{"id":7850,"date":"2018-04-12T07:05:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T11:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2018-04-12T07:05:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T11:05:02","slug":"making-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/2018\/04\/12\/making-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Preparations!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.” Philemon 22\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The above verse caught my eye this morning. Paul is writing from prison, requesting that Philemon prepare a place for him to stay. The apostle believed that the prayers of the saints\u00a0had been\u00a0answered and he would soon be released! I can imagine Paul saying,<\/p>\n

“Philemon – wash the sheets, make up the bed, set another place at the table…I’ll see you shortly!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a little saying that goes something like this…<\/p>\n

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>>> Prayer is asking for rain; Faith is carrying an umbrella <<<<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I wonder…when Hannah left the temple that day, did she go home and begin\u00a0making preparations? Did she begin working on a\u00a0little blanket for the baby that God had promised? (I Samuel 1)<\/p>\n

In II Kings, we read of Elisha instructing the kings to begin digging ditches in preparation for a miracle:<\/p>\n

“And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.” II Kings 3:16,17\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This morning, is it time to move forward\u00a0<\/strong>by\u00a0taking our faith one step further? This morning, is it time to begin making preparations for our answered prayer?<\/p>\n

~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/p>\n

“He Who breathes into\u00a0our hearts\u00a0the heavenly hope, will not deceive or fail us when we press forward<\/strong> to its realization.” ~ (from Streams in the Desert – March 26)<\/em><\/p>\n

“…According to your faith be it unto you.” Matthew 9:29\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.” Philemon 22\u00a0 The above verse caught my eye this morning. Paul is writing from prison, requesting that Philemon prepare a place for him to stay. The apostle believed that the prayers of the saints\u00a0had been\u00a0answered and he would soon be released! I can imagine Paul saying, “Philemon – wash the sheets, make up the bed, set another place at the table…I’ll see you shortly!” There is a little saying that goes something like this… >>> Prayer is asking for rain; Faith is carrying an umbrella <<< I wonder…when Hannah left the temple that day, did she go home and begin\u00a0making preparations? Did she begin working on a\u00a0little blanket for the baby that God had promised? (I Samuel 1) In II Kings, we read of Elisha instructing the kings to begin digging ditches in preparation for a miracle: “And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.” II Kings 3:16,17\u00a0 This morning, is it time to move forward\u00a0by\u00a0taking our faith one step further? This morning, is it time to begin making preparations for our answered prayer? ~~~~~~~~ “He Who breathes into\u00a0our hearts\u00a0the heavenly hope, will not deceive or fail us when we press forward to its realization.” ~ (from Streams in the Desert – March 26) “…According to your faith be it unto you.” Matthew 9:29\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-prayer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-22C","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7851,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions\/7851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}