A Prayer for Supper Answered

Tip! Talking to God This is the one on one type prayer where we converse with God to develop our relationship with him. We may ask him to help us in areas that we need spiritual, physical or emotional support.

An educated, accomplished lady, reduced to the very lowest rung of poverty's ladder, of whom we will call Mrs. Smith, has this unfailing testimony of God's hearing and answering her prayer of faith.

The daughter went up-stairs one day to announce to Mrs. Smith the complete emptiness of their pantry. There was not even a piece of dry bread, nor a drawing of tea; not a potato, not even a bean; and "Charles, poor fellow, will come home from his work at six, tired and so hungry; what shall we do, mother?"

"The Lord will send us something, before he comes," said Mrs. Smith. So, for three hours more the daughter waited. "Mother, it is five o'clock, and the Lord has not sent us anything." "He will, my dear, before half-past six;" and the widow went in the next room, to pray and ask that her daughter might not feel it useless to call on God herself.

In fifteen minutes, the door-bell rang violently, and a gentleman, suitcase in hand, said, "Mrs. Smith, I left the room which I rented from you one year ago, in a great hurry, you will remember; and I owed you fifty dollars. I have not been in the city since that time, and now I am rushing out of it again--I just stopped by to give you this money. Good-bye."