Psalm 5:3 - My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord. In the morning I will direct my prayer unto thee and look up.
The following story was taken from a book by Joy Haney called "Power of Speaking Positive." It is a testimony to the power of prayer. It takes place during WWII.
An airplane carrying captain Edward Rickenbacker and his crew fell into the Pacific Ocean and no trace of the wreckage could be found. There they were with three rafts, which they tied together at night, with no food except a few oranges.
Rickenbacker had been raised in a Christian home and knew the power of prayer. On the second day one of the boys found that he had a Bible in his pocket. The men organized little prayer meetings during the morning and evening and took turns reading the Bible. They humbly prayed for deliverance.
On the eighth day, within an hour of their prayers, a seagull landed on the Captain's head. He reached his hand up gently and caught it. The men wrung the bird's neck, plucked it and ate every bit, bones and all. They then used the innards for bait and survived off of the fish they caught.
On the 21st day they were spotted by searching planes and rescued. It goes without saying that the rescue was miraculous. The men were nothing but a dot on the surface of the ocean. When news of the rescue flashed around the world people wanted to know how they survived. The simple answer was, "we prayed." Rickenbacker acknowledged that their deliverance came through prayer and Bible reading. He wrote a book called "Seven Came Through" about their experiences.
One of the their favorite passages during this time was Matthew 6 - "Take no thought saying, "what shall we eat or what shall we drink" ... Can you imagine being lost in the ocean and praying that prayer. Yet it worked. If God can feed 8 men lost on a raft in the middle of the ocean what can he do in your situation? The answer is simple - Anything you believe him for! We serve a God of miracles. If you need something today and the answer seems like it would take a miracle, ask the God of miracles and see what he will do.
HE NEVER FAILS!
Trusting Him Daily,
Sullivan Jones
The following story was taken from a book by Joy Haney called "Power of Speaking Positive." It is a testimony to the power of prayer. It takes place during WWII.
An airplane carrying captain Edward Rickenbacker and his crew fell into the Pacific Ocean and no trace of the wreckage could be found. There they were with three rafts, which they tied together at night, with no food except a few oranges.
Rickenbacker had been raised in a Christian home and knew the power of prayer. On the second day one of the boys found that he had a Bible in his pocket. The men organized little prayer meetings during the morning and evening and took turns reading the Bible. They humbly prayed for deliverance.
On the eighth day, within an hour of their prayers, a seagull landed on the Captain's head. He reached his hand up gently and caught it. The men wrung the bird's neck, plucked it and ate every bit, bones and all. They then used the innards for bait and survived off of the fish they caught.
On the 21st day they were spotted by searching planes and rescued. It goes without saying that the rescue was miraculous. The men were nothing but a dot on the surface of the ocean. When news of the rescue flashed around the world people wanted to know how they survived. The simple answer was, "we prayed." Rickenbacker acknowledged that their deliverance came through prayer and Bible reading. He wrote a book called "Seven Came Through" about their experiences.
One of the their favorite passages during this time was Matthew 6 - "Take no thought saying, "what shall we eat or what shall we drink" ... Can you imagine being lost in the ocean and praying that prayer. Yet it worked. If God can feed 8 men lost on a raft in the middle of the ocean what can he do in your situation? The answer is simple - Anything you believe him for! We serve a God of miracles. If you need something today and the answer seems like it would take a miracle, ask the God of miracles and see what he will do.
HE NEVER FAILS!
Trusting Him Daily,
Sullivan Jones