The married couple was in a long season of one crisis after another. The wife had undiagnosed Lyme Disease while pregnant and was extremely sick. After she gave birth, she continued to have a lot of health issues. The child was born with life-altering health issues. Since both the husband and the wife were teachers, they struggled financially to pay the doctor bills. It was a challenging time. Shortly after the school year started this year, their stove and fridge broke. It was a challenging time.
Although they were able to replace their stove, they weren’t able to replace their fridge. They went round and round with the company over the warranty, but were unsuccessful.
So an extended family member that was reading 21 Days to Childlike Prayer started praying, along with the other prayers she had been praying for the wife and the child, that God would provide them with a new fridge. Week after week, there was no fridge. Then, the extended family member put a date on the fridge prayer request.
After a couple of weeks, the extended family member went to Friday morning women’s bible study. She decided to ask her group to pray that God would provide a fridge for the couple in need (they were already praying for the health situation).
After the group ended, a mom pulled the extended family member aside and told her to meet her at her car. As they made their way to the car, the lady began to tell her that she just received a bunch of inheritance money and felt like the Lord wanted her to bring it to the Friday morning group. When the prayer for a fridge was talked about, the lady said she knew that was why she was supposed to bring the money.
So there, in the parking lot, the lady gave a couple thousand dollars for a fridge. The extended family member began crying tears of gratitude and awe. She said that she “wanted to shout from the rooftops, how good our God is!!!!” The fridge was bought and delivered right at the date that the extended family member had been praying for.
I hope this story stirs in you the childlike faith that it takes to ask God for things like fridges by specific dates. Does he always give us what we ask for? Of course not. But he always does what’s best for us. Let’s keep going to God in specific, childlike prayer. You never know the difference your prayers might make in the life of someone else.
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