Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 11, 2010
EXPLAINING GOD'S ANSWERS TO PRAYERS
During the reign of Abdullah the Third, there was a great drought in Baghdad. The Muslim doctors issued a decree that the prayers of the faithful should be offered up for rain; the drought continued.
The Jews were then permitted to add their prayers;
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 25, 2002
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AN ANSWERED PRAYER
John Maxwell writes in his book, Partners in Prayer;
"In the summer of 1876, grasshoppers nearly destroyed the crops in Minnesota. SO in the spring of 1877, farmers were worried. They believed that the dreadful plague would once again visit them and again destroy the rich
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"My friend, do you think that God is asleep?
Do you feel that He has gone to bed when you pray, and you cannot get Him up?
Do you believe that He does not want to answer your prayers?
God does want to answer your prayers and He will.
That is what this parable is saying. You do not have
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 5, 2010
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God’s Unexpected Answer to Prayer Protects from Bomb
But God provides in a variety of ways. A Messianic Jewish brother relates:
"I was part of a singing group once that was scheduled to do a series of "peace" concerts in war-torn Northern Ireland. As Jews, we went with the message that Catholics
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Mar 26, 2004
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We can be assured that God answers every prayer in a merciful manner. The answer comes in one of four ways: No, Slow, Grow, Go. Your daughter asks you if she can have some candy. You might say “No” because there is a reason you do not want her to have the candy. A “Slow” may be the response to
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Contributed by Dave Clark on Dec 10, 2012
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TREAT EACH OTHER LIKE THE ANSWER TO A PRAYER
I can still see one of the great provokers in my life. I met her on a work trip to Kentucky. Our youth group was working on a woman’s house, but it wasn’t very much fun. We hated where we were. Porches and front yards littered with old cars, sofas
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Contributed by Richard Francis on Jun 22, 2007
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Their prayers were answered, the room shock for starters that would liven up most prayer meetings! Prayer will open the door...THEY WERE ASTONISHED. ACTS 12:16Peter had been arrested and was locked up in jail for the next few days before being executed. Sixteen soldiers were assigned to guard him.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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PRAYERS ANSWERED
I have had prayers answered--most strangely so sometimes--but I think our heavenly Father’s loving-kindness has been even more evident
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Contributed by Chris Hodges on Jul 27, 2003
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An unknown confederate soldier wrote:
I asked God for strength that I might achieve
I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey
I asked for health that I might do greater things
I was given infirmity that I might do better things
I asked for riches that I might be happy
I was given poverty
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
"STRANGE YET SUFFICIENT" ANSWERED PRAYER
James Gilmour, a missionary to Mongolia, was once asked to treat some wounded soldiers. Although he was not a doctor, he did have some knowledge of first aid, so he felt he could not refuse the request. He dressed the wounds of two of the men, but a
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Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 23, 2022
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Recently, the Lord moved me from Arkansas to Louisiana. I was so happy to leave Arkansas and be released from it – it had felt like an overgrown prison to me.
As I drove south on the interstate, I was thanking and praising God for a new start in a new place when He impressed upon me that I could
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Charismatic
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 3, 2002
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“Answered Prayer—With Cattle”
Shortly after Dallas Theological Seminary was founded in 1924, it almost came to the point of bankruptcy. All the creditors were going to foreclose at noon on a particular day. That morning they met in the president’s office for prayer that God would provide. In
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Nov 15, 2010
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BONNIE LAUGHLIN'S ANSWERED PRAYER
Psalms 27:13 says, “I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”
One sacrifice made by Bonnie K. Laughlin was the Christian homeschooling of her son, Caleb Laughlin. Bonnie saw that Caleb needed to develop his
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 20, 2002
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[No Answer]
A man in Dundee, Sctoland, was confined to bed for forty years, having broken his neck in a fall at age fifteen.
But his spirit remained unbroken, and his cheer and courage so inspired people that he enjoyed a constant stream of guests.
One day a visitor asked him, “Doesn’t Satan ever
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 8, 2010
Jesus’ love is not a pampering love; it is a perfecting love. It is not a love motivated by man’s will, but by the Father’s plan.
Why did Jesus delay going to Bethany? Why does He ever seem to delay in answering any prayer? Why does He seem to delay His coming on the clouds of
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Orthodox