P. Andrew Sandlin

Prayer Changes Things, and Prayer Changed Me

A short autobiographical message on the power of prayer to change a life.

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One striking difference between our Christian forebears and us is their repeated emphasis on prayer and our comparative de-emphasis of it. They prayed frequently and fervently. We pray infrequently and languidly. They called prayer meetings. We call staff meetings. They had revival and reformation. We have apathy and apostasy. A leading reason for these distinctions is that they were inclined to believe what God said about prayer. We are often less confident in God’s word when it comes to his promises about prayer. A blunter way to say this is: we commit the sin of unbelief. Prayer changes things. When we pray, we are asking God to change things. And when he answers our prayer, he does change things. This brings us to a most telling fact that we don’t often consider: if we are perfectly willing to accept the way things are as God’s unchangeable will, we will never be people of prayer.

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I am founder & president of the Center for Cultural Leadership. I am happily married to Sharon Lynn Sandlin (nee Habedank) and have five adult children and four grandchildren.

4 responses to “Prayer Changes Things, and Prayer Changed Me”

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    dolltv

    Hey, Andrew.

    You kind of cheated.  You promised something personal and didn’t indulge us.

    True, you spoke of your parents and your change in attitude toward our
    relationship with God.

    But never said what your prayed for and how it was answered.

    Brian

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    P. Andrew Sandlin

    I had a short time to talk. I’ve had hundreds of prayers answered, for the Lord’s glory.

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  3. Abigail Avatar
    Abigail

    Really enjoyed this small book, thank you. It led me to look back on past unanswered prayers in my life. Particularly the unexpected death of my mom a couple years ago. While unexpected we did have a short week to pray and ask for healing, though we hardly knew what we were dealing with. My question is, how do we reconcile the fruit that God brings from unanswered prayers? So much fruit has come from her death in my life and others that I always considered it a necessary and fruitful suffering. God used it to show me my sin and to bring me into better obedience. So I am thankful. Does this mean I am thankful for my lack of faith?? Would God have sanctified me in these ways by easier means had our faith in him been stronger? Pondering these things..

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      P. Andrew Sandlin

      It’s such an excellent question, Abigail. Because God works all things out for his glory in our lives (Romans 8:28), we need never pine over even our weak faith in the past. As we look to the future, however, we should pray in great, bold faith. God does not promise to answer our every prayer, but he answers many more than if we did not pray.

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