Most of us have heard that all prayers are answered. We are told that God either says “Yes” or “No.” What if the answer is “Yes”? What if the answer is “No” – how can we deal with it? How can we tell whether we received an answer, either way?

When God Says “Yes”

When God answers our prayer, we seem to have no trouble at all realizing it has been answered. Sometimes, we just go merrily on our way, serene in the knowledge that we got what we wanted. Often, we forget to even say “Thank you.” But we are bathed in the glow of a favor received.

How to Deal with God’s “No”

When God says “No,” things are different. Depending on what we prayed for, we might be angry. We might be frustrated. We might be terrified, worrying about how to deal with our problem. We might not even be sure that the answer is “No.” We might think that perhaps it is just taking a while for God to say “Yes.”

No matter. Prayer soothes the soul. When we are praying, we feel we are doing something, anything, to help the situation. It changes our mood from helpless to hopeful. Even if the outcome is not what we prayed for, at least we felt uplifted for a few moments. Sometimes, in those moments, other answers, other insights, come to us.

Even if we are not happy with the answer, looking back, we can usually see the times when it was the right answer. When God says “No,” it often has a marvelously unexpected result.

How do we know God has Answered Our Prayer?

Sometimes, we many never know whether our prayer was answered. If we didn’t get what we wanted, perhaps we were helped by the grace to move onward and get past the obstacle.

The point, is, then, to just turn our hearts and minds away from the problem for a while, through prayer, so that God ‘s answers may come. When we are too worried, we often block our minds from seeing the answers that are already there.

Continue to pray, either way, it is in this way that prayer will help you to go on with your life.  Prayer offers you incredible hope. If there is an absence of hope, despair will set in. It can happen to anyone.  But with prayer, you can move on with hopeful anticipation that at any moment God will answer your prayers!  Sometimes God may surprise you and answer your prayer in ways much better than you could have ever asked for or thought of! So don’t quit praying!  Some of your biggest blessing are contingent upon you praying!  Don’t get frustrated with prayer even if it seems like things are either not working, confusing, or results are  not what you wanted, because either way, Your prayers matter to God and He will do what is best for you at just the right time  to answer your prayers  ! Only  believe and Trust Him, and You will receive God’s answers to your prayers!

Did you quit praying because you didn’t like the results? Want to start again? If so, join us in this simple prayer;

Dear Jesus, Thank you for opening my eyes to the magic and wonder of  God’s way of dealing with the prayers that I pray! I am sorry for my sins, and for getting angry or doubting God answering my prayers.
Please forgive me. I invite you to come into my life and my circumstances and help me learn the right prayers to pray for the situations that I find myself in. I invite you to become my personal Lord and Savior! Thank you!

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