Garth Brooks- Some Of God's Greatest Gifts Are Unanswered Prayers.
I have unanswered prayers, I have trouble I wish wasn't there And I have asked a thousand waysThat you would take my pain away, You would take my pain away
I am trying to understand, How to walk this weary land, Make straight the paths that crooked lieOh Lord, before these feet of mine, Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
When my world is shaking, heaven stands, When my heart is breaking, I never leave your hands
When you walked upon the earth, You healed the broken, lost and hurt, I know you hate to see me cryOne day you will set all things right, Yeah, one day you will set all things right
When my world is shaking, heaven stands, When my heart is breaking, I never leave your hands
Your hands that shaped the world, Are holding me, They hold me still, Your hands that shaped the world
Are holding me, They hold me still, When my world is shaking, heaven stands, When my heart is breaking
I never leave you, When my world is shaking, heaven stands, When my heart is breaking, I never leave, I never leave your hands
Yeah, I don't always feel it, Yeah, but that's when I need it the most, So, I'ma keep on singing, 'Til my soul catches up with my song, There's times when my hands go up freely And times that it costs, oh-oh
Even if (even if) my daylight never dawns, Even if (even if) my breakthrough never comes, Even if (even if) I'll fight to bring You praise, Even if (even if) my dreams fall to the ground, Even if (even if) I'm lost, I know I'm found, Even if (even if) my heart will somehow say, Hallelujah anyway (Hallelujah anyway), Yeah, I hear a hymn of triumph, In the wilderness of my lament, In the lowlands or the mountain tops, I won't forget, All that goodness that You have shown me, The promises that You have kept, There's better days on the horizon up ahead
You give me purpose, You make it all worth it, When I give up, You lift me up, It's always enough, You are the reason, That I'm still breathing, No matter the season, Burnt or I'm bleeding, I'm always enough, So I wanna change, Change in Your name, Oh, I wanna change, Through all my mistakes, You love me the same way, No, I don't deserve You, I'll never desert You, You are the one, To You, I surrender, I'll be Your defender, 'Cause You gave me life, So I give You mine It's Yours to define, So I wanna change, Change in Your name.
James 5 verse 7-8 says: Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.
Isaiah 30 verse 18 says: Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Lamentations 3 verse 25: The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
Mark 11 verse 24: Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Philippians 4 verse 6-7: Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Luke 18 verse 1: Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
1 John 15 verse 15: I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
Matthew 7 verse 7: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
1 Thessalonians 5 verse 17-18: pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Jeremiah 29 verse 12: Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
We see in each scripture that as we wait on God for a prayer that is an unanswered prayer that in the season of waiting for our prayers to be answered prayers, that it's all in the waiting and in God's perfect will and timing that our prayers are answered by Him.
Do you ever feel like you have a million prayers that are just waiting to be answered? Have you ever felt like why isn't my prayer being answered? Well, you see that sometimes even an unanswered prayer and in the waiting of what we feel has been so long of a wait that sometimes what we think is unanswered is the answer that we then see in God's timing of being answered that the prayer that we may have prayed about whether it is a prayer of wanting the part we hoped for in a school play or something like that, that the plan God has for us and the part we thought we were going to get in a play or something different wasn't the one God wanted for us because just like in Jeremiah 29 verse 11 it says: For I Know The Plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you but to give you a hope and a future. You see the prayers we wait on, whether it's for a part in a school play or something different, that God's plan for our life and the answer He has for us can be different and sometimes we may not get a yes or no, but wait patiently answer from Him or sometimes in that moment of waiting we may just get that answer to where it's not what we think it should be but rather it is what God wants for our lives and what He wants for us is to strive, to excel, do our best, walk humbly with Him, act Justly, love with Mercy and just serve.
We all think we know that we have an answer to prayer in our own waiting, it's just not true.
I want to share this song by Matthew West called Waitin' On A Miracle.
I'm down to my last drop of faith, My last ounce of strength, My knees are worn, From waiting on a miracleI've prayed, God, I've prayed, I've stormed the gates in Jesus' name, Crying out night and day, Just waiting on a miracle, But I don't know how much longer, I can hold out hope tonight And I wish my will was stronger
But instead I'm just a weary heart, Waiting on a miracle, Waiting on a miracle, I've heard Your hand can calm a raging sea, But can You calm the storm in me, 'Cause that's how it feels When you're waiting on a miracle And I don't know how much longer, I can hold out hope tonight And I wish my will was stronger
But instead I'm just a weary heart, Waiting on a miracle, Waiting on a miracle, But I don't know how much longer, I can hold out hope tonight, And I wish my will was stronger, But instead I'm just a weary heart
Waiting on a miracle, Waiting on a miracle And my soul longs for the day, When I see the answer to the prayer I've prayed And it'll all be worth the wait Waiting on a miracle.
There is one more song I want to share with all of you that I hope you'll take time to not only search all the song lyrics I've shared but also listen to the songs as well as the message of those prayers we wait on are prayers that we wait on in waiting on God's Timing to answer them and as we do that, we know that He is in control and that He will give us the strength we need to carry through and give us Wisdom to overcome.
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