> A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea
> and only two of the men on it were able
> to swim to a small, desert-like island.
> The two survivors, not knowing what else to do,
> agree that they had no other recourse
> but to pray to God.
> However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful,
> they agreed to divide the territory between them
> and stay on opposite sides of the island.
>
>
> The first thing the first man prayed for was food.
> The next morning, the first man saw
> a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land,
> and he was able to eat its fruit.
>
> The other man's parcel of land remained barren.
>
> After a week, the first man was lonely
> and he decided to pray for a wife.
> The next day, another ship was wrecked,
> and the only survivor was a woman
> who swam to his side of the land.
>
> On the other side of the island,
> there was nothing.
>
> Soon the first man prayed for a house,
> clothes, more food.
> The next day, like magic,
> all of these were given to him.
>
> However,
> the second man still had nothing.
>
>
>
> Finally, the first man prayed for a ship,
> so that his wife and he could leave the island.
> In the morning, he found a ship docked
> at his side of the island.
>
> The first man boarded the ship with his wife
> and decided to leave the second man on the island.
> He considered the other man unworthy
> to receive God's blessings,
> since none of his prayers had been answered.
>
> As the ship was about to leave,
> the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming,
>
>
>
> "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
>
>
> "My blessings are mine alone,
> since I was the one who prayed for them,"
> the first man answered.
> "His prayers were all unanswered,
> and so he does not deserve anything."
>
>
>
> "You are mistaken!"
> the voice rebuked him.
> "He had only one prayer,
> which I answered.
> If not for that, you would not have
> received any of my blessings."
>
> "Tell me," the first man asked the voice,
> "what did he pray for that I
> should owe him anything?"
>
> "He prayed that all your prayers be answered."
>
> For all we know, our blessings are not
> the fruits of our prayers alone,
> but those of another praying for us.
>
> When Jesus died on the cross
> he was thinking of you!
>
> If you are one of the 7%
> who will stand up for him
> forward this with the subject,
> "I am one of the 7%".
>
> 93% of people won't forward this.
> and only two of the men on it were able
> to swim to a small, desert-like island.
> The two survivors, not knowing what else to do,
> agree that they had no other recourse
> but to pray to God.
> However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful,
> they agreed to divide the territory between them
> and stay on opposite sides of the island.
>
>
> The first thing the first man prayed for was food.
> The next morning, the first man saw
> a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land,
> and he was able to eat its fruit.
>
> The other man's parcel of land remained barren.
>
> After a week, the first man was lonely
> and he decided to pray for a wife.
> The next day, another ship was wrecked,
> and the only survivor was a woman
> who swam to his side of the land.
>
> On the other side of the island,
> there was nothing.
>
> Soon the first man prayed for a house,
> clothes, more food.
> The next day, like magic,
> all of these were given to him.
>
> However,
> the second man still had nothing.
>
>
>
> Finally, the first man prayed for a ship,
> so that his wife and he could leave the island.
> In the morning, he found a ship docked
> at his side of the island.
>
> The first man boarded the ship with his wife
> and decided to leave the second man on the island.
> He considered the other man unworthy
> to receive God's blessings,
> since none of his prayers had been answered.
>
> As the ship was about to leave,
> the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming,
>
>
>
> "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
>
>
> "My blessings are mine alone,
> since I was the one who prayed for them,"
> the first man answered.
> "His prayers were all unanswered,
> and so he does not deserve anything."
>
>
>
> "You are mistaken!"
> the voice rebuked him.
> "He had only one prayer,
> which I answered.
> If not for that, you would not have
> received any of my blessings."
>
> "Tell me," the first man asked the voice,
> "what did he pray for that I
> should owe him anything?"
>
> "He prayed that all your prayers be answered."
>
> For all we know, our blessings are not
> the fruits of our prayers alone,
> but those of another praying for us.
>
> When Jesus died on the cross
> he was thinking of you!
>
> If you are one of the 7%
> who will stand up for him
> forward this with the subject,
> "I am one of the 7%".
>
> 93% of people won't forward this.
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