Can you give me an example of when you think a prayer was definitely answered, beyond a shadow of a doubt?

Answer 1

Don't get me wrong I'm not religious, but when I was young I got into some bother and was praying to God that it would all work out. I asked for a sign that it would be OK and at that precise moment a large crow flew straight into the window pane smashing it and killing the crow.

That has always stayed with me and I find it freaky

Oh and it did turn out OK

Coincidence, synchronicity, God?????

Who knows?

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Answer 2

I don't believe in a god who dispenses boons and banes from on high depending on whether you pray or not, rather I believe prayer is for us. As such, I have seen many, many prayers answered.

Case in point, my parents received a call from some close friends to pray for their distant cousin, who was a 19-year old crack addict expecting her fourth child and the government was poised to take her to jail and the kids into DCS custody and break them up. Several people from that prayer circle decided they would step up and take one or two of the kids so that these kids would have loving homes and grow up knowing each other and playing together and co on. And that is how less than a month later I got my now 15-year old sister, Kate.

Perhaps more in the supernatural and unexplained vein I should mention something I once witnessed, something I have seen happen many times but never to this extent. My friend Jeremy and I were on a church retreat with our youth group. He asked me to pray with him that God would find a way to use him. So I prayed that prayer. Jeremy inexplicably got up and started walking. He stopped at the elevator and got on. I later found out that, without knowing why, he had the irresistable urge to randomly pushed the fourth floor button. When the elevator stopped, he stepped off and immediately to his right one of our close mutual friends was standing, ready to dive head first and commit suicide. Jeremy sat with her for hours and talked her through everything.

Was that an answered prayer? In a way - I think all of us can tap into the universe in this same way if our spirits/animae are in the right state, and that the divine is the media by which we can do that. Science may one day be able to explain that phenomenon but to me that makes it no less divine or myterious, no less an answered prayer.

Answer 3

I'm a Christian, and I prayed for a long time for a good Christian husband. I dated a few guys, most who were Christians, but it just never happened. But I had faith in God that He had a plan for me.

Then I met someone on-line in '97, who was 2,000 miles away, and Jewish. But we clicked right away. We worked out the religious differences from the start, and grew closer every day. He moved here and we got engaged later that year. In 1998, he was baptized into Christ, a few weeks before our wedding. We've been married over nine wonderful years. He's my soulmate.

People may scoff or be skeptical and unfortunately I can't make them believe; but I know in my heart God answered my prayers.

Answer 4

Yes... first i feel that I must clarify... what I call prayer, most would refer to as meditation. it is a quiet time that I devote to showing gratitude for the blessings in my life and ask for guidence during difficult and troubling times. I don't ask for "things" or "money" because I find prayers like that to be limiting - if I ask for $1500 and get it, how do I know I wasnt supposed to get more or less. I pray/ meditate about general needs - peace, abundance, spiritual guidence all the while knowing in my heart that whatever I need will be provided...Now for my story... during a lengthy (18 months) and painful divorce, I continued to pray for inner peace and understanding. During the divorce, I felt none of those things, but looking back everything worked out far better than I could have ever imagined. I believe that by relying on faith and not allowing my ego to get involved, I was allowing the universe, spirit, God, whatever to lead me down the path that was in the best interest of my highest good as well as the highest good of my kids. I'm now filled with Peace and Understanding about the whole ordeal and am thankful for the opportunity.

Answer 5

The problem of epistemology is that everything we claim to know must be based on some set of axioms of choice, else we can come to no conclusions at all. However, because these axioms cannot be proven within the system of logic they describe (Godel's Incompleteness Theorum), there can be no certainty at all in the conclusions, except as in relation to certain axioms. If you give me a point and a line, then ask me how many lines go through that point and are parallel to the given line, I must first ask you which geometric axioms you wish me to consider in answering, because if we are talking of Euclidean geometry, the answer is one, if we are talking hyperbolic geometry, the answer is an uncountably infinite number of lines.

Answer 6

My wife, friends and family prayed that I would be healed of cancer. I was. I also survived a stroke and seizure during chemo. I lost the use of the left side of my body and spent a week bed-ridden in ICU. It all came back. I attribute this, at least in part to answered prayer. I believe that God can work through whoever he wants - giving knowledge and wisdom to doctors and nurses. Putting me in the right hospital, etc.

Answer 7

Okay,

I was attending Bible college, working a full time job and carrying 21 units. The bills were in my name and I had multiple roommates who were always late or would just not pay their bills. I was depressed. There was a dress code and at this time in my life I had one suit, but I really needed to get more formal clothes--given the roommate situation I had little money and food trumped nicer clothing.

We attended chapel at the end of the day, and for whatever reason I decided to silently pray for this issue. I acknowledged that I was frustrated, and feeling that it still was a trivial request asked God to help me out here--with some clothes for the college.

