(Author Unknown)
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with bright light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man He had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. This, the man did, day after day.
For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down with his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore, and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Seeing that the man was showing signs of discouragement, the Adversary decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man’s weary mind: “You’ve been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn’t budged. Why kill yourself over this? You’re never going to move it” —thus, giving the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man.
“Why kill myself over this?” he thought. “I’ll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort and that’ll be good enough.” And that’s just what he planned to do— until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled thoughts to the Lord. “Lord” he said, “I’ve labored long and hard in Your service, putting all my strength to do that which You’ve asked. Yet, after all this time, I haven’t even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What’s wrong? Why am I failing?”
The Lord responded compassionately,
“My friend, when I asked you to serve Me— you accepted. I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength— which you’ve done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to Me— with your strength spent, thinking that you’ve failed. But is that really so?”
“Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscular. Your back sinew is mighty. Your hands are callused from the constant pressure;and your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you’ve grown much and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet you haven’t moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. This you’ve done. I, my friend, will now move the rock.”
At times, when we hear from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants. What God ACTUALLY wants is just simple OBEDIENCE and FAITH IN HIM. By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it’s still God who moves the mountains.
P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens! When everything seems to go wrong, just P.U.S.H. … When the job gets you down, P.U.S.H. … When people don’t react the way you think they should, P.U.S.H. … When your money looks funny and the bills are due, P.U.S.H. … When people just don’t understand you, just P.U.S.H.
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(USA) This is really AWESOME! Pray Until Something Happens.
(ZIMBABWE) Glory be to the Almighty GOD! Firstly l would like to thank God for the life he has given to me in the past year and everyday. In the past year the Lord has blessed me in so many different ways. Beside me being a sinner, l was promoted at work. Both my parents are still alive through his grace. There were so many accidents world wide, but these were far away from me and my family. I just want to thank him (God) for all the blessings.
(USA) P.U.S.H. REALLY WORKED FOR ME AND MY MARRIAGE. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE SEPARATED FOR 7 MONTHS. HE LEFT ME FOR ANOTHER WOMAN AND I DIDN’T THINK I WANTED HIM BACK. THEN I STARTED PRAYING FOR THE PAIN TO GO AWAY, AND SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP. I CAME TO THE PUSH WEBSITE, AND I STARTED REALLY THANKING GOD FOR SENDING A STORM IN MY LIFE. THAT’S WHEN I SAW IN THE BIBLE (WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER NO MAN CAN SEPARATE) AND I STARTED BELIEVING THAT. I PRAYED FOR MY HUSBAND AND FOR MYSELF SO THAT WHEN GOD SENT HIM HOME I’D BE ABLE TO FORGIVE HIM AND LET THE PAST GO. AND NOW HE’S HOME AND IT’S A BLESSING. THANK YOU JESUS. BUT I’M STILL PRAYING EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY. SO DON’T GIVE UP P.U.S.H. CANDI
(KENYA) I’m looking forward to get married one of these days, much as I’m not in any relationship right now. Ive been reading people’s comments on this site and surely some of them have touched me. They have made me believe that much, as not all, marriages work because of various reasons, mine will. Please pray for me for God to help me choose my partner wisely. So far, all the men who ask me out are just not my type, or I just don’t like a number of things in them. I’m not so sure, does this site also hook up people? Shalom, Naomy
Dear Naomy, I pray the Lord will show you His will for your life concerning marriage. I pray the Lord will help you to be strong and patient, and not settle for someone that would not be a godly marriage partner for you. I pray He will guide you in finding someone of strong moral character — one who is spiritually strong and mature, someone that will honor our God and treat you with love and respect, as his marriage partner.
I pray the Holy Spirit will help you to discern the husband of God’s choosing for you — if that is His ultimate will for your life. I pray the Lord will bless your efforts as you look to Him, to help you to work on your own issues — helping you to prepare to BE the right partner, as well as FIND the right partner. I pray the Lord blesses you and keeps you and shines His face upon you!
