How do you know when a prayer has been answered or its just coincedence?

Question

I'm just confused on how you tell between actually knowing your problem was divinely resolved or its just merely the luck of the draw.

Answer 1

When you are dealing with prayer there are no coincidences.

Answer 2

Its a normal fact of life that everyone has problems. Then there are times, the things go so much out of hand that we know that the solution to such problems do not lie in human hands.

During the last few months, I've gone thru severe problems that the only thing I could do was go down on my knees and talk to Him above. I bear testimony to the fact, that the problems - not one - but many huge ones - we just taken care of. Let me tell u again - human intervention could not have solved it - but only Divine Dependence.

I believe God lives, God answers prayers. There is no such thing as coincidence.

Believe in God -

Ps: You asked a very good question

Answer 3

God always has a plan for your life. It is never a coincedence. If you truly are a Christian and believe what the Bible says, you can be sure that no matter what happens there is a reason for it, and no matter if it goes your way or not, your prayers are always answered.

Answer 4

I know when my prayers are answered because 99% of the time the way they are answered and the results I get are not what I expected or asked for. This is not to say that my prayers are answered negatively. Just that when I pray for patience all these rude @ssH0**z show up to teach me about patience.

Answer 5

Because I have my husband living and healthy again and all doctors he had seen said he would be dead in a matter of 4 years or less and that there was no chance of him getting better. The only thing they could do would be make him comfortable. He couldn't work .... He is now full time and making enough to support our family again. They said he would be dead by now ... He has past all expectations by 2 and a half years.... They said that none of his medical conditions woiuld improve and he was on 27 different medications.... Everything is back to normal and he is only on 2 medications now.... NONE of the doctors can explain it at all.....Any other questions?

Answer 6

There are no coincidences but what answered your prayer was your own subconscious, not an outside source. Read up on the powers of creative visualization we all have.

Answer 7

that's actually a good question.
in my experience, most of the time when God moves, it's in a way you didn't expect.
like I could pray for a traffic light to turn green, and eventually it will, but that's not some great big miracle.
but sometimes, a situation seems hopeless, and then God steps in and opens doors you never dreamed of. I like to think He likes to leave His mark on his work.

Answer 8

There is no such thing as coincidence.

Also, God's signature is peace... if you have a resolution to your problem and you feel at peace about it, it is because God has provided the solution, not just that you got what you thought you wanted-- He ALWAYS knows better than we do.

Answer 9

when we pray, we're given 3 answers: yes, no or wait... it's the "no" and "wait" that we don't like so much.. as for your question... i don't think anything is just "luck of the draw"

it depends too on what you're praying for.. you can't walk into your classroom and sit down for a test and pray that you'll pass it even though you didn't study..

for big things though, i believe that if you pray, it will be answered... one way or another

Answer 10

There is no luck of the draw, think of it like this, coincedence is mearly God, choosing to remian anonomous.

Answer 11

Well that's where Faith comes in. It's a fun experiment to see how many of those "coincidences" happen directly after praying.

although you do have to be careful not to think of God as a magician or your servant. Sometimes He wants us to tough it out or take consequences