As You Pray, Move Your Feet

<p>&lbrack;ad&lowbar;1&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We would all like to make a wish upon a falling star&comma; rub the magic Buddha belly&comma; lucky rabbits foot&comma; or say a prayer to God&comma; and believe all our dreams will magically come true&comma; but the hard reality is&comma; it seldom&comma; if ever happens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Quakers had a saying &&num;8220&semi;As you pray&comma; move your feet&period;&&num;8221&semi; Meaning don&&num;8217&semi;t just make a request and expect a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow&period; Make your request to God&comma; Allah&comma; the universe by all means yes&comma; but take action to make it a reality&comma; because in essence the God can do more through you&comma; than he can do for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;for the sake of this article we will use God&rpar;&comma; As an example&comma; to pray to God to win the publishers clearing house and then never entering it&comma; is a clear case of praying and not moving your feet&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s just not going to happen&period; To often we are lazy in our requests to God and expect miracles with little or no effort from us&period; If we are seriously committed to a desire and&sol;or goal&comma; stay focused&comma; stay on track&comma; and God will lead the way to your destiny&comma; but God has to do it through us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Think about the times in your life when you have had your greatest achievements or desires come true&period; Did it just happen out of the blue&comma; or were you so focused on wanting that thing in your life&comma; that nothing was going to stop you&quest; I&&num;8217&semi;ll bet you kept your eye on the prize&comma; letting nothing distract you&comma; and gave that goal your full attention didn&&num;8217&semi;t you&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is a prime example of God opening up and clearing the path of success your you&period; Thought&comma; Word and Deed&period; Thought &equals;what you desired&period; Word&equals; Your expression of that thought to God&period; Deed&equals; Moving your feet in action toward your desired goal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is a powerful&comma; unstoppable combination for success&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re struggling to reach your goals or to have your prayer answered the way you would like&comma; take stock of your commitment level&period; If you approach your prayers with undeniable faith&comma; coupled with action&comma; the path will become clear and you will achieve more and more in your life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Remember&comma; Thought&comma; Word &&num;038&semi; Deed&comma; and let God work through you to fulfill your utmost desires&period; God be with you&comma; to your success&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;ad&lowbar;2&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;