And God answered "No".

So often we pray for what we want and strongly desire. We dedicate a special time in the day to deligently pray for what we desire. We pray long and we pray hard. Often times there are tears and strong emotions. After time when we do not receive the desired results we may question God and our faith. We may beleive that we haven't prayed long enough. We may even beleive that God does not want us to have what we are asking for. Too often we pray for results, change and expectations without applying our own physical effort or half heartedly trying. It is similiar to trying to mail a letter with no postage. We are in turn asking God to do all the work. He inturn says to us help me to help you. There is definately power in praying, however it is maximized when we truely decide to put our own efforts toward what we want. Without assisting ourselves we are in a strange way working against what we are praying for. We end up praying for what we want and physically working ever so hard to stay where we are. God's answer to you may have been "No", "Not right now". However we may be surprised how different the results are when we actually take physical action towards the things we desire instead of only wanting them mentally and praying for it constantly. Take a step toward what you want today by putting your physical action to work. Luke Wright