How do you know it is your prayer answered by God or it just happens naturally?

[peach911]

How do you know it is your prayer answered by God or it just happens naturally?

Let us say, company layoff, believer and non believer both get laid off. Looking for job, they both find a job a few months later. During the stressful time, they both have up and downs.
Let us say, there is a rare kind of disease. There is only small chance of being cured. Say 10,000 people, 5 get healed, one is believer, and four are not. How do you know it is miracle from God?
Life goes on. There always will be a result for the things you prayed for, good or bad. How do you know it is form God?
Placebo pills do work too. Many things can be explained by science and psychology. (and there are things we cannot explain using today’s technology, but maybe able to explain in the future.)Then how do you know it is God in control?

I just do not understand.

[twistedsketch]

Unlike divine intervention, placebo effects and hypnosis wear off. And of course, those can have no bearing on getting a new job.

There's a certain "fit" to things. If the supposed answer lines up with Scripture and it takes care of the needs you prayed about, it is very reasonable to believe that God answered your prayer.

[Radagast]

The things that happen "naturally" happen because God makes them happen... all good things come from God.

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make music to our God on the harp.

He covers the sky with clouds;
he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.

He provides food for the cattle
and for the young ravens when they call. -- Psalm 147:7-9

[Elijah2]

G'day Peach,

You have asked the $64 question!

How long have you been a Christian?

When I joined the Army as a young bloke, I went to recruit training, and I learnt how to march, do parade ground drill, work with different firearms and grenades.

Now, when you join God's Army, you become a recruit. You begin recruit training, and begin to learn the basics of all basics of spiritual drill.

You learn how to march first.

Then you begin to learn about the basics of what a spiritual rifle can do.

Then you begin to learn about the basics of what an anointed grenade can do.

As you work through recruit training, you then go onto further basic training of His Plan for your life.

And as you begin to mature, then you begin to do advance spiritual training.

Now the most important thing to remember, is that our Lord Jesus Christ is our teacher, our parade ground instructor, and our weapons instructor. Now all of this comes from His Inspired Words.

So what do you need most of all, and answer between worldly science and spiritual science.

When our Lord created our world He put into place many rules and principles that are not written in His Inspired Word.

These rules and principles are those THINGS that He speaks about. Have you ever noticed the word THINGS. Well, THINGS are those "earthly and heavenly things" of the natural and supernatural realms, that our Lord had difficulty in explaining to Nicodemus.

Now it's hard for a new recruite to understand those "earthly and heavenly things". All of this will come to you later on down the track, or that is, the path.

Yes, our Lord does heal, "today, tomorrow, and forever". He may heal right now, tomorrow, next week, next year, or may be a decade later. Faith is what heals!

So don't get yourself caught up in worldly thinking of science and the things that you have been taught in the secular world.

Just open your heart up, and learn more about Him, and as you learn the "truth that you want to know" will blossom into the "truth that you will know" (John 8:32), and that "truth will set you free"!

You question cannot be answered using worldly examples.

I could share many signs and wonders of our Lord Jesus Christ, because I've experienced those THINGS. The many times He had saved my life, the many times has guided me into ALL TRUTH.

Just believe, and fight a good fight of faith, and He will show you the answers when the time comes.

A few days ago we lost one of our famous ambassdor for Australia, Stever Irwin. We could call out, "Why Lord? Why Steve?" But, we know that there is an enemy, and he comes to rob and steal.

Many healings do come, but then the enemy comes along and takes it from you. I know, because I had healing, and I didn't know that our Lord had healed, and I said one of the most simplest words that most would speak, "I can't believe it!" Next morning my healing had gone!

Love in Christ.

[sistakrista]

Excellent post, brother!
G'day Peach,

You have asked the $64 question!

How long have you been a Christian?

When I joined the Army as a young bloke, I went to recruit training, and I learnt how to march, do parade ground drill, work with different firearms and grenades.

Now, when you join God's Army, you become a recruit. You begin recruit training, and begin to learn the basics of all basics of spiritual drill.

You learn how to march first.

Then you begin to learn about the basics of what a spiritual rifle can do.

Then you begin to learn about the basics of what an anointed grenade can do.

As you work through recruit training, you then go onto further basic training of His Plan for your life.

And as you begin to mature, then you begin to do advance spiritual training.

Now the most important thing to remember, is that our Lord Jesus Christ is our teacher, our parade ground instructor, and our weapons instructor. Now all of this comes from His Inspired Words.

So what do you need most of all, and answer between worldly science and spiritual science.

When our Lord created our world He put into place many rules and principles that are not written in His Inspired Word.

These rules and principles are those THINGS that He speaks about. Have you ever noticed the word THINGS. Well, THINGS are those "earthly and heavenly things" of the natural and supernatural realms, that our Lord had difficulty in explaining to Nicodemus.

Now it's hard for a new recruite to understand those "earthly and heavenly things". All of this will come to you later on down the track, or that is, the path.

Yes, our Lord does heal, "today, tomorrow, and forever". He may heal right now, tomorrow, next week, next year, or may be a decade later. Faith is what heals!

So don't get yourself caught up in worldly thinking of science and the things that you have been taught in the secular world.

Just open your heart up, and learn more about Him, and as you learn the "truth that you want to know" will blossom into the "truth that you will know" (John 8:32), and that "truth will set you free"!

You question cannot be answered using worldly examples.

I could share many signs and wonders of our Lord Jesus Christ, because I've experienced those THINGS. The many times He had saved my life, the many times has guided me into ALL TRUTH.

Just believe, and fight a good fight of faith, and He will show you the answers when the time comes.

A few days ago we lost one of our famous ambassdor for Australia, Stever Irwin. We could call out, "Why Lord? Why Steve?" But, we know that there is an enemy, and he comes to rob and steal.

Many healings do come, but then the enemy comes along and takes it from you. I know, because I had healing, and I didn't know that our Lord had healed, and I said one of the most simplest words that most would speak, "I can't believe it!" Next morning my healing had gone!

Love in Christ.

[Hishandmaiden]

Dear peace 911,
God loves the unbeliever as much as us. Sometimes, we do not know how God operates, but as we have more and more faith in Him, we will start to see that God is everywhere in our lives. Faith is simple. Just be a child and read the Word of God and read it more than you read the science textbook and as you read the Word of God and seeks Him more, God will gradually start to speak to you more and more until you know that it is actually He who is answering your prayers and nothing ever happens by coincident. Ever.

[Catholic Wife]

The things that happen "naturally" happen because God makes them happen... all good things come from God.
Exactly!

Also, I think whether one believes that things happen naturally or because of a prayer answered by God depends on one's faith and beliefs. Someone who is a believer may say an event was an answered prayer, while someone who isn't a believer may say that an event such as the job scenario was due to their own talents instead of divine intervention.