Lesson on Prayer

The Lord has been teaching me a lesson on prayers in a fresh way these days. Though I have been praying daily for many burdens, now He is teaching me to pray for my daily needs too. Even for petty little things. Generally, Christians pray for big things and neglect the simple things. Now, the Lord has been teaching me to even pray for things that could also be done without any prayer. But in my case, even the petty little things I could no longer do without thorough and specific prayers. 

Flight Tickets Bookings

In the past few weeks, I had to pray, fellowship, and consider my family trip to Singapore and Taiwan. After much much prayer and fellowship, the dates of traveling became clear and finally I decided to book. The Lord also provided the money needed for the flight booking. Initially, it sounded kike we could not make it, but the Lord provided the needs gradually. 

Though the fellowship with Singpaore and Taiwan for our visit was done and the dates were clear, still, to do the booking I needed my wife. In fellowship and thorough prayers, I could experience the Lord in flight booking, though the actual booking became a big challenge. The flight charges were very high. I tried to use travel agents thinking that they might be cheaper but they turned out to be the opposite. So I had to search online, and looked for many ways to book the tickets. Finally, one night I went to pray specifically for flight booking and then after the prayer I was able to book the exact flight that I desired at the price affordable to me. Then, I thanked the Lord in leading me through in flight booking. I immediately updated the brothers in Singapore and also a brother from Taiwan about the itinerary.  What a release after this booking! The Lord did not let this simple matter go without first praying to Him and experience His supply, both financial and spiritual. 

Kitchen Sink Blockade 

The house we live in now is pretty old. It's structures, walls, paintings, pipes, etc have been degrading. Nonetheless, it is still liveable. A few weeks ago, the kitchen drainage pipe was blocked and we were not able to wash the vessels for a couple of weeks. I tried my best to solve the problem. I even brought a plumber to check. But it looked like the building need to be broken and the pipe underneath be replaced which will be a costly affair. I tried my best to solve this problem by using acid, chemical to decompose the food material blocking the pipe, and tried many ways. Nothing worked. Finally, I decided to pray specifically for this matter which I usually would not do. By the way, who would pray for the solving of a kitchen sink drainage pipe? Call the plumber and let them do the job. And pay the plumber. Simple, isn't it? Not with me anymore. I used to solve many petty little problems this way. Be it fridge or washing machine or geyser or any plumbing or electrical problems, professional people are there for the job. But now, when with the help of this professional, things did not work out. The Lord did it this way to teach me a lesson on prayer and trusting in Him.

Since the problem persisted for weeks, I prayed desperately for the "healing" of this blockade. The Lord answered my prayer. In a simple way, I had the thought of buying two bottles more of acid and pouring into the sink hole, though I did it already with about 15 bottles of acid. And then leaving it for a night. The next day, I called a plumber to look at it again. This time, he did again physical pumping of air into the the sink hole with a new pump, though it was already done with an old pump. After continual pumping of the decomposed drainage with acid the previous night, it gradually was pumped out and the issue was resolved. 

I had tried the same thing before without prayer assuming it to be simple plumbing issue. It did not work. But after prayer, the same process with even lesser effort, the matter was resolved immediately. It was not at all about the old house or sink pipe, it was all about the Lord training me to pray and trust in Him for every little things. A complete dependence on the Lord is what is what the Lord has been teaching me. I am learning this lesson now. Praise the Lord!