Unanswered Prayer

Sometimes The Answer is NO

It is interesting I was even reminded of this as I do have a post called Prayer and the word *If* with a link at bottom of that post, from a mystery writer I might add, that I went ahead and published that I didn't write on the topic,  I was surprised the Lord reminded me of this happening and that title Sometimes the answer is NO was my response to a friend that was complaining about unanswered prayer. Age and years walked make a difference though. I was 26 I believe at the time not in the word for myself really at that time either but growth at the time came from still my parents and my upbringing. I was raised with meal prayers and bedtime prayer from childhood but was schooled in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and for myself there thru 9th grade. Trinity, Bethlehem, and Holy Cross. That education included Bible study and scriptures to memorize such as the Lords Prayer, Psalm 23 and the Apostles Creed. So in my twenties I would still pray my bedtime prayer, and if I added or did something different it would be the Lords Prayer and sometimes Psalms 23 as I stopped going to church once married then moving to another state. Yet to even get married in the Church we had to be interviewed, the Pastor making sure as I look back that we agreed in religion and politics.

I did of course start my children with the same 2 prayers. It was many many years later the Lord showed me Numbers 30 regarding my bedtime soul prayer. I was walking and hearing then but I did it on my own with Him and most of these new Bibles have removed the word soul. I use the KJV it is the only Bible authorized by a king and the only one that comes with a concordance of the Hebrew and Greek words I would we led to look up meanings to. The Bible used by the Lutheran Church was the Revised Standard Bible, yet I moved to the one with a concordance as I didn't like other interpretations as to what I was reading. I looked for my bedtime prayer and it was removed from the internet with new versions of it just like they did with the Bibles. The bedtime prayer has been changed online but this was the prayer I was taught and taught my children and they taught their children.

Now I lay me down to sleep

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

if I should die before I wake

I pray the Lord my soul to take

(this was followed by saying God Bless then naming each member of the family)

One of the things I miss most about going to the Lutheran Church I went to and I don't know if this is still done today but the Blessing commanded by the Lord to pronounce over the people that was done at the end of each service...I really miss it and did find a music that had it but in the wrong place they had it at the beginning, ours was at the end of things. The Blessing pronounced was:

Nu 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

Nu 6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

Nu 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

With posting these verses, verse 27 I didn't know and awakened to it to me and it was like wow I didn't know that meaning I didn't think about being done for this reason before::

.Numbers 6:27 (KJV) And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them

Back to the main topic, I just wanted you to know where I was in the Lord at the time so you had an understanding. Well that friend brought that back up to me and she was maybe in her 50's at the time asking me if I remembered saying that to her, haha, I said yes I remembered, she said she has never forgotten it. To bad I didn't know at the time what I do now is all I can say but some of us continue to grow if we ourselves remain in Christ and His words, going to Church once a week doesn't cut it.

*Victory*

It has been an interesting morning, and I actually posted this morning on one of my other sites first as I was in conversation with the Lord after prayer. I call it conversation but they are more like a word spoken kind of communication. Kinda like the proverb after you have been walking a long time as I have.

Proverbs 15:23 (KJV) A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Now for me it wasn't a spoken word but a word in my mind directed to the Lord and I wrote about that first, and it does bring joy and an awe of the Lord. The point being I had not asked the Lord if He had a word for today for this site till after I was finished with the other. I listened to the praise music on each of those sites before asking the Lord if He had a word for today. It was then I was given "victory* well couldn't remember seeing that word in our searches together of course there is a song I think called Victory In Jesus I think. I did go look up the word hearing it though and actually there were just to many exciting verses not to share the ones that spoke to me. However I will say it was a surprising word to hear after being disappointed with the first scripture I was given on this post: Asking The Lord About His Words  but definitely my kinda word as I already know who won, I read the back of the book often before the front hahaha so I had great expectations. Anyway back to the meat of this word, I will post all the wonderful scriptures the Lord gave me after our conversation. He blessed me big time and got me all happy again.

Psalm 98:1 (KJV) A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

Isa 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Mt 12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Re 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

All these scriptures did speak to me even if all were not out of the mouth of God, most were just happened David and John agreed. The thing is I know the Lord is a righteous Judge and I do know there will be shakings even within the Church to clean it out.