As I was leaving chapel that day (the college was housed in the wing of a large church). An older lady called me over she asked if I attended the college. I said that I did. She told me that a man had passed away, a doctor and in his will he had asked that his wardrobe be given to the bible college students. He happened to be my exact height, neck size, sleeve size, waist size, and shoe size. I was given 3 suits, 10-15 shirts, 10 ties, 3 pairs of shoes, 5 pairs of slacks. I had never discussed this issue with anyone. I also didn't look like a threadbare charity case.

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything in my answer--believe what you like (amazing coincidence--I don't care what you think). I took this as a definite answer to prayer, especially given that it was separated by no more than 15-30 minutes.

Answer 8

When I start doubting after I received the answer & God disciplines me. Just because I didn't like Gods answer. Or because God doesn't stay in a box of my understanding. Whenever the shadows of doubt start, they get instant attention.

One prayer of Cheryl Salem's son (She gave this testimony at our Church 25 Celebration), she was in a hospital bed in the middle of nowhere. Only her husband & two sons were praying for her healing. As she had a twisted or pretzeled colon. The pain was worst than birth delivery. As of yet they didn't know what the problem was. The doctors had given a radioactive drink for her to drink that just remained in her stomach. She was in the hospital for 5 days & didn't go to the bathroom. Her husband's faith was being exhausted. And the oldest son decided to just pray for her. He put his hand on his mom & prayed to God. "I am getting sick of this. Heal her now God. My mom is hurting & we don't know what is wrong!" At least something like this. And then he wouldn't quit but continued. Demanding God heal his mom. Then she felt lightening touch her. The pain left immediately. And then the son knew it & said "Thanks.". Or something like that. Then mom said, "I think I have gas.". Then, "No, It isn't gas.". She jumped out of bed, her IV tore out & her arm bled, but she made it to the bathroom on time. Then, her family told the nurses & they checked. And then the dad went running down the hall telling whoever he could & he stunk because they had been in the hospital for days & nights without a shower. Then the doctor (who hadn't heard) came in to tell her the problem. But they told the doctor she pooped. He said, "That has never happened before.". Or something like that. The son said, "It is a miracle." The doctor said he couldn't admit to that. The son said, "It is a miracle.".

So? To me, I don't have a shadow of a doubt that God healed Cheryl through the hand of her son. The dad was low in faith strength & felt that he let his wife down. But really he didn't. He had taught his son (now grown & 6'3") where his son took authority of Gods word & his mom was healed.

That was a crazy story. She was so dramatic in explaining this testimony. That it was humerous, yet then so awful that anyone would have to go through this.

I think you could get this testimony soon, as the whole 25th Celebration will be available on DVD or CD at http://www.riveroflifefellowship.org .


Just to add that the dad & 2 sons were praying in the spirit for mom much, from the beginning to the end. (But before the healing, dad asked God, "Are you even listening?", And he gave up.) Because they were praying in the hallway, the hospital put them in the farthest room down the hall. They prayed in the spirit because they didn't know how to pray & they smelled as they couldn't take a shower. But God came through in a powerful way.

Answer 9

Yes. I was having a really bad day (not going to go into detail) and finally I had to lock myself in the bathroom and cry out to God. Almost right away he said - in a voice that comes as an invading thought - "Go to the kitchen cupboard and make yourself some hot chocolate". I had just moved into my apartment and was sure I didn't have any hot chocolate. I was going to go to bed, but I decided to take a look in the cupboard anyway. Sure enough, there was a can of hot chocolate mix. I made a cup and drank it, and felt much better. Slept well that night. A while later I learned that my parents had left the can of hot chocolate mix in my cupboard when they helped me move. I never knew about it until, basically, God told me. ;)

ALL prayers are answered, even when the answer is silence.

Answer 10

Yes. When I was in a homeless shelter, I prayed for a bra that fit me. That afternoon, someone donated 10 new bras that were my exact, unusual size.

Another time, I was crying out to God to show me He was there and that He cared about me. Up until that time, I had no feeling in my right ear because I had been stabbed in the neck and the nerves to my ear had been severed. When I took my shower that night, I felt my ear and the feeling had been restored.

Are these coincidences or miracles? You will have to decide that on your own. I consider them miracles.

Answer 11

when my daughter was born we were told she had many birth defects she has reversed organs , we were told she had downs syndrome we were told that her mitopic bones were fused to soon causing pressure on her brain we were told she would likely be retarded and the list of problems and complications goes on.
after months of prayer and helplessness because when you have a child and many many doctors give you this diagnosis you do feel helpless prayer is all you have . everyone in our community and town prayed for my little girl my mother pinned a prayer cloth to her sleeper and every time i changed her clothes we pinned her cloth on the clean one she wore it for months she was scheduled to have surgery to correct the bone in her head to relieve the pressure miraculously the doctor told us there was no medical reason for this operation today she is five she does have reversed organs but that is the only anomaly she still has she is in kindergarten and very smart and very beautiful growing and learning normal thank god for a mother who prays