When God answers our prayers.

Have you ever experienced the power of God answering your prayers?  So many people despair of ever being answered in their troubled times, when they have kneeled before God and asked for His help.  It often seems as though God is ignoring us, doesn't it? 

But how do you truly know when God is answering your prayers?  The thing is, you may not know - at least, not right away.  We have all heard the phrase "God works in mysterious ways", and that is true; this is a saying we use to explain away the fact that God sometimes does things we least expect, and when we least expect it, and sometimes the way God answers our prayers are indeed mysterious and strange.  But be assured, God NEVER lets a prayer go unanswered.  Ever.

Here's a little story I read which illustrates very well what I am trying to say.


God and the Spider

During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island.  The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction.  Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock.  Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves.  Although safe for the moment, he realised that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be found and killed.

As he waited, he prayed: "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you.  Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close.  He thought "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one." 
Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of his cave.  As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.

"Hah", he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web.  God does have a sense of humour!"  As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another.  As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand.  To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on.  Suddenly, he realised that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no-one had entered it for quite a while.
"Lord, forgive me", prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."

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We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories that God would work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways, if we simply had the faith required to believe that it would be done.

Remember this: Whatever is happening in your life, with God, a mere spider's web can become a brick wall of protection.  Believe He is with you always and you will see His great power and love for you.

In life we all are blessed with different talents and abilities, and it is my belief that God intends for us to use those where we can to His honour and glory. It is with this in mind that I run this website.  There are so many millions of people in this world who, for whatever reason, are desperately crying for help, lost in a sea of worries and concerns, and yet unaware of the great release that can be granted by submitting their problems to God.  It is primarily to these people that I am aiming these messages, simple and short though they may be. The messages are varied in their content, but mostly are messages of hope in dark times, simple spiritual messages of guidance, inspiration and hope to all.  They are not all directly bible-related messages either, some are simple stories of faith and hope, either contributed by someone or inspired directly by God.

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