How do you know when God is answering you?

[namommy]

This question was posed to me on another thread, by Raerae

I may be new to being born again, but I am not new to praying and meditating and talking with God.

My most recent prayer. I asked God to make my husband understand that we NEED to move. We can no longer afford it here. I asked God to make him understand it by whatever means he needed to use. The next morning my landlord knocked on the door and told us he was evicting us. God did for me what I wasn't able to do myself.

Another prayer, recently. I got feared up about how we are going to come up with the money, and I wanted to have it ALL, NOW, so I could feel comfortable knowing we would have it when it's time to move in. The next day, this 'feeling' came over me, and I had to chuckle at how well God knows me. He knows that money burns right through my pockets, and he's not going to put that money in my hands until the last minute, when I absolutely need it, so I can't spend it. When I realized this, a sense of peace and knowing washed over me.

There are many ways that I hear God's answers to my prayers. Sometimes I hear something on the radio. Maybe a song I've heard a thousand times, but for some reason I am just realizing what the lyrics are saying for the first time.

Sometimes, someone says something on TV. Or, in a meeting. Something that I've been praying about.

It happens in many ways.

ONCE, and only ONCE, I actually heard a voice. I had spent a week crying about my situation. I went to church, I prayed, I went to a christian recovery meeting, and someone pointed something out to me. That night While I was praying I ACTUALLY heard a voice. Very clear, very loud, say "It's going to be OK". It startled me at first. Then I realized who it was and why it was being said. I cried like a baby that night, but for a different reason.

Hopefully others will share their experience on this thread with you as well.

God Bless you all
Laurie

[Barbara52]

I find God talks to me in a wide number of ways. Like you mentioned it can be a song that comes on the radio at just the opportune moment, it can be when a particular choice becomes easier because roadblocks are removed. I can be the feeling of peace that comes over me when I do something or say something. Sometimes its a passage in the Bible that jumps out at me and is particularly relevant to what I've been pondering.

I think part of what happens to those who say God doesn't respond to their prayers is that they don't konw how to listen or perhaps aren't getting the answer they want.

[Astro]

Originally Posted by Barbara52

I think part of what happens to those who say God doesn't respond to their prayers is that they don't konw how to listen or perhaps aren't getting the answer they want.

God always gives me what I need, although it's usually not what my alcoholic mentality wanted. The most important thing I learned about prayer is that God always answers me. Sometimes the answer is "yes", sometimes it's "no", most of the time it's "let me show you something better". This has helped me recently-

http://www.aabibliography.com/howtolistengod.htm

[caileesnana]

Once when I was at one of my most depressed months, I was on the way to church. ON the radio played back to back were my Grandmothers 3 favortie hymns...
The Old Rugged Cross, What a Friend, and Amazing Grace. I knew where it came from!
susan

[raerae6]

thanks for this thread Namommy! it is interesting to hear what people have to say.

I can't necessarily say I am a Christian-I kind of go back and forth about my beliefs. I do believe in a God of some sort most of the time, but sometimes I wonder what role he/she/it plays in our lives.

It seems like for me if I pray about something, then it somehow turns out ok, maybe not the way i wanted, but not SO badly, either.

Sometimes I have kind of heard a voice in my head when I was really upset about something-I don't know if it is God or just my own thoughts talking to me...that inner voice that kind of warns me of things or tells me what to do.

Some of the things described here sound like synchronicity-maybe that is how God talks?

[Joi]

I have dreams and hear Him speaking to me, but He is always behind me, so that I can only hear Him.

[raerae6]

I just thought of a time when the voice was real strong. When my exabf was in jail, I was coming home from work one day and as I was approaching the bookstore something told me to go and buy the book "codependent no more". I stopped and bought it and it changed my life. It really did! I had just kind of heard about it somewhere. I didn't even really know what it was about. But I had this overwhelming urge to buy it. Where do God and intuition intersect? I guess I am wondering how do you know it's God? I guess you could call it a "higher power"? I guess that voice, intuition and synchronicity is the same thing as God?! I think i am having a revelation here...!!

[splendra]

I feel very fortunate to have a very strong relationship with the Lord. He shows up in other people, nature, beauty and, my thoughts.

He knows what I am going to pray before I do I am amazed at how God gives me what I want and how eager he is to give it. He lets me choose my lessons.

One of my favorite things to pray and meditate about is freely choosing His will. In asking for His will I have found that my ego does not like the way it looks my ego is a real trickster when it comes to His will and will do whatever it takes to try and bend me. There is a real strong pull in both directions.

God has my back when I choose my will though and He can use me anytime even when I am choosing my will. That reminds me of a song I heard in church called "Who Had my back When I was on Crack". I wanna trust in the Lord with everything I have cause I know I wanna be with Him...

[namommy]

I really could use to hear one of God's answers right now. The apartment complex we were accepted into last week changed their minds and informed us today that we are now NOT accepted.

We have 3 weeks to find a place to live. I wish God would let me know where it is he wants me. I can always figure out what it is he wants me to do there once I get there. But right now, I just need to know where his plan is leading me. Where am I supposed to be?

This is one of those times when you just have to have faith that you are not going to KNOW God's answer, you just have to trust that it will come.

I'm struggling. I need to pray. ALOT!!!

Please help me with my prayers.

God Bless.

[splendra]

I wonder ((((NAMOMMY)))) are you looking in the right place? Have you ever thought of moving out of your town? Even to a town near by? I wonder if there is an opportunity that you are completely over looking? God wants the very very best for you He is excellent look for what is excellent...

[raerae6]

Namommy, I bet you will find something. I have moved so many times and sometimes i didn't find a place until almost a week before. it's awfully stressful, prayers to you.

[namommy]

I'm exhausted. I think God is trying to tell me to rest at the moment. I haven't been feeling well the past 2 days. just really exhausted.

[lostmdboy]

I try to not prey for specific things, just "Thy will be done"