Answers to Prayers

It has been said God has three possible answers to our prayers:

YES!

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7)

NOT YET.

"Be still and know that I am God..." (Psalm 46:10)

I HAVE SOMETHING BETTER...

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)

      As a child, remember that you could almost ask anything from your parents and they would do their best to grant your request?  We can have this same confidence when we approach God, our Father, with our prayers: "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us -- whatever we ask -- we know that we have what we asked of Him." (1 John 5:14)

      Charles Stanley, senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries, discusses more about this in "The Key to Answered Prayer"

      Whatever God's answer is to our prayers, underlying each and every answer is the silent promise, “I am here.”  Our Heavenly Father enjoys giving to us because He loves us and wants us to experience intimacy with Him — the best gift we can ever have.

~Florent Flora

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Sharing time: Pastor Joby Soriano from Christ's Commission Fellowship testifies of God's extreme faithfulness in his life and tells of his touching story on how God answered his prayer in this video:

Experience Intimacy With God by Pastor Joby Soriano, February 12, 2012