tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post5291002443442527260..comments2023-12-28T01:17:33.953-08:00Comments on bits and pieces....: Are your prayers being answered?...http://bitsandpieces-sonja.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09254831447887637714noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-41358042456312504922013-10-29T07:38:03.572-07:002013-10-29T07:38:03.572-07:00Thanks Sonja for your Blogs & sharing response...Thanks Sonja for your Blogs & sharing responses. Encouragement is clearly one of your gifts which surely takes patience and obedience. similar to "things go better with coke" so our gifts go better with the 9+ fruit of the Spirit, which you exhibit. Keep on "Blogging out the Fog."<br /><br />We just returned from visiting Joe and Molly and observing them LOVE & discipline their sweet babies! JohnJohn_Hoelzel_Srhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429365198500252444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-11182230151714734362011-08-27T14:16:00.028-07:002011-08-27T14:16:00.028-07:00I so needed this one today, Sonja! Thanks!I so needed this one today, Sonja! Thanks!Staceyhttp://confessionsofpastorswife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-65355258196740292592011-08-21T12:53:04.850-07:002011-08-21T12:53:04.850-07:00I have had many, many struggles connecting the obe...I have had many, many struggles connecting the obedience dot to the answered prayer one. In fact, I have a little saying I whisper to myself whenever I'm clueless (which is quite often, actually): "When all else fails, follows His directions.". <br /><br />Funny how quickly the fog clears or the delays abate when He gets me where He wants ME. <br /><br />Love your heart!Kathleen https://www.blogger.com/profile/05245926913888212148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-53515465753947961452011-08-20T14:27:55.975-07:002011-08-20T14:27:55.975-07:00Dear Sonja,
Trust, love, abide, obey,even e.t.c.
I...Dear Sonja,<br />Trust, love, abide, obey,even e.t.c.<br />I am so not there. I am tired, down, powerless, disobeying and disappointed, mostly in myself.<br />Even so, I say with Peer, "Lord to whom shall I go?"<br />That is my testimony for today. I neither can nor want to stop praying, and I know I am his child with all my iniquities. He has won the victory once and for all. I just need some rest, I guess.<br />Thanks for being a person and a place where I do not need to pretend.<br />Thanks for preaching the gospel loud and clear.<br />Your FelisolFelisol https://www.blogger.com/profile/12240191154632603841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-20580760014875475892011-08-18T20:30:51.398-07:002011-08-18T20:30:51.398-07:00hey sonja!
i have missed you this summer and am s...hey sonja!<br /><br />i have missed you this summer and am so happy to<br />meditate through your wonderful summer posts!<br /><br />yes, my prayers are being answered! and yes, i still<br />need my prayers to be answered. He answers many<br />in mysterious ways. the events that seemed so<br />devastating led to miracles.<br /><br />nothing new at my place, just wanted to say, "hi!"<br /><br />love,<br />leamyletterstoemilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555607498974287844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-80059907666638796962011-08-18T00:11:38.323-07:002011-08-18T00:11:38.323-07:00"I am also supposed to obey Him in what He ha..."I am also supposed to obey Him in what He has already revealed to me in the situation."<br /><br />Oh, I readily identify with this statement! Sometimes I am looking for a "new answer" to a prayer when God keeps directing me back to an "old answer"!<br /><br />These are some beautiful thoughts on prayer. Thank you, Sonja.Denise J. Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17433836218417931621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-87639837655846972282011-08-17T22:34:34.534-07:002011-08-17T22:34:34.534-07:00that was a word for me tonight...so glad that I st...that was a word for me tonight...so glad that I stopped by....Thanks for the post...Teresa @ Grammy Girlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151128140345216126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-71739082120613731312011-08-15T18:06:05.617-07:002011-08-15T18:06:05.617-07:00I must tell you that every post I read and every c...I must tell you that every post I read and every comment of yours I read, and in my heart, I think you are one beautiful, gracious lady whose love for your Heavenly Father comes through in everything. I learn so much from you. Thank you! I pray you keep blogging.Just a little something from Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07436711032386582707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-57270020596738837412011-08-15T17:40:48.866-07:002011-08-15T17:40:48.866-07:00For a variety of reasons, this post meant so much ...For a variety of reasons, this post meant so much to me. I'm so glad I took some time to catch up on blogs tonight. I have learned the lesson of the process more times than I can count. And yet, there are times when I really need to be reminded again. This is one such time. <br /><br />Praying for grace in the process.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05671482394424988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-5958775491818077422011-08-15T16:32:59.841-07:002011-08-15T16:32:59.841-07:00As always I am so impressed with what you know. Ev...As always I am so impressed with what you know. Every time you are teaching, I feel like my soul just drinks everything in. At the core is always obey. I was thinking just today, how simple God makes life. Just do what He says. Not what I think but in His Book. The older I get the more I see how simple He makes it for me. When I first got saved, the first job God gave me was teaching 2 and 3 year olds.I wasn't teaching for them but for me. That was where He taught me. As I taught these babies his principals, I learned too. So I always think He just knows us so well. I like your last sentence. "He answers the way I never thought of." That is so true. <br />Thank you for your very deep thoughts.Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-57931477248492335452011-08-15T14:02:15.416-07:002011-08-15T14:02:15.416-07:00I am specifically being challenged in a few areas ...I am specifically being challenged in a few areas of my spiritual walk, none more so than in the area of trust. <br /><br />I'm greatly looking forward to leading a very small group Bible study at our church by Alicia Chole (one of my very favorite writers/teachers/mentors). A study called "Choices: to be or not to be a woman of God." I think it will be a great "heart work" for me.<br /><br />Don't you wish your dad could just sit us all down and tell us a thing or two? I'd love that round table discussion!!!!!!! Even more so, I'd love to pray with him. Some day...<br /><br />peace~elaineelaine @ peace for the journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675745465728814736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-29759089762467625482011-08-15T13:04:46.252-07:002011-08-15T13:04:46.252-07:00Prayer is one of my favorite things. I love learn...Prayer is one of my favorite things. I love learning how to communicate with Him and to think the lessons are never ending thrills me to know just how very deep I can go with Him.Saleslady371https://www.blogger.com/profile/15962608799409882219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-23745505509247299352011-08-15T09:15:52.490-07:002011-08-15T09:15:52.490-07:00Oh so true friend...so often the answer is folded ...Oh so true friend...so often the answer is folded into what God has already revealed to us. <br /><br />You said it best here: "I am also supposed to obey Him in what He has already revealed to me in the situation, and often He has already shown me much more than what I am living up to."<br /><br /><br />I had a friend long ago who said, "walk in what you know". That NEVER left me! <br /><br />Thank you for this powerful message that challenges and blesses me...<br /><br />I love and appreciate you!LisaShawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847564334928464883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-24611294296039277072011-08-15T07:21:44.004-07:002011-08-15T07:21:44.004-07:00Oh I came here yesterday...and knew I needed to co...Oh I came here yesterday...and knew I needed to come back and soak in.<br /><br />Thanks for all the reminders...somehow it seems like the older I get the more I am to rely on prayer alone and keep my mouth shut, oh my, isn't that hard.<br /><br />I started the day reading and praying for my adult children...Stormie O's book...and there is such power in just knowing God is in control, and I am not...<br /><br />And yes and amen...those answers usually come in different packages, but always better than expected. I get to focus on the mess from unwrapping the answer instead of seeing the gift within.Janettessage.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262598732466380229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-43537804378861728682011-08-15T04:37:52.405-07:002011-08-15T04:37:52.405-07:00Great post. So needed it this Monday.Great post. So needed it this Monday.Diana Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397053240610492128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-89672694521775529202011-08-15T03:43:10.441-07:002011-08-15T03:43:10.441-07:00Wonderful post God always answers our prayers. I...Wonderful post God always answers our prayers. It is what we expect that probably throws us off.Just Be Realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815210059310140144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-26195015027710634012011-08-14T16:36:36.372-07:002011-08-14T16:36:36.372-07:00How true this is. I need to remember his ways are ...How true this is. I need to remember his ways are not my ways, his timing not my timing, his understanding is not my understanding.<br />He does always answer prayer, but many times it wasn't the way I would have imaginedMaryannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147215921425305908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-84450439534223462332011-08-14T15:23:30.402-07:002011-08-14T15:23:30.402-07:00Sonja, I'm learning these lessons too. I pray...Sonja, I'm learning these lessons too. I pray and pray and nothing seems to happen. But I do believe He is changing me. I think I've been going through the stages of grief. For a long time I was in shock and then denial and expected God to eventually bless me with all that I lost. I went through sadness and depression. I think I am almost to the point of acceptance for whatever the Lord has for me. <br /><br />I've let go of most of my material possessions. I'm getting to the point of simplicity. After all, it's just stuff!<br /><br />I know that He never leaves me and He knows exactly what I need. I am learning to trust Him.<br /><br />Love you,<br />DebbieDebbie Petrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235978883396499354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-87914302941935242552011-08-14T14:50:41.050-07:002011-08-14T14:50:41.050-07:00Oh yes, Sonja. This was such a necessary word for...Oh yes, Sonja. This was such a necessary word for me today. I have spent some recent time in disappointed prayers - asking, pleading for God to "answer" prayers (MY way...hmmm). <br /><br />I think I'm hearing the same thing you are - "Trust Me, trust Me..."<br /><br />He hears - I have to hold on to that Truth. And, He will answer in HIS time and in HIS way!<br /><br />GOD BLESS!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840994989201507494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569182682068612485.post-40490315935672319902011-08-14T14:10:03.626-07:002011-08-14T14:10:03.626-07:00I believe, you hit the answer right on the head at...I believe, you hit the answer right on the head at the last sentence: "He answered in a way I never would have thought of, and it's perfect!... "<br /><br />Prayer more often than NOT, changes US,not God.<br /><br />Just a bit of my learning through the years and I have more to GO!!!!! AnitaCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.com