Book Review 7: HOW I KNOW GOD ANSWERS PRAYER

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Good little book written by Chinese missionary Rosalind Goforth, the wife of Jonathan Goforth.  They served in China at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.  They survived the Boxer rebellion and went through many difficulties on the field including losing 5 of their 11 children to sickness.  Rosalind Goforth is both transparent and challenging in this book.  It is worth your time.

Excerpt from How I Know God Answers Prayer:

That Chinese child is now a grown-up, healthy man.  And our child died.  Yet we had prayed for her as few, perhaps, have prayed for any child.  Why, then, was she not spared?  I do not know.  But I do know that there was in my life, at that time, the sin of bitterness toward another, and an unwillingness to forgive a wrong.  This was quite sufficient to hinder any prayer, and did hinder for years, until it was set right.

Does this case of unanswered prayer shake my faith in God’s willingness and power to answer prayer?  No, no!  My own child might just as reasonably decide never again to come to me with a request because I have, in my superior wisdom, denied a petition.  Is it not true, in our human relationships with our children, that we see best to grant at one time what we withhold at another?  “What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.”

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[symple_accordion_section title=”TITLE“] HOW I KNOW GOD ANSWERS PRAYER[/symple_accordion_section]
[symple_accordion_section title=”AUTHOR“] ROSALIND GOFORTH[/symple_accordion_section]

[symple_accordion_section title=”YEAR“]  1921[/symple_accordion_section]

[symple_accordion_section title=”TYPE“] testimony, autobiography [/symple_accordion_section]
[symple_accordion_section title=”ISBN“] 978-1-9289-1515-7 [/symple_accordion_section]
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[symple_tab title=”Readability“] Easy reading[/symple_tab]
[symple_tab title=”Time of reading“] 1.0 hrs.  – 2.0 hrs. [/symple_tab]
[symple_tab title=”Recommended for…“] Christians[/symple_tab][symple_tab title=”Not recommended for…“] People who are comfortable and want to feel good about their Christian service[/symple_tab]

[symple_tab title=”Grabbing Power“] 6.5 out of 10 [/symple_tab]

[symple_tab title=”Relevancy“]  6 out of 10 [/symple_tab]
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