Do you believe in something greater than yourself? Do you ask for what you need? Are you grateful for what happens to you? Prayer and thanksgiving are as formal or intimate as you make them. There is no mystery here. Your words have power.
"Elmer Towns wrote about a time when he was terribly sick with the stomach flu. He was trying to get home, but his flight had been canceled. The thought of staying in the airport was untenable. He called his prayer partner, a logger named Buddy Bryant, and told him of the predicament. Immediately Buddy broke out into prayer over the phone for Elmer's healing as well as for a quick flight home. As soon as Elmer hung up, he heard an announcement: 'Another plane is here and we will be leaving within twenty minutes.'
A young man sitting in the terminal beside Elmer had heard the whole conversation, and he looked over and said, 'I bet you think that airplane is an answer to your prayer. That's not a miracle, just coincidence.'
Elmer was too sick to say much, but he prayed for wisdom and said, 'I serve a God of coincidences.' "
[Turning Points Magazine, July 2022 David Jeremiah's article "Maybe We Should Take a Moment to Pray"]
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So beautiful. The best comes to us at times when we least expect it