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I have seen people quite literally sit at the top of one hill and pray that God will provide for all of their needs, insisting that they have the faith that God will grow a garden under their feet. Meanwhile, God is sending others to offer these people opportunities to work and participate in growing that garden on the next hill over, and these people will not budge because they have faith that God is going to grow that garden right there under their feet and all they have to do is sit there and wait for it.

Another thing that strikes me as ironic is when we see many prayers for "the starving children in Africa" or others suffering in some other area of the world, when if those offering up the prayers would look around and find a neighbor that they could help, and if everyone around the world would lift up their neighbor in need, the world's problems could be solved. Praying is good, but the other half of it is asking God what He would have us do to help someone in need, and looking for the part that He would have us play in answering someone's prayer.

We have to be willing to do our part, even when it isn't convenient, fun, glamourous, or prestigious or popular.

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Exactly! That's what I meant about being so Heavenly minded that the person is no earthly good. They spend their time praying and don't even bother opening their eyes to see how THEY can help someone in need or to change something that needs changing. It can be something as small as something within the family nucleus to passing laws in their state to improve certain situations.