Have You Prayed for It?
Experience God's amazing loving care by trusting in His words and praying for your needs.
In this sermon, Basilias Schlink shares a testimony of how God provides for the needs of their sisterhood in the land of Canaan. They have chosen to trust in Jesus' words to seek first the kingdom of God, and they have experienced God's faithfulness in caring for their physical needs. They do not buy toothpaste, soap, or other small items, but instead rely on prayer and God's provision. They have witnessed countless instances of God answering their prayers and providing for them, showing that God's promise to care for his children still applies today.
Full Transcript
God lives and works today. This statement can be true for us today, if we give God the chance to show His power. How do we do that? We can see the answer in today's meditation by Basilia Schlenk, as we take a glimpse into the life of the land of Canaan.
Trusting in Jesus' words, Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you. We sisters have experienced how wonderfully God cares for us, when we're willing to depend completely upon Him. Our sister in charge of the household management has the job of issuing the toothpaste, soap, and other small items which each sister needs, for we do not buy any of these things.
One day she said, We're all out of toothpaste, what shall we do? The immediate response was, Have you prayed for it? You know we don't buy such things. If we all pray about this, the Father will answer us. A short time later, a large box of toothpaste tubes stood in our dining hall.
There were exactly the right number for our sisterhood. A barber had sent them to us to express his thanks for some pamphlets he had received. They arrived at just the right time, when not a single tube was left in the house.
This is only one of thousands of such experiences. We have lived completely in faith, trusting in the Father's loving care. We have bought no toothpaste, soap, shoe polish, linen, food, or other similar things.
As these gifts are displayed each evening, there will be a little cry of joy from this or that corner of the room as a sister catches sight of the very thing she's been praying for. Songs of thanksgiving fill the room. Indeed, everything we need comes to us from God's fatherly hand.
For as we read in Scripture, seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be yours as well. How wonderfully the Father fulfills Jesus' words of Matthew 7. How much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him. The promise of his word, that he helps like a father, has not changed.
It still applies today for you too. If he so cares and provides for our bodily needs, how much more will he care for our spiritual needs. Therefore, bring him all your needs in childlike trust, and you will experience his amazing loving care.
Father of goodness, of goodness, Father of goodness, We praise with a cherubim and seraphim, God is but goodness, God is but goodness, But goodness, but goodness alone. And all his heart full of goodness great, Yea, God is goodness, Yea, God is goodness, Goodness alone. You have been listening to a program written by Basile Schlinck of the Little Land of Canaan.
To learn more about how God lives and works today, visit us at our website, www.canaan.org That's K-A-N-A-A-N dot org. If you contact us, we would be happy to send you a free inspirational booklet. If you do not have access to the Web, please contact this radio station for our postal address.
God bless you.
Sermon Outline
- I. Introduction
- A. God lives and works today
- B. We can experience this if we give God the chance to show His power
- II. Trusting in Jesus' Words
- A. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you
- B. Experience of the speaker's community
- III. The Power of Prayer
- A. The community's experience with toothpaste
- B. The promise of God's word
- IV. Conclusion
- A. Bring all needs in childlike trust
- B. Experience God's amazing loving care
Key Quotes
“How wonderfully the Father fulfills Jesus' words of Matthew 7.” — Basilea Schlink
“If he so cares and provides for our bodily needs, how much more will he care for our spiritual needs.” — Basilea Schlink
“God is but goodness, God is but goodness, But goodness, but goodness alone.” — Basilea Schlink
Application Points
- Bring all your needs in childlike trust and experience God's amazing loving care.
- Trusting in Jesus' words leads to experiencing God's power and provision in our lives.
- Prayer is a way to experience God's loving care and receive the things we need.