Wednesday, October 04, 2006

faith... for the things that 'are not'

as i was laying in bed this morning, hoping my headache would ease up, i had daydreamy thoughts running though my head. i saw a friend praying for someone, in that slow, quiet way that she does,

"........ Lord ........ i thank You for ________ ........ i thank You for a heart that is tender before you ........"

hold on, there... (i'm alert now, lol!) ...that someone ain't got a heart that is tender before God!!?!!

and God said to me, "Pray the things that are not as though they were."

ooohhhh.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
~Hebrews 11:1 - 3, nkjv

...of God, in whom he believed--the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
~Romans 4:17, niv
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:22 p.m.

    It was me that you were envisioning I just know it?!

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  2. Lynnie Ha11:28 p.m.

    LOL girl, actually it wasn't you, but yer right, it coulda been - you pray that way too!!!!!! ..... hmm, what way do i pray?

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