When Has God Answered Your Prayers?

[breezy1077]

These are the most amazing stories and exactly what I was looking for!

 

[Tuffcookie]

Many, many times but this is the one I am going to share:

MY mom was 83 and a cancer patient. In Jan of 2006 my sister and I made room in our schedules to take mom to the family reunion in AL in October of that year. Mom was first diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 2000.

In July 2006 I finally convinced mom to move in with me. She had her own home and was very independent but I worried about her and wanted her with me.

The next month, (August 2006) we discovered the cancer had spread to her mouth. From what I learned, when you have oral cancer it moves very fast.

I prayed so hard that God would allow us to continue with our plans to go to the family reunion. Thankfully, he allowed us to go and for mom to have that final time with family and friends. It was like she was holding on for that trip.

The next month, on Thanksgiving morning, mom started having seizures. From the hospital she went to hospice. She died Dec. 6th, 2006.

I am so grateful God allowed us to make the trip!

TC

 

[annakris1973]

My most profound experiencewas 6 years ago. My DS and I were in a terrible car accident. He was 2 at the time and in still in a car seat. A truck pulled out in front of us and i swerved to miss him and lost control of my DH's old pickup. It rolled side over side at least 3 times. I asked God to please give me all the hurt and injury and take it from my son...to keep him safe. Even though the truck was crushed on both sides, my son didn't have a scratch on him. I, on the other hand had a dislocated shoulder, torn rotator cuff, concussion, hematomas to the thigh and forehead, and multiple bruises and cuts.


Most recently, my 25y/o BiL was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had his testicle removed, and after he recovered had a chest, abdomen and pelvic CT scan. They found a 2cm mass in a lymph node in his abdomen. He was on multiple prayer chains, and I specifically prayed for him daily...not that he would be miraculosly cancer free, but for God to take care of him and give him and his new wife strength and peace. When he went for a in depth full body scan a couple weeks later (and before any treatment) the mass in his abdomen was gone.


So yes....I absolutely believe in the power of prayer.

 

[Karibeth19]

I was diagnosed three years ago with thyroid problems after having severe hypothyroid symptoms. The symptoms subsided, and I had felt fine until last December. I started having very mild symptoms again, and I went to my new general practioner and told her what was going on. She tested my blood levels, which were normal, so she ordered an ultrasound and iodine uptake scan. Those came back with evidence of small nodules in my thyroid. My GP decided that I needed to have radioactive iodine therapy to "kill off" my thyroid. I really didn't think such a drastic measure was necessary, but I was too much of a good girl to question her. She's the doctor, right? So, I worried and fretted for days about having the procedure, and read way too many horror stories on the internet. The morning of the procedure, I was terrified. I sat on my bed and prayed and asked God to help me through it, and looked through the Bible to find Scripture that would give me strength. At that moment, the phone rang. It was the hospital calling to say they cancelled my procedure! The radiologist had studied my chart and didn't think my test results were bad enough to require such a drastic measure. I burst into tears and begain praising God for the radiologist who made the decision I was too afraid to make. I immediately asked for a referral to an endocrinologist who knows better what to do with my condition. God stepped in and took care of me that day, and I feel so blessed by that.

Of course, my most favorite answered prayer was after a traumatic break-up in college. I prayed that someday I would meet a man who would love me me more than anything and would treat me like I deserved to be treated. I asked to meet my soul mate. Two weeks later, I met my DH! We were just friends for a couple of months, and even though I knew he liked me, I wasn't sure I wanted to date him, much less did I think he was my soul mate. One day, however, we were watching TV, and I looked at him and suddenly heard a voice (not mine!) in my head saying, "This is the man you're going to marry." I kept hearing it over and over again, and the feeling was so powerful, I had to leave the room! A few weeks later, I let him kiss me, we "officially" started dating soon after that, married two years later, and next week we celebrate our 15th anniversary. God not only answered my prayer, but blessed me with the best husband a girl could ever hope for.

 

[Carl]

My mother's heart stopped in 2003 and the paramedics were able to get it started again. She had a stint put in and then in 2004 she had a triple bypass. She is still going strong and she is 91. This is a real answer to prayers. There are many times I feel that God has blessed me.

