...because, if God will, I will be needing it to host a friend! Not that I want to be presumptuous. If he doesn't want to come, I understand, but: "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, or Jehovah, as the rivers of waters - he turneth it withersoever he will." (Proverbs XXI.1) My prayer is: "Abba! Father! Turn the king's heart!" (I prayed that with my forehead to the floor right here in the business centre at the jolly hotel where I have rented a room for two nights so that my brother can be comfortable. He wants to see the Stampeders game tomorrow. Why, some may I ask, have I been praying with my face to the floor? Because enough is enough! Because it is on! Because when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Also, "the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof - but canst not tell whence it cometh and wither it goeth - so is everyone that is born of the spirit." (John III. something like verse six or seven))
I have been praying like that for a long time, actually - and one of my cherished memories was living in Moose Jaw, and having two young Mormon Missionary "Elders" (and - hey! They ARE mature for their age! So hooray for them!) coming over. And then we would pray, and I would get down on my elbows and knees and my face to the floor, and before I knew it, THEY would instinctively do that when we went to pray before they left! They loved it! They picked up on it! Just how powerful it was.
Also? Screwtape Letters! C.S. Lewis! It says that posture in prayer is CRUCIAL! And C.S. Lewis is RIGHT about that! Alright! Time to, God willing, and by the grace of God, get my brother off to CHURCH... at Kensington Commons Church!
LOVE YOU!
Daniel
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