The power of prayer
Two jokes I just came across:
A guy named Bob goes home after a hard day of work and prays to God, "God, will you let me win the lottery. My job's awfully hard, and I'd like to be able to take a vacation from it."
He didn't win the lottery. Years later, Bob's company is going out of business, "God, will you let me win the lottery? I need the money to save the company from financial ruin."
He didn't win the lottery. Later, after having lost his job, his family begins to starve, and they desperately need the money to live. "God will you please let me win the lottery to feed my starving family?"
Suddenly, an angelic chorus comes from nowhere, and a blinding light comes in the room and speaks in a deep voice, "Bob, meet me halfway: Buy a ticket."
A man lived on a flood plain.
It was raining hard. A military truck comes bythe man's house, and the driver says: "The dam is in danger of bursting. Get in and we'll take you to safety"
The man says "No, the good Lord wiill protect me"
The water rises, and he retreats to the 2nd floor. A man in a boat comes by "Get in -- we'll get you to a safe place"
"No, the Lord will protect me"
Finally, he's on the roof -- a helicopter hovers overhead.
"Go away, the Lord will save me!"
Then, at the pearly gates: "Lord, I believed, and you didn't save me. Why?"
"What did you want? I sent a truck, a boat and a helicopter! What else could I do?"
