How many of you believe in the power of prayer?

Raise your hands.

I'm incredibly thankful, and I hope you are too,

for a God to whom all things are possible.

And I am thankful that as a follower of Jesus,

I have seen God miraculously answer so many prayers

over the years.

And the good news is that prayer is incredibly powerful.

The bad news is that prayer can also be confusing.

Prayer is powerful, but at times it's confusing.

Because if you're anything like me,

you may have seen God answer some prayers

where you say, wow, God, you showed up and you showed off.

And then other times when you pray in a similar way

with a similar type of faith, believing in the same God,

he didn't do what you thought he should do

and knew he could do and it can be confusing.

Especially when I contrast some of the miraculous answer prayers

in Scripture with some of my own unanswered prayers

in life, prayer can be powerful and it can be confusing.

For example, in Joshua 10 and the Old Testament,

Joshua prayed that the Son would stand still

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