What I Learned in Kenya -- "The Power of Prayer"
Of all the ways God speaks to us, prayer is generally the way I hear from Him the most. In Kenya God spoke to me so vividly in a couple of ways just how powerful prayer can be.
The first way God spoke to me was in a very personal way. The first morning in Nairobi I hurt my ankle pretty bad after a hotel employee accidentally ran into to me as I was heading to the bus. After traveling all day and meeting to students and teachers at Uaso Nyiro Primary School I was in pain and was seriously discouraged about the week ahead. Once I told Jake Beaty what happened at our nightly meeting he asked everyone in our group to lay hands on me as he prayed over me. Wow! This was truly a moving experience for me. Even though God didn’t heal me the way I wanted Him to, He healed me the way I needed Him to. I didn’t wake up the next morning with no bruising or no swelling or no pain, but I did wake up re-motivated and for the rest of the week I was able to walk several miles a day. God answered prayers; He used a bad situation to draw me closer to the guys I served with and made me more dependent on Him.
The second way God spoke to me about praying was when a group of us were teaching Class 2 at Uaso Nyiro. After teaching on Nehemiah, I was preparing to pray with the kids. Before I did, I asked the kids how I can pray for them; and their requests absolutely broke my heart. They responded with food, water, rain, among others. This totally floored me, I was trying my best to fight back tears as stood in front of them. I’m positive God will answer these prayers for the Kenyans. He also showed me how out of touch I was with what my needs actually are and how I need to become fully dependent Him, instead of being dependent upon myself.
The Bible says in Philippians 4:6 that we should bring all requests to God, and in 1 John 5:14 it says He will answer those prayers according to His will. I think so many times we get confused on what is His will and what is our will. When we start seeing our lives through His will, things will never be the same...I pray His will, not mine
The first way God spoke to me was in a very personal way. The first morning in Nairobi I hurt my ankle pretty bad after a hotel employee accidentally ran into to me as I was heading to the bus. After traveling all day and meeting to students and teachers at Uaso Nyiro Primary School I was in pain and was seriously discouraged about the week ahead. Once I told Jake Beaty what happened at our nightly meeting he asked everyone in our group to lay hands on me as he prayed over me. Wow! This was truly a moving experience for me. Even though God didn’t heal me the way I wanted Him to, He healed me the way I needed Him to. I didn’t wake up the next morning with no bruising or no swelling or no pain, but I did wake up re-motivated and for the rest of the week I was able to walk several miles a day. God answered prayers; He used a bad situation to draw me closer to the guys I served with and made me more dependent on Him.
The second way God spoke to me about praying was when a group of us were teaching Class 2 at Uaso Nyiro. After teaching on Nehemiah, I was preparing to pray with the kids. Before I did, I asked the kids how I can pray for them; and their requests absolutely broke my heart. They responded with food, water, rain, among others. This totally floored me, I was trying my best to fight back tears as stood in front of them. I’m positive God will answer these prayers for the Kenyans. He also showed me how out of touch I was with what my needs actually are and how I need to become fully dependent Him, instead of being dependent upon myself.
The Bible says in Philippians 4:6 that we should bring all requests to God, and in 1 John 5:14 it says He will answer those prayers according to His will. I think so many times we get confused on what is His will and what is our will. When we start seeing our lives through His will, things will never be the same...I pray His will, not mine
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