We have access to our Creator God 24/7, because of the cross. Before Christ, only the high priest could go into the most sacred place once a year. This holiday is still observed and is called Yam Kipper. It’s the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people.
In Christ, we can lift up our prayers and petitions to God any time, and any day. In fact, it says in Scripture that we are seated in the heavenly places with Christ! (Eph 2:6)
I remember talking about God with one of my guitar students a number of years ago. He told me he used to be a Christian. When asked, he said that he didn’t read the Bible and that he did not pray. He said prayer doesn’t work anyway.
The Missing Datebook
For about an hour I told him answered prayer after answered prayer and he then confessed that he actually had an answered prayer story too. He had been visiting his mom in Bakersfield and when he returned his datebook was missing. He called his mother who told him it wasn’t there.
For several days he looked all through his car and also through his apartment. It was lost!
His mother had a prayer group on Thursday Nights and during the meeting she called him. She told him that God had just told them his datebook was on the back seat of his car. He insisted that it couldn’t be in his car because he had thoroughly looked in his car and had even taken everything out of it. His mom said to just take another look now. He went to his car and was shocked to see his datebook in plain view on the backseat.
The Phone Call
One of my answered prayers is when I had a side business of finding housing for foreign students at a nearby college. My business partner, Melissa, called in a panic because she was scheduled to pick up a foreign student at the airport in 4 hours and all of the homestay families we knew were full. She said over the phone, ‘We are completely out of resources!”
How can you be “out of resources” when your a child of the living God? We prayed over the phone and asked God to have someone call us. Two hours later she called me back with the news that a woman had just contacted her to inquire about housing a foreign student. She was thinking of doing it in the future, but Melissa placed the student there a couple hours later!
We dedicated that business to Him and He helped us place every student. In fact, a number of them ended up becoming Christians. That’s a longer story. 🙂
We can take everything to God in prayer…. the BIG requests and the even the little requests.
Do you have a story about an answered prayer? I’d love to hear it.
PS. I’ve made a Prayer Journal that in my favorite format. There are available here: Prayer Journal
We serve a living God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus, always answers our prayers but sometimes it takes a long time for us to figure it out. I write letters to God and in so many instances God has answered my prayers. I left work and I found it difficult to survive. Jesus paid my bills every month. I recall the time when my bond got paid one month and yet the money in my account could not possibly pay that bond. How did this happen? I choose that month not to do the maths. Jesus, indeed I love You so much.Jean thank you for reminding just how awesome Jesus is. Amen
Sally, thanks for sharing your story!
I am a religious professed sister belong to the carmalite family.During final vows we were given a silver ring which is sign of our fedelity to our Lord who is our only spouse.The ring is everything for me because i made a committment to Him to remain faithful Since now it is winter my fingers have become little thin and the ring for the finger is loose.One fine day when i was cleaning the roome i had lost it .Since the ring was the remainder of my faithfulness to God, i was worried a little bit.And started to search everyway .But i had not found any where.So this is time i need to run to my beloved Lord to ask Him a help to find my lost ring .With trust and so much confidence in Him i asked for the need . i got the inspiration in the prayer to search in the dustbin.So I went and looked into the dustbin and at once i found my ring.Thanks be to God.Our God is Good and He listens to our prayer when we need Him most.
Hello Jean,
Thanks to you and Sally for those testimonies. God really answers prayers.
A foreign student went for his student permit to attend Bible College in a Caribbean country. After the interview, another officer told him, “you cannot get the permit, you will be refunded what you have already paid”.
The student phoned me and we prayed. As soon as we were done praying, the officer called him and told him ask me to come to see them at the office. A few days later they informed us that the permit was granted.
Praise God for answered prayers.
Shanthi, thanks for sharing. So glad your ring was found!
Thanks for sharing Christine. God can certainly move people’s hearts to change their decisions. Beautiful story.
God loves me so much and always reminds me that I must pray for my enemies if I am to see true results. Whenever someone is rude or mean to me, instead of complaining or repaying evil for evil, I pray for them and bless them as it says to do in the Bible. And everytime, I see a heart changed and a person become kind to me and grant me favor in a matter of days. It works! Love as a basis of prayer works! Anything you ask in His will (that we love Him and others) shall be granted to us! LOVE is the answer. Love you all, blessings, bye!
Amen Panjah! Thanks for sharing.
These experiences of answered prayer are great reminders that God does listen to us and help us by answering our prayers. I am especially encouraged by Panjah’s example of praying for people who mistreat him instead of complaining.
Thank you!
Yes, she is beautifully following the pattern of blessing your enemies. I will never forget the story I heard from a pastor from India. One of his friends, another pastor, had the horrible experience of being forced to watch as some angry Muslims abused his wife.
In the marketplace whenever he saw one of these men he would say ‘God bless you brother’. Down the road they eventually converted to Christianity! He actually babtised them! In the world, this would have never happened.
Thank my Father GOD,lacked job and after prayers God gave me A word .HE WILL BACK WHATSOEVER WILL DO.After the job my senior frustrated me, weeks time was sacked was promoted.Later my collegue conspired wuth a junior the lady was sacked too.She visiteed a witch doctor but the same day sacked.Desire to live for GOD.