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ — to the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:9-11)
(CANADA) Hey ladies, hope you all had a great Mother’s Day. I wanted to say that P.U.S.H has really worked and God has really blessed my marriage. Things are getting better and better. We are getting along well and I’ve come to pray for everything. It has been a battle but God always had a way out He just wanted me to have faith and to P.U.S.H.
It has been a tough journey and I’m blessed to have gone through it all with all of you. Thank you so much for praying for me and my husband. It’s amazing that all God wants is for us to go to Him with faith and He’ll do the rest. I continue to pray hard for myself and for my husband and for all of you.
Anyone out there going through problems in your marriages or any other area in your life please P.U.S.H. I’ll testify that it works wonders and God is always faithful. God wants us to have the faith that moves mountains but He’ll move the mountain for us. (Thanks Steve and Cindy for that comment.)You can all read Deuteronomy 31:6,8. I love you all. God bless you. Cindy and Steve thank you so much for all that you do and your prayers. Later
(U.S.A.) You are more than welcome Anne. You and the others who participate in being in community with helping each other in the Lord, bless our lives in more ways than we can ever express. God is so gracious to allow us to participate with Him and with all of you in this awesome way! Blessings in Him, Cindy and Steve
(UNITED STATES) GOD BE BLESS YOU ALL, DONT STOP PRAYING MY HUSBAND HAS JOINED MY CHURCH ,WE PRAISE GOD TOGETHER NOW AND HE CANT WAIT FOR SUNDAY TO HEAR WHAT THE BISHOP HAS TO SAY THANK YOU JESUS (GOD BLESS ALL MARRIAGES )
(USA) My name is Kimberly and I feel that I need prayers from Christian believers and leaders. I am 26 years old, am on Social Security Income, and am currently living with my father, James. We argue most every night. He lashes out at me a lot. The drinking, I know plays a big part in it.
I am lost and confused and I don’t even know how to talk to him. I am almost fed up. I try to get him to go to A.A. and church but he refuses. He really aggravates me. I don’t even look forward to him coming home after work, because I know that he will pick arguments. I am trying to keep my mouth shut and not talk back to him. I am fed up with him.
Pray that he will quit drinking. I am also aggravated that he is good friends with our neighbors, who drink, do drugs and don’t go to church, because they have a huge impact on him. Pray for that situation as well.
I am currently separated from my husband. I miss him. I want to be together with him again. I want to tell him that I am sorry. I want him to forgive me. He has our children in N.Y. and has them calling another woman mommy. The few times that we have talked on the phone, he seems very angry with me and unforgiving. He calls me names like a no good mother and says that I never loved the kids and even has his fiance get on the phone and talk to me.
I believe in God and I believe in miracles. I just need a few more prayer partners and prayer believers in restored marriages and
miracles. Also, pray for me and all my loved ones, and all that is on my heart.
(USA) Wow!! I have been where you are. Not exactly the same story but close. The bottom line is prayer. Prayer is so powerful. I was divorced from my husband for 13 years, because of drugs and alcohol. I prayed for him everyday. I loved him everyday. When I felt I couldn’t pray, I would call the elders of the church and they would pray for him. It took 13 years of everyday prayer, but today we are remarried and he is serving the Lord with gladness. So… Don’t give up!
I would however, get out of the home where drinking abounds. You need to be in a house of light, not darkness. I will pray for you.
(RWANDA) Hi! I visited your blog now, and I was touched by various comments on PUSH matter and would like to share this experience with my church members this coming Saturday because I am a Seventh Adventist believer in what we call Mission Bulletin for the church. Let us continue to PUSH whoever we are, wherever we are, and whichever churches we attend. May God bless us all. SAM
(RWANDA) You will not enjoy marriage unless you consult God for the best Life Partner in advance. See you soon
(BRASILWAY) Today I read the informative world too. I respect that site. I found it very interesting and for that reason I decided to visit him. Congratulations for that work that you are developing.
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(USA) I really need a lot of prayer. I just seem to stay in a storm all the time. I really don’t understand. I just know that without him I would never be able to wake up day after day in the hands of the only hope that I have — that one waking morning The sun will shine in the midst of the storm that rages in my life. Heaven will truly be worth battling the storm. Please pray for me. GOD bless.
