Answered Prayers

God answers prayer.

Philippians 4:6-7 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

On Monday of Thanksgiving week 2006, I called my boss and told him I needed to quit so that I could start traveling with my husband. I still needed a job and didn't know how that could happened so I prayed and asked God what to do. That Wednesday morning the plant manager from the company that I had just quit on Monday called to offer me a remote job where I could work from anywhere in the world as long as I had computer access. God answers prayers.

Next, the issue of paying for my travel expenses to be with my husband came up, so again I got on my knees and asked God what to do. Before I could get back up off of my knees, my sister called to offer me some plane tickets. God answers prayers.

God heard my cry in anguish on a Thursday in November when I learned some devestating news. He knew when I called to inquire on a house earlier in the week (or the end of the week before) that later I would be crying out for help. I had no desire to purchase this house and was just curious about the price. Then on the following Thursday, when I cried out to God for comfort and help, the relators called me back concerning information about the house. It turns out these realtors also are marriage counselors and what a great comfort they were during this time of trial. God answers prayers.

I did not think I had the strength to stand up to walk away from an abusive and manipulating situation. I asked God for strength. God answers prayers.

I prayed for months that the man I love would go to counseling with me. God answers prayers.

I prayed that God would show me what I need to change - what bitterness, unforgiveness, pain, selfrighteousness, arrogance, and other evils I was holding onto so tightly. God answers prayers.

I prayed that God would forgive me my sins, that he would restore and heal my brokenness and brokenheart. God answers prayers.

I prayed that God would show me how to forgive. That week I had been listening to the Essentials of a Happy Marriage sermon series CD set. Just so happens the last sermon was about all about Forgiveness. Then I went to the grocery store that week and there just happened to be a cardboard bin of Christian books for sale. I picked up What Becomes of the Brokenhearted by Mckinney Hammond. It's main theme is forgiveness. The night I picked up that book, God revealed to me a bitterness and unforgiving heart that I had been clinging to for a decade. Since this time the sermon series at a friends church has been on Condemnation and scripture has been popping up all over the place regarding forgiveness. One of the biggest things for me to hear, was that Christ didn't wait for me to say I was sorry and restore a relationship with Him before he died for my sins. And what right do I have to hold unforgiveness towards another person when Christ has wiped my sins clean - ALL OF THEM. God showed me and is still showing me what forgiveness means. What principles that forgiveness follows. What love really is. God is so good. God answers prayers.

Now that I'm almost finished with the What Becomes of the Brokenhearted book, I started praying What should I read next God? At the same time I've been praying "What does it mean to delight in God?"

(from psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD

and he will give you the desires of your heart.)

So I was back at that same grocery store this past Saturday and decided to look through the bin again. Lo and behold, the book Delighting God was in there and I bought it. Wow! God answers prayers.

More answered prayers...

I asked God to heal me from a chronic illness I have had for almost 10 years, God has healed me and has revealed and healed me from another similar illness that was never diagnosed due to the symptoms from the initial illness. God is so good. Our God heals. The day I went to see the doctor I was terrified of going by myself. That day we were flying back into town just before the doctors appointment and I prayed off and on for 2 hours that I would not have to go alone. God answers prayers and my husband went with me and was so supportive and encouraging after the visit. God is so good. Our God heals.

I asked God to show me how to pray... I have been given the Lord's prayer through email, through a prayer journal that was given to me, through a book on CD that is about prayer. He is teaching me more and more about prayer and it not just being my onesided conversation but communion with the Lord of the universe. He actually wants to hear from me. He actually wants to speak to ME! wow! God is so good; He wants to talk with you too.

I asked God to help me make a connecting flight that I had no time to make. He delayed the flight and I made it.

I asked God to protect a loved one from evil influences. Those evil influences have been blocked by the Almighty again and again.

God met a need for a church I had joined in to prayed for. God is so good to let me be at the church the day that the pastor got the call that this need was met. Praise God!

God is rebuilding my marriage from the ashes and restoring the year of the locust. Praise God!!!

God has allowed me to become pregnant. This is my 10th year of marriage and it is a miracle. Thank you Lord!!!

I just started praying about whether we are to stay in the home we are in or move to a neighborhood that is off a busy road like the one we live on; God answered this prayer by telling me to wait.

God is still protecting me and my husband from those that would do us harm or be evil influences. Thank you Lord!

God is speaking directly to me. He is speaking directly to you too. Ask yourself, "Am I listening?" And pray that God will give you the open heart and listening ear to hear his voice. Look for his soft whisper in prayer and Bible study. I am learning alot from the Bible study "Discerning the Voice of God" by Priscilla Shirer. Here is some helpful information from the study...

"When you think the Holy Spirit is leading you. look for 1. the witness fo the Holy Spirit 2. the illumination of the scripture and 3. the confirmation of God's hand in circumstances."

If you "feel" like the Holy Spirit is leading you to do something BUT it contridicts scripture, then it is most likely YOUR "feelings" and not the Holy Spirit.

Go to God in prayer about the details in your life.

He loves you!(John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.)

He knows how many hairs are on your head.(Matthew 10:30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.) He cares about the details in your life! He loves you!!!

God answers prayers.