BBD 08.04.22 If You Ask... (Classic)
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Classic from 1999
The Burning Bush Devotional
04 August 1999
If You Ask…
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you
will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the
sea,’ it will be done. And whatever things you
ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” - Matthew 21:21-22.
I no longer remember their names but I remember their story. I remember
their testimony of faith. It has been thirteen years (in 1999) or more now but
I remember when a new client and his wife reported for intake while I was a
parole officer. They were so happy! That in itself was unusual in my business.
They were so excited they couldn’t keep from sharing what God had done for
them.
It seems the husband had been sitting in the county jail for some time
awaiting trial. Meanwhile things were growing more and more desperate for his
wife and three little kids. The electricity was turned off. They had used all
their money and almost all their food. That was when they began to pray. The
husband by himself was praying to receive Christ as His Savior. Praying for God
to somehow release him from jail and help his family. His wife was praying as
well.
It seemed hopeless the trial date was weeks away but suddenly they came for
him and during a brief hearing bail was reduced. He was released. Meanwhile a
neighbor had found out about my client’s family. The electricity was turned
back on, and food was provided for them. Their lives were forever changed. They
knew that only God could have done what had happened in their lives. They knew
it was because they had asked. Because they asked their mountain had been moved
and cast into the sea.
Have you asked?
(This devotional has been updated and was originally
written and sent on 01.13.1999.)
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