(SOUTH AFRICA) Hi Cindy, PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. Thanks, Leonie
(USA) Hi Leonie, I’ve never stopped praying for you, even when we didn’t hear from you for a long while. I’ve been concerned, and have cared, and have been praying.
I pray that God will embrace you with His love and open the doors for you to have a good paying job that will support you and your sons financially. I pray that God will extend mercy and open the way for you to move to a place you can call home –where you can raise your sons without them having to constantly witness their father’s unfaithful behavior. It’s so confusing for their young minds to see that continually before them. I pray God clears their minds of that which will harm them and will speak love and Truth to their hearts that they may embrace Christ as their Savior and Lord of their lives.
I pray that God will lead you to be in community with other Believers who love the Lord and are supportive in helping you to grow even stronger in Christ. I pray that God will bind up your wounded heart with His love, grace, and mercy and help you to be victorious in not holding onto the bitterness that can so easily take root after what you have lived through because of your husband’s infidelity.
I pray for your sons and daughter that God will minister to their hearts and souls to reject the ways of the evil one, to see, comprehend, and follow the Truth of Jesus Christ — that they will open every part of their hearts, minds, souls, and lives to Him, so He will lead them in the way everlasting. My heart cries with you, grieves with you, prays for you and loves you as my sister in Christ.
I’m so glad that you have been turning to the Lord rather than away from Him through the trauma that you have been living through. May you grab onto God’s faithfulness and care and never let go. May you be blessed beyond your imagination as you lean upon Him to take care of you. Please know you are loved.
“Since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. We pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way; bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light” (Colossians 1:9-12).
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit!” (Romans 15:13)
I pray these truths for you also Robin, that God will touch your heart, life, and circumstances in such a way that you will see the healing and leading hand of God everywhere you look. May the storm clouds move aside and may you clearly see the Son wherever you are and wherever you go. God is able!
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!” (Romans 15:5-6)
“May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ to whom be the glory for ever and ever.” (Hebrews 13:20-21)
“May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)
“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit and in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:14-19).
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ — to the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:9-11)
We are asking God to “fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.” (Colossians 1:9b-10) AMEN!!!
(US) HELLO AND MAY GOD BLESS EVERYONE THAT COMES TO THIS SITE. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME! AND I THANK GOD FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
(USA) I Thank GOD that I stumbled across this site. It has encouraged me even with what I have read. I thank GOD for all of you and ask that you keep me in your prayers and I will keep you in my prayers. GOD BLESS. Temeca
(USA) Please P.U.S.H. with me. My retirement fund will be gone in 2 years. I need to supplement my income in order to keep the home that my husband who is now with the Lord two years, eight months, built together as our retirement home. I am looking for work I can do from home. I pray to make the right decision about some things I have tried, but have failed. I don’t seem to be able to hear what God’s answer is. I pray over decisions and think I have made the decision he has planned for me. Not only has it turned out to be wrong, but it has had negative consequences. How do I know what God’s answer is for me?
Also, pray for my daughter and 4 yr old granddaughter who have moved in with me. They have had a difficult time. Please P.U.S.H. for them to have a peaceful relationship. Thank you.
(USA) I thank God for finding and visiting your blog. I am really touched. I am going though a storm with my husband and children. So if you all know a word of prayer, please pray for all my family.
(GHANA) I thank you God for the support you given us.
(GHANA) ”Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” [Luke 19 Verse 38]
(GHANA) Blessed us be the God and father of our Lord, Jesus Christ who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. May God bless you with all your support.
(GHANA) If you push me with your power, it will help with my support with my family and other people in my area.
(GHANA) Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn Matthew 13:30
(GHANA) Therefore, holy brothers who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s houses. Jesus has been found worthy of greater honour than Moses, just as the builder of a houses has greater honour than the house itself. Hebrews 3:1-3
(GHANA) O Mighty God I appreciate that you are my guard and hope to live an eternal life of God`s Wisdom.
(GHANA) I ought to know the strength of God in wisdom charity. May God bless you with all your precious controller in our career. Let’s hope that on Christmas Day, God receives our presents and make our dreams come true.
(USA) Oh Mighty Lord, will you support me with my beloved uncle to receive his rewarded?
