POWER OF A PRAYER

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I AM A FERVENT BELIEVER OF PRAYERS AND NOTICE MOST OF THE GOOD ONES WHICH DO NOT INCLUDE ME, MYSELF AND I ARE ANSWERED.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE REASON WHY...

=The Power of a Prayer= A ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two men were able to swim to a small, desert  island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island. The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren. After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, there was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there was nothing. Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food and tons of golden treasures. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing. Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?" It was God asking! The first man answered, " My God, my blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them. His prayers were all unanswered by You and so he does not deserve anything." "You are mistaken!" the Voice rebuked him as his wife and everything that was given to him vanished. "He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings." Terrified and in tears, the first man begged, "Tell me, God, what did he pray for that I should owe him anything?" "  He prayed all your prayers be answered." For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone but those of another praying for us. My prayer for you today is that all your prayers are answered. Be blessed. "What you do for others is more important than what you do for yourself"