Baby Steps to Prayer

Admin Wed 16 Jul 2014 - 19:21

Baby Steps to Prayer
International evangelist Luis Palau recalls the first
time he ever asked God to directly answer a prayer.
Luis was supporting his mother and siblings by working
in an Argentine bank. A bank strike had shut down the
local economy, and money was exceedingly tight. Luis
prayed and asked God for money to pay for bus fare to
his job the next day.
Just to demonstrate that even international evangelists
start out as spiritual babies, notice that Luis Palau
left home really early the next morning just in case he
had to walk to work. Already he didn't trust that God
would answer his prayer. On the way to the bus stop, he
searched the ground for loose change. Surely that would
be God's method for answering his prayer. Someone would
drop the money, Luis would find it, and he would ride
to work in comfort.
But there was no change to be found on the sidewalks.
On his way to the next bus stop, Luis encountered a man
who needed some help getting his car started. He
stopped to help, then continued on his way. A few
moments later, the man pulled alongside Luis and
offered him a ride. This man happened to work at the
building across the street from the bank.
Luis Palau, with Ellen Bascuti, The Peter Promise
(Grand Rapids, Mich.: Discovery
House Publishers, 1996), pp. 43-45.
Cited on www.sermons.com