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Ten Thousand Times

Ten Thousand Times: A Prayerful Revelation

 Moved with starting with prayer today, it was after praying, waiting on the Lord I was given the words "ten thousand times" I was led to search only the book of Revelations so there was just one verse.

Revelation 5:11 (KJV) And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

This scripture was all the sudden an eye opening moment as to the amount of angels there are revealed to John and to me I thought wow I wonder if that is for Christ's Church because He mentions in the gospels that His church the gates of hell will not prevail against it.  All kinds of things and scriptures ran through my mind with that eye opening scripture I had never thought about.  And even now the scripture about Nathanael seeing angels going up and down Yeshua said he would see. Joh 1:51 

Reflections on Angels and Christ's Church

This did encourage me later to view some scriptures in the Bible searching "angels" well I found out not many were ever sent on a quick search...also, even in the book of Revelations there were 4 angels at each corner of the earth regarding the wind.  That seemed to be the most I found with a quick search.  It was Yeshua (Jesus) that mentions legions of angels, 

 Matthew 26:53 (KJV) Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?  

In the book of Revelations it was only 1 angel preaching the everlasting gospel even.  

Revelation 14:6 (KJV) And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 

God's Hearing and the Nature of Repentance

The Lord did remind me there are times He will not hear you though, which is interesting to me as there are some Christians that seem to think repenting one time coming to the Lord covers them for ever because of the grace and mercy Paul teaches, I have run into some.  Many seemed to think that loving their neighbor that he preached covered them I think.  So just made me wonder if they are people believing that I wonder if they get prayers answered.  

Psalm 66:18 (KJV) If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 

Isaiah 59:2 (KJV) But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 

And just now the Lord is showing me there are times He won't hear repentance.. I was like wow never saw this scripture before and not sure I understand it so will ask for another scripture to help my understanding regarding this scripture given.:

Hosea 13:14 (KJV) I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.  

Anyway my time was interrupted writing this so finished it a day later after reading the post so far written.  I woke up with a couple different words but not sure I will write about them or not.  I hope your time with the Lord was interesting to I love hearing from the Lord and searching the word or words I hear from Him.

Prosper

Word Given: Kings

Praying for the Persecuted Church and Their Leaders

My time with the Lord did not begin with hearing a word; I have been spending early mornings more with prayer as I have been led to pray regarding the persecuted church, which I mentioned in the post called "Pray." Well, Father had mentioned in my prayer for them the word "kings" to me; it wasn't a lookup word, I felt He was directing me to pray for the kings, presidents, or basically the leadership of all these persecuted nations. I had made a page for the list of nations of persecuted churches and do have an unpublished post full of scripture given to me. I go to that in the mornings and pray using that page of scriptures. When I was done there, I went to the list of nations and, in reviewing that, was bothered by most countries having very few percentages of Christians. So I went back to AI and asked it to take that list and check when Christianity arrived in those nations and give me a new list with the dates, which AI did, so I updated the list.

Seeking Answers from the Lord

So seeing those numbers and the year AI first said Christianity arrived there, I went to the Lord, kinda crushed, and asked Him why these numbers were so low, being there that long. The Lord then gave me the word "prosper," scrolling; I knew with reading this was the verse He was referring to.

Jeremiah 10:21 (KJV) For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

The Lord then also brought other scriptures to me, but I knew those scriptures (all of them) and, as I always do, went and found them to post here. They were He said "I am shepherd," then "one shepherd," and "Lord harvest."

John 10:11 (KJV) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

John 10:14 (KJV) I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

John 10:16 (KJV) And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Matthew 9:38 (KJV) Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Reflection on Spiritual Leaders

So for me, and my relationship with the Lord, how I took all He said was what happened to pastors and that what was lost was the revelation of Jesus. His words and focus being given to Jesus was not being done. It makes me wonder if they even prayed for the persecutors that Jesus said to pray for:

Matthew 5:44 (KJV) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

He was also telling me to pray for them and the harvest as there were not the tools for Christians back then; they didn't have the word of God as we do. Heck, I don't even know if it exists in the languages of these people and countries now. Therefore, the weight of how and what they are taught becomes a big issue, relying on the pastor as mentioned in the first verse given to me. I can't do anything about that other than to pray that God meet their needs as Yeshua (Jesus) said: Father knows their needs before they ask. Well, I can pray that the Lord meet their needs and do. So this is my time with the Lord today.

I pray you had a blessed time with the Lord also.