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Praying for The Impossible

I recently read another blog about a group of pastors and church leaders who met for a four-hour service of Bible reading, a few short messages, singing, and prayer.  This may sound like the ultimate in boredom to some, but something from the blog caught my attention.
One of the speakers asked the question, “What are you praying for that seems impossible?”  One guy said he was praying for $500—as if that might be more money than God could scrounge up.  

The speaker, an amazing author named Don Miller said, “I am praying for God to reveal the cure to all cancer in my lifetime.”  

Whoa!  That takes a bold prayer request to a whole different level.  But the question unleashed a whole lot of deeper, God-sized prayer requests, including…

1. For abortion, as a means of birth control in the United States, to stop. 
2. For the evangelization of India. 
3. For regime change to allow religious freedom in North Korea and throughout the Muslim world.
4. For the American church to awaken from its lethargy and rediscover passion for the gospel and personal holiness 

I would add to that:

  • The salvation of every one of my family members.

What impossible things might God be calling you to pray for?