{"id":42,"date":"2013-02-11T13:34:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/?p=42"},"modified":"2013-02-11T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:47:16","slug":"god-given-god-sized-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"God-given, God-sized Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! could spend 40 days meditating on just the richness of today&#8217;s revelation!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;PRAYER is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>Mark Batterson &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Draw The Circle<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That difference is Gianormous!!<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Louis Cole taught me that God does every thing He does\u00a0for a purpose, based on a principle, and according to a pattern!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Prov%2025:2&amp;version=NKJV\" target=\"_blank\">Prov 25:2 <\/a>is a key for discovering those. I am determined to stay in God&#8217;s presence and search out God&#8217;s purposes, His principles, and His patterns. To quit trying to rely on my <em>good ideas<\/em> and get the God-ideas for my family, my businesses, my life.<\/p>\n<p>Our God is so much bigger and so much greater than anything we face&#8230; or ever will.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/HubbleDeepSpaceField1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47\" title=\"HubbleDeepSpaceField\" src=\"http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/HubbleDeepSpaceField1-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/HubbleDeepSpaceField1-300x260.jpg 300w, http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/HubbleDeepSpaceField1-1024x890.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/HubbleDeepSpaceField1-345x300.jpg 345w, http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/HubbleDeepSpaceField1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.\u00a0 It is estimated there may be as many as 1500 galaxies (not stars) in this photo each with between 1 billion and 100 billion stars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SizeOfHubbleDSF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44\" title=\"SizeOfHubbleDSF\" src=\"http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SizeOfHubbleDSF-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SizeOfHubbleDSF-289x300.jpg 289w, http:\/\/circleinprayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SizeOfHubbleDSF-987x1024.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an illustration of how big the portion of sky is in the top\u00a0photo.<\/p>\n<p>Our biggest problem is our small view of God.Until we get a conviction deep in our spirit that God&#8217;s grace, knowlege, and power has absolutely no limits, we will\u00a0draw prayer circles too small.\u00a0Can you even imagine the size of this Universe God created or how much raw power is contained in the stars of just this photo???<\/p>\n<p>Once you try to get your brain around that concept, it is my hope that you will revise your Dreams and we will start praying some big&#8230; HUGE prayer circles in this family.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Eugene Eby was head of a scientific team at General Electric in the early 20th century.\u00a0 His team struggled for months on end to solve a problem that would allow vast amounts of electricity to be conducted&#8230; superconducted, but without a viable solution.\u00a0 Long story short, he called for a 1 month sabatical for his team to rest &amp; regain perspective.\u00a0 He just said he wanted a report from each on how they spent their vacation upon their return.\u00a0\u00a0But he spent\u00a0that month in prayer.\u00a0\u00a0Upon their return,\u00a0God revealed what they were searching for to Gene Eby in a 3000 year old pot that one of his team members brought back from Egypt.\u00a0 This led to a patent that allowed places like Hoover Dam to safely deliver electricity to homes like ours and a bushing that you would recognize on most transformer stations you would see like the one at McLain &amp; Harwood by our old home.<\/p>\n<p>You each know me and know that there is hardly anything within my power to provide that I wouldn&#8217;t give to you if you asked because you know that I love you.\u00a0 Now, understand that God&#8217;s love for you is so deep and so strong that they coudln&#8217;t dig it out of Him with scourges, nails, or spears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! could spend 40 days meditating on just the richness of today&#8217;s revelation! &#8220;PRAYER is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do&#8221;\u00a0 Mark Batterson &#8211; Draw The Circle That difference is Gianormous!! 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