(BRAZIL) Wonderful! So great! I’m completely touched with this message. I was really blessed with this message. I hope that you continue the same, praising the Lord. Thank you for this word. God’s blessing.
(USA) Our Father in Heaven, support me with your courage to p.u.s.h. me to raise the Lord with your pleasant life in the name of God.
(UK) Happy New Year everybody, it’s 2009!
(TRINIDAD) Please pray for me. I need the strength to move on. I know this marriage is not working out. My husband is pushing me to lust. This marriage was not through a love matching wedding. We were from 2 different countries. We were together for 27 years and were miserable. My husband is cheating on me with the woman he truly loves. Our whole married life has changed since he met his love and with the help of his wicked family. And as for me, I am afraid of the unknown. I married at the age of 16 and never had a boy friend. I’ve only known my husband. Pray for me.
(ZIMBABWE) Thanks Cindy and Steve for your articles. To tell the truth, praying is good. Let’s have faith in everything we pray for and the Lord will continue to shine upon us. I have been having problems in my marriage and didn’t know where to go until I started praying P.U.S.H. and then things started to change. My husband now appreciates and respects me as his wife. I will always continue to pray for others. GOD BLESS YOU. Thanks once again Cindy and Steve.
(USA) Support me with your wisdom.
(CANADA) Hello, May God bless everyone that comes to this site. Your testimony is encouraging. P.U.S.H means I don’t have to give up or give in to any situation when things are not going the way I want it. What the Lord needs from me is my FAITH to be dependent on Him alone. I strongly believe that God will never give my right partner to another woman.
(SOUTH AFRICA) I believe that if I can kneel before God, I can stand before any man or situation. I strongly believe that God will restore my marriage and give me back my ground. As Cindy said, What God put’s together, no man/women can separate. He moved out last week Friday, but I believe, I believe that God will do the necessary. I gave him (my package) to the Lord and now the Lord will do what needs to be done because for too long I tried out of myself to get things restored. I’m weak but in God I know I’m strong. I will not allow the devil to destroy my marriage or steal from me, as God promise us in His word that he gives us, peace, joy, happiness, love, wealth, wisdom… and all the good for those who believe.
In the Name of Jesus, I take back my marriage for God is Love, He’s a God of His Word. I love him so much and am willing to walk the road – forgive – forget – Only & most importantly grow closed to God. I ask that you all will pray with me for the return of my husband to me as his wife and my two kids who needs him so much.
(SOUTH AFRICA) I am married for 23 years. This is a very short version of my life. I developed an addiction for gambling 8 years ago. When my husband found out about it he wanted to leave me. We discussed it and he said he will stay only if I would go for therapy. I agreed to it but he never wanted to join me in counselling, said it was my problem. I went though a lot of emotional abuse. I went for several counselling sessions on my own.
Since then he constantly brought up the gambling and started to abuse me emotionally. It caused problems in our relationship in so many ways, fighting over finances, family, our sex life deteriorated. I lost my mother and sister in this time. He started to drink more and would then want to be intimate after that. My daughter was then raped in December 2008 and my husband accused me of it being my fault. I became depressed and ended up in a clinic for depression. My husband still refused to join me for counselling.
I’ve decided that I am going to leave him. He still refuses to go for counselling but wants me to give him another chance. My love for him is gone. I don’t have any feelings left for him. He said that we must give our lives to God and our marriage will change. I do have a relationship with God and know He can change anything but I still feel I cannot stay in this marriage. Am I wrong to not want to give us another change? I cannot go through that kind of emotional abuse again. I lost myself over the past years and did not know the person I became. He previously wanted to leave several times always telling me that he does not love me and that he regrets ever marrying me. What shall I do?
(ZAMBIA) Hi, My husband and I are currently on separation since January this year (not my wish). We have 2 children together aged 7 and 3 years. Our problems started when my husband started having an extra marital affair. It’s what has caused this separation. He moved out of our matrimonial home and is staying on his own and is also seeing another lady.
I want to confess that it’s very painful to be disappointed by a person you love so much. This is the most painful, difficult and toughest situation I have gone through. I just want thank the Lord for the grace that he has given me to handle this tough situation.
