Prayer is the way we communicate with Almighty God when we want to
spend time with Him or let Him know of our needs. Needs that many times are unattainable
to us in this earthly realm and only He can bring them
about through our supplication of prayer. Many years ago I had a great
financial need in the ministry. I set time aside to fast and
pray. All my bills were due and the treasury was empty.
On Friday, the third day of diligently seeking the Lord-nothing seemed to
have broken through for me--disconnect notices were soon
to follow. I felt sad that God had not heard my prayer. As I
closed the door to the ministry to leave for the day I glanced at the
clock and it was almost 5 p.m. You see we can have hidden mind sets that
are unknown to us. Somehow I had God confused with man's work schedule--thinking
that He quits working at the end of the day like I do.
I walked next door to our small bookstore that my husband was
attending. He was also getting ready to close for the day. As I was sharing my thoughts and how
discouraged I felt with him a woman walked in just as we were closing for the
day. She was looking for a special song and immediately found
it and walked over to the counter, pulled out her checkbook and
said, "I have a check for the ministry." The
check was enough to pay all my overdue bills, plus some! To God Be The Glory!
She proceeded to tell me her testimony. She had a big piece of
equipment she wanted to sell, and she had called our prayer line
a few weeks earlier and put in her prayer request for the Lord to send her
a buyer. Well the buyer showed up and she sold it. She had
promised the Lord that she would give our prayer ministry her tithe.
I stood there in awe! It took a few seconds to let it
all sink in and register into my mind. At the same time I
began to rejoice as tears filled my eyes. I was so touched and grateful!!
The Lord had heard my prayer and then suddenly I
remembered her prayer request. I had been praying for her need
faithfully, yet I had never known the face behind the request. I
learned a valuable lesson that day. God hears our prayers and the prayer
you may be praying for someone else may be the prayer that unlocks the
door for the answer to your need. He knows in advance of
our dilemmas and begins preparations to meet them. He is
the God of Perfect Timings!! "For as the heavens are higher than earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah
57:9
Thank you so much for reading this message. If you would like to make a copy or copies of this testimony, you are welcome to do so. Make sure your copy is in its entirety and the message should not be changed. Hilda Arredondo's name and her website http://NDCPrayer.com/ and e-mail address ndcp@att.net should accompany this message as you print it. If you have any questions or comments please e-mail us. At this point we have no representatives outside this ministry and all business for the ministry is handled by hilda arredondo, 195 El Shaddai Rd, Opelousas, La. 70570
