{"id":10411,"date":"2024-06-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=10411"},"modified":"2024-05-20T07:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:35:32","slug":"answered-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/answered-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Answered Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Colored-Blessed-Friday-Message-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Colored-Blessed-Friday-Message-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Colored-Blessed-Friday-Message-Instagram-Post-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Colored-Blessed-Friday-Message-Instagram-Post-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Colored-Blessed-Friday-Message-Instagram-Post-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Colored-Blessed-Friday-Message-Instagram-Post-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Colored-Blessed-Friday-Message-Instagram-Post.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a><\/a>Answered Prayers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Therefore, I tell you,&nbsp;whatever you ask in prayer,&nbsp;believe that you&nbsp;have received&nbsp;it, and it will be yours.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Mark 11:24<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strong faith depends on prayer. Regularly talking to God develops a close relationship and dependence on Him. I know that when I pray, God will answer in one of three ways: yes, no, or not yet. We all must wait for answers to prayer. Sometimes, the Lord gives immediate responses, but usually, the response comes in time. &nbsp;&nbsp;Without a doubt, we can have faith that the Almighty will answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When my nephew Cody died from juvenile diabetes, a friend asked me why God didn\u2019t heal him. After all, I had prayed for years for the Lord\u2019s healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGod did heal him. Just not the way I thought. Cody never has to take another shot, check his blood, or watch his carbs. God healed him completely when He called him home.\u201d&nbsp; Yes, I miss him every day, but I know we will meet again in heaven because Cody loved the Lord, and Jesus lived in his heart. Wherever I go, Cody goes with me; the love we shared never dies and lives forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lord\u2019s not a vending machine in the sky that gives us whatever we want. God knows the best answer for our lives; we might not like His response, but in the long run, we\u2019ll understand. As followers of Christ, our home lies in heaven, not on Earth. The things of this world will pass away, but our eternal home never will. God answers every prayer in the best possible way, in that we can have faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Application:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">God answers prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lord, thank You for answering our prayers in the best possible way for us. Help us accept what we don\u2019t understand and grow closer to You through our prayers. Comfort us in our pain. Strengthen us in our weakness, And in all things, let us trust You. IJNIP  Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Answered Prayers Therefore, I tell you,&nbsp;whatever you ask in prayer,&nbsp;believe that you&nbsp;have received&nbsp;it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24 Strong faith depends on prayer. Regularly talking to God develops a close relationship and dependence on Him. I know that when I pray, God will answer in one of three ways: yes, no,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/answered-prayers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Answered Prayers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10411"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10416,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10411\/revisions\/10416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}