A Story of Prayer, And Special Needs

Dear family of God,

Please read with a heart of PRAYER AND HONESTY.

May the Holy Spirit speak to your heart and not to your mind. This is what I pray as you read this story:

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agree that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island. The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren.

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there was nothing. Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"

"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them," the first man answered. "His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything."

"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him! "He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings."

"Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "what did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"

"He prayed that all your prayers be answered. "

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us. This is too good not to share. With obedience come blessings. My prayer for you today is that all your prayers are answered. Be blessed. "What you do for others is more important than what you do for yourself."

Let us pray for one another and help the needy and the lost.
Hope to hear from you.

In His harvest,
Jai&Yori

Prayer Requests:

Jaya Prakash, one of our Children's Home kids, is sick. He has gastric pain and an acidity problem. Please remember him in your prayers.
One innocent girl named Satyavathi has HIV/AIDS and TB. She is only 12 years old. She lives along the road side. She is an orphan girl. She seems to be in her last days. Today we are fasting and praying at our Children's Home with the LLM Gospel Team that for this precious child of God. Please uphold this innocent girl in your prayers. If anybody wants to help her with some funds for her medicine/treatment, please do. At least she can live for few more months or years. Nothing is impossible with our God. Please continue to pray for her healing.
We have not started our compound wall at our church-land. We have to buy some sand,bricks,cement and iron for this project. Please stand with us in prayer. If anybody is interested in supporting this project it will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you and be blessed.