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Chapter 4 - Praying Through
- Summary:
- Story of Elizabeth Dabney who ‘prayed through’ faithfully
- Circle makers are history makers
- Most of us don’t get what we want because we quit circling
- Praying through is about consistency
- Praying through is about intensity
- We should praise God for disappointment because it draws us back to Him
- Faith is about believing, even when it seems impossible
- Praise through - praise God before the miracle happens
- If God has put a promise in your heart, pray through and praise through
- Problems:
- Dabney’s story illustrates a woman who “asked God” something, rather than demanded, who obeyed God’s direction and saw His promise fulfilled - not like Honi story
- Dabney’s real life story doesn’t say anything about a ‘circle in the sand’ - she obey’s what God told her to do, didn’t just arbitrarily do her own thing
- Circle makers = History makers and “It’s your prayers that change the eternal plotline” pg 34 - Seems pretty person-focused and prideful
- Not getting what we want because we quit circling again puts the power and emphasis on us rather than God
- Praying through won’t take no for an answer
- “God had already given them the city. All they had to do was circle it.” - is he talking about “all they had to do was obey God’s commands” or is he speaking about the whole ‘circling’ concept
- You need to stop asking because God has already answered
- Solutions:
- The pride issues and it’s all about us and how awesome our circles are - “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” Galatians 6:14
- Circle quitting causes us not to get things - Malachi 3:6 - God says he doesn’t change, he keeps his promises
- Sometimes God says no - 2 Cor 7:8 - Paul’s thorn, Matt 26:42 - Jesus
- Romans 8:28 - “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
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