Did You Think to Pray?

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  My husband is currently renovating our kitchen. When he got to needing an electrician, he found he couldn’t get one until four weeks later. This would hold up the whole process so it was a bit annoying. When we all prayed as a family after dinner, I prayed that we would find someone who could do it sooner. Afterwards my husband thanked me for praying about it. He said, “I didn’t think to pray about it.” My husband is a praying man, but it just hadn’t occurred to him to pray about this specific problem. And I’m sure there’s many times I haven’t thought to pray about things, too.

    We found another way to look for electricians who were less busy, and a few days later had an electrician doing the job.
    Nothing is too small, too big, too practical or too personal to pray about. God has a solution to every one of our problems. God sometimes answers in completely different ways than we expect and sometimes He teaches us to wait patiently and trust His timing and wisdom. And of course, He sometimes says, “No.”
But it makes a huge difference when we think to pray about everything.


Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 Philippians 4:6-7


What is bothering you right now? What problem are you facing?

Have you thought to pray about it?

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