I also want to give credit to a friend who introduced me to this site after learning what am going through. I have been encouraged by reading some of these comments which some people are going through. I want to start PUSHING more than ever before because there is power in PUSH.
Please pray for me and my husband so that we may be reconciled back. Pray for God to remove the lies that the evil one has brought into my husband’s life and to break the bondage where he is right now. I believe that what God has put together, no man can put asunder. The other woman will not put my marriage asunder. Pray he will have nothing to do with the other lady for the rest of his life forever.
May the Good Lord richly bless you for the wonderful job that you are doing. Stay blessed! SASSY
(ZAMBIA) Good Morning. My next door neighbor was saying about you that whatever happens, God will shine down your career ahead of you. Thank you Lord for everything you’ve given me to help with my GCSE support that I needed importantly.
(CANADA) At one point a few years ago the Lord showed me that while I liked the white picket fence idea of marriage, I also had been afraid of marriage because I’ve seen so many go wrong.
However in a radio broadcast at the time I heard even men share testimonies of how the Lord answered their wives prayers and restored their marriages and in reading one of the posts here too, I know that with the Lord all things will work out fine and there is no need to be afraid. Our God is able.
The one thing now is, I need the Lord to bring the one He chooses to me. At this time I do love a man whom I’ve come to know a lot. He is everything I could ask for in a husband but other than confirmations on my end, he really has heard nothing. Please pray for the Lord to guide me and confirm His plans with others if truly this man is His will for me.
(USA) Please pray for my son and his wife. They are lost. They have broken one of God’s law if not several, but one especially to honor your father and mother. My son has broken this commandment of God. He won’t let us see our grandson because of his wife. He is 8 years old. They both denied him to visit us or to see us and to talk to us because of her selfish ways.
(ZIMBABWE) What a wonderful, wonderful site. I am subscribed to Marriage Missions and have benefitted greatly. I would like you Cindy to pray for me because I have had many bad experiences in marriage especially with my husband’s other “women”.
He had stopped going to church but is now going but there is something I cannot put a finger on that is not right in my marriage. It is as if something is missing. I am always praying for my husband to make the correct choices for our lives. At one time during the height of his affairs I stopped praying for him. It has taken me a long time to begin praying for him after all the hurt, pain and humiliation he has put me through. Thank you and May the GOOD LORD Bless you.
(USA) ”You thoughts are not my thoughts neither your ways are my ways.” My question is, suppose God wills that you are not going to get married but to use you in a certain situation in His kingdom building here on earth? But you keep praying to God to provide you a suitable husband? How would you relate this to the P.U.S.H. prayer attitude?
(USA) Because it helps you.
(KENYA) I have read the comments on PUSH and have really been blessed. I am in a job that is so frustrating and have been really praying for almost 2 years for a change. I believe that God has put me here for a reason but at times I feel so discouraged.
In the past I have left 2 jobs at my own will (without even seeking God) but God has been faithful and whenever I pray for another one he opens the door. From today I have realised that I will keep on pushing and being faithful and obedient. Be Blessed.
(SOUTH AFRICA) I am a 36 single (divorced) mother of 2 (Girl 11 and Boy 6). I have just met this guy of 40, with 2 kids. I love him so much. although we are still dating, the Lord has confirmed that he is my husband. I need prayers from (PUSH) saints because there is a lot of challenges that the devil is imposing on this relationship. I have been single for far too long. I need us to be a happy family for our children.
(SOUTH AFRICA) My eyes just filled with tears as I read this – even although I have read this same story in the past. But just reading this now again, I once again realise what a great God we serve. I am feeling so humbled now – cause God is just always wanting the best for us – and even if it feels like we going through the lowest of valley, He still has a plan and purpose. Al we need to do is to persevere, trust, keep faith and pray. PUSH!
“Thank you God for never letting go of us, for loving us so much and for always wanting the best for us. Help us to remember this during times of trouble and heartache. Help us to always trust in you, even if it seems if all else fails and there is no hope, cause with You all things are possible”
And as the old songs goes:
God will make a way,
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way.