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“If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.”\u00a0<\/em>Matthew\u00a018:19<\/p>\n

Breaking Through<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During last year\u2019s drought, everyone lost so many plants in their gardens.\u00a0It was sad to see them shriveling up and dying.\u00a0There was one beautiful flowering plant we had that became very damaged.\u00a0It was dry, barren, brittle\u2014just a few twigs left. I planned to dig it up and get rid of it, but hadn’t gotten around to it yet.<\/p>\n

Then the winter rains came in June. I was shocked to look out the window one day and see this “dead” plant beginning to turn green and flower!\u00a0I was in disbelief. As far as I was concerned, that plant was dead and gone. When I look at it, it feels like a resurrection from the dead!<\/p>\n

That plant that was “dead,” and is now full of life and beauty, has given me fresh hope to pray for Floyd!\u00a0Floyd’s situation seems hopeless on so many levels.\u00a0The life as he once knew it is gone.\u00a0And yet\u2026if God were to send His “healing rain,” everything could change in an instant.<\/p>\n

I’ve mentioned in these updates over and over that I trust God\u2019s sovereignty over Floyd’s life and my life. I don’t know what He has in store for us.\u00a0I have told Him I trust Him for “healing or heaven.”\u00a0And yet He never tells us not to ask\u2014so I’m asking afresh for a resurrection miracle.\u00a0A resurrection like the plant I’ve witnessed\u2014going from dried twigs to beautiful flowers.<\/p>\n

Someone left a message on the Facebook Prayer Page for Floyd. It’s from a blog post called “The Weekend Blessing” by Susie Larson. “There’s an appointed time for every God-given breakthrough. Jesus knows when your accumulative prayers will make the most difference.\u00a0He knows when your long-awaited breakthrough will bear the most fruit.\u00a0He knows when your blessing will not be a burden.\u00a0May you trust Him in the meantime.\u00a0You’ve things to do in this season: rest, wait, trust, obey, give thanks, enjoy joy, and walk forward in faith.\u00a0Breakthrough is on the horizon.”<\/p>\n

I’ve done all those things. And God has been so present, so faithful, so good over all these long years. I keep thinking of the word the Lord gave Floyd shortly before he became ill.\u00a0It was his word for the year: breakthrough<\/strong>. I haven’t understood it, so I keep lifting it up to the Lord.\u00a0I’m praying for breakthrough. Will you join me?\u00a0I trust whatever the answer is from the Lord\u2026but I’m asking afresh.<\/p>\n

\u201cFather, we continually ask, seek, and knock afresh\u2014even when it\u2019s the same prayer we\u2019ve prayed for a long time. Thank you for Your goodness to us. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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