Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!OWUCOMCN!LHARANGO From: LHARANGO@OWUCOMCN (Lauren Arango) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia Subject: RE: Prayer -- QB Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 90 02:06:00 GMT Sender: Practical Christian Life Reply-To: Practical Christian Life Lines: 20 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM.BITNET Gateway Original_To: CHRISTIA In response to Queue Ball's question about the two football teams.... I would say that when we pray, we should pray to stay in God's will, and that His will be done. If one team wins and the other loses, that is God's will. It may be that the losing team will gain something in the long run and so will also be a "winner", although the players didn't actually win the game. Make sense? God has in the past answered my prayers in very unexpected ways! At the moment, it seems to me that He has answered them negatively or ignored them. It is only later, with hindsight, that things fit together and I realize that the answer He gave me wasn't the answer I asked for.... but in virtually every case, God's answer was *better*. He knows what's best for me, and I trust Him. He also knows what's best for both winning and losing football teams, I guess. :-) God's peace, Lauren