the soul (1st Samuel 1:15). When you are totally helpless, you will pray from your heart and not from your head. In Matthew 15:21-28, when the woman whose daughter was grievously tormented of the devil came to Jesus asking for help, the Lord ignored her, and the disciples asked that she be sent away because she was too noisy. The woman simply said, “You haven’t heard any noise yet. Whether you like it or not, I am not leaving here without my miracle.” Then the Lord said to her, “I cannot give the children’s bread to dogs.” She said, “Fine, I agree I am a dog, but this dog is going to get her miracle today.” Since she had no alternative, she knew she had reached her last bus stop, and she refused to give up. People who are totally helpless pray a different kind of prayer compared to those who have alternatives. Whatever your needs maybe today, as you ask God, He will answer you in Jesus’ Name. Have you reached your final bus stop? Is Jesus Christ your last hope, or do you have other alternatives.
Written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye.

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Re: Why God Sometimes Delays by youngest85(m): 8:05am On Jun 08, 2017
Abba father 68
Re: Why God Sometimes Delays by Nobody: 8:18am On Jun 08, 2017
Why is he answering for God
Re: Why God Sometimes Delays by Lucasinho(m): 8:49am On Jun 08, 2017
Tahrah:
Why is he answering for God

And who are U to ask
Re: Why God Sometimes Delays by Nobody: 9:04am On Jun 08, 2017
Lucasinho:


And who are U to ask
Someone who wants to hear directly from God.
Re: Why God Sometimes Delays by Lucasinho(m): 10:02am On Jun 08, 2017
Tahrah:
Someone who wants to hear directly from God.

OkaY.


But how do U recognize God’s voice above all others? undecided
Re: Why God Sometimes Delays by Nobody: 12:46am On Jun 09, 2017
A-men & a-men to this message......

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