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How Long Will God Take to Answer My Prayer?

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Have you ever wondered, “Is God there? If He is, why doesn’t He answer my prayer?"

Written by Janet Perez Eckles on 18/09/2018
Series: Weekly Devotional
Tags: Anxiety, Peace, Prayer, Stress
Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.

Exodus 14:10-14
If you’ve asked yourself “how long God will take to answer my prayer?” You’re not alone, we’ve all been there! Even the Israelites join us in that grumbling. 

When Pharaoh ordered the Egyptians to march after the Israelites, they were terrified and cried out to the LORD. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians?’ It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Exodus 14: 10-14)

Have you ever complained like that? Let’s we be honest, we all have. And that’s because we’re deep into our own struggles. We end up terrified like the Israelites. We grumble in the hot desert of frustration. And as we trudge through the dry land of conflict, of uncertainty and nervousness, we desperately look for God’s answer, a clear path, a solution; we look to be rescued now.

But no one is there. And we have our own Egyptians called stress and anxiety that chase us, threatening to ruin our day.

But if Moses were alive today, he might post a message to all of us, “Do not fret, God will fight your battles. His answer is already here. You need only to be still.”

That’s because it’s in the still of His presence that His peace can fill our nights. In the still of our heart is when His whisper brushes through. And in the still of the moment is when we see His promises come alive.

Pray this week:
Father, calm my heart, whisper your answer into my longing. Silence the distractions so I can see your answer to my prayer. In Jesus name. Amen.

Can you tell me, in the midst of your hectic life, what keeps you from being still enough to hear His answer? 

Alan Zibluk Markethive Founding Member

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In Argentina Investors Flock to Safe-Haven Bitcoin

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The economic crisis in Argentina is driving investors to buy Bitcoin in order to protect their wealth, pushing the cryptocurrency’s price higher in-turn. In parallel, to satisfy the increasing demand, the first of 12 Bitcoin ATMs has already begun to operate in a Buenos Aires mall. The number of stores accepting Bitcoin also continues to rise.

BITCOIN IS A SAFE-HAVEN DURING AN ECONOMIC CRISIS

As the country’s currency plunges, Argentinian investors and ordinary people are exchanging their pesos for Bitcoin (BTC) $6720.73 +0.22%. In this regard, economist and mathematician D.H. Taylor writes,

“Argentinians are moving in large numbers out of their peso and into a more stable currency, BTC. The numbers being witnessed by the markets in BTC are surging from Argentina.” And he adds, “The stability being offered by the digital currency is far greater than the peso and Argentinians are moving in quickly.”

As for substantiating evidence, Taylor refers to the chart below showing the weekly volume of Bitcoin purchases in Argentina:

One of the wealthiest countries in Latin America, Argentina is once again undergoing a severe economic crisis. In April 2018, the peso started plunging against the dollar at an unexpected speed.
 

Most economists agree that the devaluation of the peso is due to investors’ doubts about the government’s ability to contain its unrelenting inflation and to minimize the effects of the U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate increases, which have strengthened the dollar all over the world.

Now, the Argentina year-over-year inflation rate reaches over 34 percent.

TAYLOR: THE BIGGEST SOLUTION IS BITCOIN

So far, the efforts of Argentina’s Central Bank to stabilize the peso have been to no avail. As a result, according to Taylor, the Central Bank is exploring the possibility of diversifying into Bitcoin,

The biggest solution is Bitcoin, or BTC-USD and, according to the data, Argentinians are buying large amounts. At the same time, the Argentinian Central Bank is considering diversifying their currency reserves into BTC.

The Central Bank has already eased regulations regarding ATMs in the country. This easing of regulations has facilitated the installation of ATMs processing cryptocurrencies.

In Argentina, Investors Flock to Safe-Haven Bitcoin

Alan Zibluk Markethive Founding Member