Another story from Youth Prays God Answers.
\nWayne was attending the classes on prayer and had come to know something of its power. He immediately began praying and working for his mother who had a very bad smoking problem.
\nIn speaking to her Wayne said, \u201cMom, are you willing to give it up?\u201d
\n\u201cNo, Son,\u201d She said, \u201cI\u2019ve tried too many times. Three packs a day is an awful lot, but I guess there\u2019s nothing I can do about it now.\u201d
\nWayne had learned some important things from the classes he had attended, and he knew that there was something that could be done. One of the things he had learned was that \u201cGod stands back of every promise He has made.\u201d (Christ\u2019s Object Lessons p147) He quickly sent up a silent prayer for wisdom (James 1:5), confident that it would be given.
\n\u201cMum, would you be willing to claim a promise about smoking?\u201d Wayne asked? \u201cClaim a what?\u201d His mother responded, a little puzzled. \u201cClaim a Bible promise, Mother.\u201d And then Wayne sat down and for nearly two hours patiently explained the wonderful method of ASKING, BELIEVING, and CLAIMING the promises of God\u2019s Word.
\nTo his great delight, his mother agreed to try the program, including a ten-point program of thanksgiving which he told her about which involves finding and listing ten things each day for which we are thankful, and which is a wonderful way to calm jittery nerves.
\nWayne carefully wrote out what she must do on a slip of paper which she could have handy.<\/p>\n
Ask\u2014Matthew 21:22
\nBelieve\u2014Matthew 21:22
\nClaim\u2014and return thanks to God that you HAVE received the gift. 1 John 5:14, 15; 1 Corinthians 15:57.<\/p>\n
He gave her also three promises to claim:
\n1 Corinthians 10:13\u2014for smoking
\n2 Corinthians 10:5\u2014for her nerves
\n1 John 5:16\u2014for life<\/p>\n
Two weeks later Wayne\u2019s mother told him, \u201cSon, I\u2019ll have to admit this program really does work. I\u2019m already down to only one pack a day, and I\u2019m feeling so much better.\u201d
\nThis was happy news! But there was more wonderful news to come. When he invited her to hear a tape that he had recorded of one of Glenn Coons sermons, she said, \u201cElder Coon? Why yes, I want to hear it. I heard him speak at the Inglewood Seventh-day Adventist church just yesterday.\u201d
\nWayne had not known of her interest in the church nor of her attendance. His testimony at the next class was a complete confidence in the God of heave that his mother would not only gain complete victory over the tobacco habit, but that she would soon be in regular attendance at the house of God. His heart was full of praise and thanksgiving.
\nGod still lives! He is still answering the prayers of those who will fulfil the conditions. He is waiting to hear from you!
\nWhy not take your problem to Him right now in prayer? He has answered others\u2014He\u2019ll do the same for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another story from Youth Prays God Answers. Wayne was attending the classes on prayer and had come to know something of its power. He immediately began praying and working for his mother who had a very bad smoking problem. In speaking to her Wayne said, \u201cMom, are you willing to give it up?\u201d \u201cNo, Son,\u201d … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[15,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edmonton-adventist.org.au\/wpcontent\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}