Have You Prayed for It?
Basilea Schlink teaches that trusting God through prayer invites His faithful provision and care in every need.
In this devotional sermon, Basilea Schlink shares inspiring testimonies of God’s faithful provision when believers trust Him through prayer. Drawing from Scripture and personal experience, she encourages listeners to seek God’s kingdom first and depend fully on His loving care. The message highlights the power of prayer and the unchanging goodness of God in meeting both physical and spiritual needs.
Full Transcript
God lives and works today. This statement can be true for us today, if we give God the chance to show His power. How do we do that? We can see the answer in today's meditation by Basilea Schlink, as we take a glimpse into the life of the land of Canaan.
Trusting in Jesus' words, Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you. We sisters have experienced how wonderfully God cares for us when we're willing to depend completely upon Him. Our sister in charge of the household management has the job of issuing the toothpaste, soap, and other small items which each sister needs, for we do not buy any of these things.
One day she said, We're all out of toothpaste. What shall we do? The immediate response was, Have you prayed for it? You know we don't buy such things. If we all pray about this, the Father will answer us.
A short time later, a large box of toothpaste tubes stood in our dining hall. They were exactly the right number for our sisterhood. A barber had sent them to us to express his thanks for some pamphlets he had received.
They arrived at just the right time, when not a single tube was left in the house. This is only one of thousands of such experiences. We have lived completely in faith, trusting in the Father's loving care.
We have bought no toothpaste, soap, shoe polish, linen, food, or other similar things. As these gifts are displayed each evening, there will be a little cry of joy from this or that corner of the room as a sister catches sight of the very thing she's been praying for. Songs of thanksgiving fill the room.
Indeed, everything we need comes to us from God's fatherly hand. For as we read in Scripture, Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be yours as well. How wonderfully the Father fulfills Jesus' words of Matthew 7. How much more will your father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? The promise of his word that he helps like a father has not changed.
It still applies today for you too. If he so cares and provides for our bodily needs, how much more will he care for our spiritual needs? Therefore, bring him all your needs in childlike trust, and you will experience his amazing loving care. God is but goodness, God is but goodness, but goodness, but goodness alone.
And all his heart full of goodness great, yea, God is goodness, yea, God is goodness, goodness alone. You have been listening to a program written by Basilea Schlink of the Little Land of Canaan. To learn more about how God lives and works today, visit us at our website, www.canaan.org. If you contact us, we would be happy to send you a free inspirational booklet.
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Sermon Outline
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I. God Lives and Works Today
- God’s power is active in our lives now
- We must give God a chance to show His power
- Trusting in God’s promises is essential
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II. The Power of Prayer in Daily Needs
- Pray specifically for what you need
- God answers prayer in His perfect timing
- Testimonies of provision build faith
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III. Trusting God’s Fatherly Care
- God cares for our bodily and spiritual needs
- Seek first the kingdom of God
- God’s goodness is unchanging and abundant
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IV. Living a Life of Faith
- Depend completely on God’s provision
- Rejoice and give thanks for answered prayers
- Encourage others with testimonies of God’s faithfulness
Key Quotes
“Have you prayed for it? You know we don't buy such things. If we all pray about this, the Father will answer us.” — Basilea Schlink
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be yours as well.” — Basilea Schlink
“God is but goodness, God is but goodness, but goodness, but goodness alone.” — Basilea Schlink
Application Points
- Bring every need to God in prayer with childlike trust.
- Rely fully on God's provision rather than your own resources.
- Rejoice and give thanks when God answers your prayers.