The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. ~ James 5:16
Last night, I had the most incredible experience of answered prayer. Our 1-year old Dylan has been sick for the past few days... keeping us up all hours of the night. After a 13-hour day in Richmond yesterday, I was dying for a good night's sleep... but Dylan was so congested, he was breathing through his ears.
Rocking him at night, I prayed a prayer that was so fervent, it brought tears to my eyes. Not just for me and Ains... but for Dylan.
Immediately... and I mean immediately... I heard his nasal passages open up, as his breathing became clearer and clearer. I slept in his room, just in case, but he didn't wake-up even once during the night. Wazzup.
Awesome Ben! I had a similar experience last night with my congested, coughing, ear infected 9 month old. We prayed like mad and he slept great for the first night in a while. Simple blessings!
On a completely unrelated, but even cooler note, I was able to lead a man to Christ last night!
Posted by: Dan | September 21, 2007 at 11:06 AM
OK, that made me cry! Man, I am praising God with you right now. It's awesome to truly feel and see our prayers answered.
Posted by: Brad Martin | September 21, 2007 at 04:44 PM
Praise.
Posted by: Clayton Bell | September 21, 2007 at 05:11 PM
Gotta love those immediate answers to prayer. It's a nice little reminder that God DOES answer when we ask. We need to keep up with the longer term prayers, even though we don't get an answer right away.
Posted by: Thad Paris | September 24, 2007 at 08:43 AM