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Are You Hungry?

Think about your favorite meal. Do you have the image in your head? Can you smell the aroma of that meal? Can you imagine how you would place each part of that meal on your plate? Imagine that you are sitting at your dinner table with your favorite meal in front of you, with your fork in your hand, your drink in front of you and your napkin either in your lap or tucked in your shirt. I can imagine that you smell the food and almost taste that food right on your tongue. Now imagine...imagine that you can't eat your favorite food. It's right there in front of you but you can't eat it. You can't eat it because someone's life depends on you NOT eating your favorite meal. 

I know that I'm not the only one that has been praying for someone or something in particular. Many of us are praying for our siblings, parents, relatives and even a friend. You pray, you pray and you pray. You wait for the results and you pray some more. Prayer does work...believe me, it does work!

But I also know that there are times when you might have to dig a little deeper in your prayers in order to get results. There will be times when you will have to skip that favorite meal, breakfast, lunch and/or dinner. You will have to skip those meals in order to put more time in prayer - talking with God. He loves the conversations; that extra time that we can give Him to just talk with Him and listen to Him. Whatever or whomever is a concern for me or you, guess what? It's also a concern for God and He will perfect it...He'll work on it for you (Psalm 138:8). 

If you are willing to skip that favorite meal, or two or three for that one person; that one person or people that mean so much to you I'm sure that situation will change. Prayer changes things. I'm a firm believer in "Much prayer, much power. Little prayer, little power. No prayer, no power"! In Matthew 17:14-21 there is a story of a little boy who had a major issue. Others prayed for him and nothing happened, even Jesus' disciples prayed and that little boy's situation didn't change. Finally Jesus came and prayed and spoke over that situation and it immediately was gone. The little boy's situation changed. The reason his situation change was because prior to Jesus healing that child, he had spent a lot of time praying, talking with God and fasting. There will be some situations that we will pray about that will only change when we put in our time with Him. 

The same power that Jesus had through prayer, we can have it too. He has given us the power we just need to learn how to utilize that power. Trust me, there isn't anything too hard for our God!!

How many meals are you willing to skip? Who are you praying for? Are you ready for your situation to change? How Hungry Are You??!!

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