 

[Robinrs]

So many times I cannot tell you!!!

My most important prayer is in school right now! I lost my first son 22 years ago and people wanted to know why I wasn't ANGRY at God...

I told them that my son has the BEST babysitter EVER!

7 years later I thought I was pregnant again. FIVE doctors told me I wasn't. They finally gave me a positive test in my FOURTH MONTH!!

I was THRILLED and SCARED. God told me in the clearest voice that this one would live... in fact He told me that he would bury ME!

I didn't worry my whole pregnancy. I knew this one was SPECIAL!!

When I went into labor everyone was on alert. My first son died of meconium aspiration and they were prepared in case this one had the same problem. And he did.

Only THIS time my son made it. They revived him in the birthing room right before my eyes. I remember his skin going from yellow to pink.. proving the oxygen had made it to his blood...

They handed him to me and he gave me the most UNBELIEVABLE SMILE!! Yes, a newborn with the biggest, gummiest smile you could imagine!! He not only smiled but his head went to side and his eyes just LIT up! The nurse said, "talk to him, he recognizes your voice".... It was the happiest day of my life...

To this day he will stop what he's doing and give me that smile... ... he is such a sweet child, and at 15 that says a LOT!! He is my true answer to the biggest prayer I've ever prayed.

 

[sweetandsassyfl]

I love these stories.

When my mother first got diagnosed with cancer and was given six months to live, I prayed she might live longer so that all of her grandchildren would remember her. My twin nieces (my mom's youngest grandkids) were just 7 months old when she was diagnosed. My mother ended up living over six more years, she died a week before my nieces turned seven. While they are young, I know they will have many memories of their Grammy they wouldn't have had if she had died when they first told us she would.

Later, I prayed my mother would die, so that her suffering would end. And she did. But as I sat at her bedside at the very end, I was suddenly filled with the usual doubts, supposed this was it? Suppose she had nothing left after this life? I wanted so much for her to be reunited with my father who had died 35 years earlier, I wanted, needed, to believe they would be together again very soon. The next morning my brother told me that as he lay in bed trying to fall asleep the night before, he saw shadows that looked very much like two people dancing, sort of twirling around, as if they were hugging. I took that as a good sign that my parents had been reunited!

A month after my mom died, I went to see a medium. Not some weird, scary Madame Leota type, this woman is a Christian. The first thing she told me was "when your mom got to heaven, she and your dad danced together, they were so happy to see each other". She told me she had a vision of two people, twirling around, hugging each other. I guess those shadows my brother saw were indeed the images of my parents dancing together after a 35 year separation. It gave me great comfort and made me feel that God had answered my prayer to give me and my brother some sort of sign that our parents were together again.

I don't know why but this is the story that gave me chills.

 

[live4christp1]

Everyday!

Sometimes He says yes: (many, many stories but here is just one) In 1997 my dad's aorta ruptured and he was given a 20% chance to recover. I'm a daddy's girl and it was very hard for me to hear. I was so struggling that I couldn't even pray, just cry. DH prayed that God would heal him and if He didn't heal him that He would help us accept the outcome. Dad came home about 5 weeks later and is still going good at 78.

Sometimes He says no: we prayed for our dear friends and their newborn baby this year, that she would be healed. She is in His arms now.

Sometimes He says wait: I've been praying for DH and direction in his life for several years. He's still not sure what God wants him to do.

I do believe that even when we ask God to heal someone and He chooses instead to take them home with Him, that He did indeed heal them. He just chose to heal them eternally so that they never have to suffer again.

Although I don't always get the answer I want and I don't always understand the reason why etc. I do believe this verse holds so much truth. Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called accroding to His purpose.

 

[KirstenB]

Our younger dd, Zoe was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder last summer at the age of 20 months. It was devastating. I literally had to make myself go to church and would sit there and sob quietly, wondering why this had happened to such a beautiful little girl. The whole time, I prayed that God would help her, and kept thanking Him for our many blessings.

