Pray ... and expect to be surprised

Morning: Psalms 66, 67; I Samuel 4:12-22; James 1:1-18

Evening: Psalm 103; Luke 1:5-23

We don’t know what Zechariah prayed for, but the way his prayer was heard was that Elizabeth, his wife, bore a child. Zechariah probably had not prayed for a child, since both of them were “getting on in years”, but a child is what they got.  And that child (John the Baptist) transformed the nation.  When you live well – like Zechariah and Elizabeth – you pray to make a positive difference for others in the world.  It could be that those are the prayers most often answered ... and in surprising ways!