Scripture : Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
One day a man dreamt that he is in heaven and an angel was giving him a tour of heaven. The angel takes him to a line where angels were very busy. The man asked the angel what are the angels doing, they seems so busy. And the angel replied, this is the place we receive all the prayers as emails, faxes, telegrams etc. The man was very pleased to see how peoples prayers were acknowledge with so much priority.
Then the angel and the man moved on and came to the next place. There the man saw so many angels and they were busy packing and sending boxes. And the man asked the angel what are these angels up to. The angel replied, this is the place where all the prayers are answered and packed up and sent back to earth. The man was so happy.
As they kept going they came to a place where there was an old angel sitting down and sleeping. The whole place was silent and so slow and dead. The man was confused and stopped. He asked the angel in surprise why is this angel sleeping. What kind of a department is this? The angel said this is the place where we receive all the thanks and acknowledgement for all the good things God did and the prayers that were answered. This department is very slow because no one sends a thank you once they receive what they have prayed for such as job, clothes, food, money home etc.
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