She's really come a long way this year. She's still different than other children her age, her speech is delayed, etc. But she has become more affectionate, and has recently started to laugh at things. She's gradually coming out of a fog, is the only way I can describe it. She also has some quirky mannerisms, that can be kind of funny, so she makes us laugh. I really don't have any idea what her future holds, but she's done much better than I would have guessed a year ago.

 

[breezy1077]

I think I need to keep a few kleenex's close to the computer - very inspirational stories!

 

[Amy&Dan]

I don't know why but this is the story that gave me chills.

It gives me chills too. When my brother first told me I was sort of wondering if it was just him wishing very strongly that what he had seen was real. When I went to the medium and she told me about how my parents had danced, I about passed out.

She told me many other things and said that my mother was a very strong presence and really wanted these things to be told. My mother lost her husband when we kids were all very young. She had a strong sense til the day she died of needing to take care of her kids (even though we are all in our 40's and 50's). I think she really got in this woman's head and heart as one last way to let me know she is always there for me and my family. I value that very much, my prayers were answered.

And I really do believe those shadows my brother saw were as real as the nose on my face!

I am really enjoying each of these stories, I can't post responses because all of them are making me laugh and cry at the same time! Thanks so much for sharing, I hope they keep coming. Maybe it will give some people some comfort and reason to never stop hoping and praying.

 

[NY Disney fan]

They handed him to me and he gave me the most UNBELIEVABLE SMILE!! Yes, a newborn with the biggest, gummiest smile you could imagine!! He not only smiled but his head went to side and his eyes just LIT up! The nurse said, "talk to him, he recognizes your voice".... It was the happiest day of my life...

 

[taylor4fam]

Dear St. Anthony, please come around
Something's been lost and can't be found.

Think he could find my keys?

Seriously, I believe God HEARS my prayers all the time. Some are answered, some are not and some he tells me to wait and trust.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Well I really did not pray to God but prayed for Our Lady of Guadalupe to interced for me. This is kind of a dumb story but I think all things happen for a reason. ONe day I was in Dollar Tree and when I came to the candle aisle there was this religious Our Lady of Guadalupe candle in the aisle. I do not know what possessed me to buy it but I did. Keep in mind I am protestant AND not all that keen on organized religion and not Hispanic. I got the candle and from time to time I would light it not really asking for anything but just for meditation purposes.

My dad had been ill with a huge variety of illnesses off and on. Finally he was in the hospital and they could not get his blood or oxygen levels to balance. He had diabetes and had had surgry on his leg the summer before but the doctor told my mom that this was pretty much the end. My dad LOVED to go to Foxwoods and it really killed me that he would not get to go there again. I prayed to OUr Lady every day and believe it or not he came home from the hospital and really kind of rallied what I had really asked was that he just be allowed to go to Foxwoods one more time. .I said that I did not even care if he did not live till Christmas but that I just wanted him to have one more happy day. Two weekends after he came home (hospital stay was two weeks and very intensive) he felt well enough to go. He really was not a gambler and used to play the penny machine. He won two thousand dollars which is so unlikely! This was November. In December he needed surgery on his other leg and so they did it before Christmas. He was doing fine but then took a turn for the worst and had a heart attack. Within ten days he passed away on Dec 30. I prayed to her as he was in a coma and begged that he rally again and maybe it was my imagination but I heard "you got what you asked for you cannot be selfish and ask for more." As hard as it was to let my dad go, I really felt okay with it because he had had his ONE more day of happiness and enjoyment.

My mom took the money he won and on my birthday she bought me a bracelet and a ring from him to remember him by . She did this for my sister too. I now wear Our Lady of Guadalupe on a bracelet all the time and I have since purchased and continue to light the candles not for any special reason but sometimes just to say thank you.

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

I know God answered my prayers when it was obvious that my mom was not going to recover in the ICU the weekend of April 19-21. I prayed that she pass quickly and she did. God is good!

 

[Buckalew11]

All my stories are quite trivial--no miraculous cures, no baby stories, no life and death situations...

God has answered so many of my prayers. Everything from yes, no, wait, maybe, proceed, stop etc.

