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If God Sees That My Spiritual Life Will Be Furthered By Giving The Things For Which I Ask, Then He Will Give Them, But That Is Not The End Of Prayer. The End Of Prayer Is That I Come To Know God Himself.

God Is Not Concerned About Our Plans; He Doesn’t Ask, “do You Want To Go Through This Loss Of A Loved One, This Difficulty, Or This Defeat?” No, He Allows These Things For His Own Purpose. The Things We Are Going Through Are Either Making Us Sweeter, Better, And Nobler Men And Women, Or They Are Making Us More Critical And Fault-finding, And More Insistent On Our Own Way. The Things That Happen Either Make Us Evil, Or They Make Us More Saintly, Depending Entirely On Our Relationship With God And Its Level Of Intimacy.

A River Reaches Places Which Its Source Never Knows. And Jesus Said That, If We Have Received His Fullness, "rivers Of Living Water" Will Flow Out Of Us, Reaching In Blessing Even "to The End Of The Earth" Regardless Of How Small The Visible Effects Of Our Lives May Appear To Be.

When God Gets Us Alone Through Suffering, Heartbreak, Temptation, Disappointment, Sickness, Or By Thwarted Friendship - When He Gets Us Absolutely Alone, And We Are Totally Speechless, Unable To Ask Even One Question, Then He Begins To Teach Us.

Faith Must Be Tested, Because It Can Be Turned Into A Personal Possession Only Through Conflict.