Be Careful What You Pray For

There's a Christian who is hiking in the woods one day when he comes upon an angry bear. The bear stood up on its hind legs and growled ferociously, clearly preparing to charge. In panic, the Christian started to run, but the bear followed close on his heels. Finally the hiker came to a cliff. So he dropped to his knees and asked God to please make this bear a good Christian bear. To the kiker's amazement, the bear suddenly stopped growling, fell to his knees and folded his paws together in prayer! "Thank you, Lord!" exclaimed the Christian. "Thank you, Lord!" exclaimed the bear, "for this meal I'm about to receive!"

Prayer is one of the most powerful tools in the Christian's work belt, and often overlooked. This week, pray for the worship, for evangelism, for your spouse, for all aspects of your life, and be ready for the answer. You may have your prayers answered but in a way that you never could have imagined. Don't belive me? Look at what happened to a centurion of the Italian cohort by the name of Corneilus in Acts chapter 10, after he made a "simple" prayer.

Tanner Henderson