I often pray to God about things that are not major in life but are , at least at that time, important to me. Sometimes I am upset, angry, sad, happy and go to Him with all those things.
Usually, almost always, I find comfort through His Word. The Bible, to me, is not only a Holy Book but also His Living Word. And it is called that for a reason. Over and over again god has spoke to me very clearly through it.

I happen to believe that having an encounter with god and experiencing Him, is the greatest thing that can happen to you while you are alive. Talking to him is great, getting answers is even greater. Sometimes that comes from His Word, sometimes through a person, sometimes you "hear" it.

While "hearing" might sound crazy, I will give you an example of what I "heard". While my dad was dying from terminal prostate cancer, I was finding it hard to accept and function in everyday life. how could I live w/o my dad? how could my DD live w/o her granddad? How could I get through a funeral? How would I ever get up and walk away from the hospital bed that he would surely die in? How could I say goodbye to the man who loved me, cared for me, taught me, was my biggest fan in this life??? How?!

As I took my concerns and worries (as selfish as they sound) to God, I was standing in my outside shower looking up in the sky asking "How?" as I was looking at His creation that surrounded me. At that moment, I "heard" this voice but not audible---"Oh death, where is thy sting?" I know, with all my heart, god was answering me with that particular scripture. I put my robe on and ran inside and pulled out my Bible and read the verse as fast as I could.

I really could not believe my eyes. I would have never come up with that particular verse on my own. At that moment, I felt all was well and that god would take my dad through this and get me through just the same. And He did.

I believe, with no doubts, that we have an Awesome God.

Thanks for this thread. it is a nice one to read!

 

[breezy1077]

It gives me chills too. When my brother first told me I was sort of wondering if it was just him wishing very strongly that what he had seen was real. When I went to the medium and she told me about how my parents had danced, I about passed out.

She told me many other things and said that my mother was a very strong presence and really wanted these things to be told. My mother lost her husband when we kids were all very young. She had a strong sense til the day she died of needing to take care of her kids (even though we are all in our 40's and 50's). I think she really got in this woman's head and heart as one last way to let me know she is always there for me and my family. I value that very much, my prayers were answered.

And I really do believe those shadows my brother saw were as real as the nose on my face!

I am really enjoying each of these stories, I can't post responses because all of them are making me laugh and cry at the same time! Thanks so much for sharing, I hope they keep coming. Maybe it will give some people some comfort and reason to never stop hoping and praying.

ITA, well said.

 

[momof1princess]

well, this isn't a life-or-death thing, but here goes:

my teenage years were an absolute, total living nightmare-parents divorced when i was 9, dad abandoned us, was the chubby girl who got picked on mercilessly EVERY day, had few clothes while others had hundreds of dollars worth, "boyfriend" who treated me like dirt on his shoe, etc.
my senior year, my few close friends deserted me, actually left a note in my locker written by the PASTOR'S DAUGHTER that they didn't want me around anymore, so i left school, went home, took a bunch of pills and ended up in the hospital. after that, i prayed to God to PLEASE send me someone who would love me, i mean really love me, forever. 3 weeks later i met my DH, we went on our first date 4 months later and got married 3 years after that. we've been together 19 years now and married for 16 and i have to say, God couldn't have sent me a better man-he makes up for the daily pain and humiliation i suffered.

 

[mariolatry]

Well, the most obvious one involves my SIL. After months of being misdiagnosed by her GP (sciatica, ruptured disc), she went to the ER in unbearable pain. They immediately sent her to the University of Michigan Medical Center. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 Non-Hodgkins' Lymphoma ( a highly aggressive form). She had metastases on her pelvis, lungs, liver, and ribs. She wasn't given very good odds, to say the least.

We activated prayer chains up and down the Midwest, online, and in Asia (everywhere we knew people!). Miracle of Miracles, she has been cancer-free for 4 years now. Her oncologist was darn surprised!

 

[rayelias]

I cannot count the times that God has done WAY more for me than I deserve.

And, FWIW, I believe God answers ALL prayers. Sometimes, the answer is "no."

"Ye have not because ye ask not." James 4:2