When God Answers the Unanswerable Prayer - Encouragement for Today - March 3, 2020

Peace and perspective from God's timeless truths. [View this email in your browser]( Encouragement for Today --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tracie Miles]March 3, 2020 When God Answers the Unanswerable Prayer [TRACIE MILES]( “You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.” [Psalm 77:14]( (NIV) When a marriage fails and a divorce occurs, problems erupt from every angle. Hearts are broken. Emotions are all over the map. Self-worth and confidence plummet. Fears take root about what the future will look like, how the children will cope, being alone, etc. But one of the most common problems women struggle with when facing separation and divorce is the fear of financial instability. Constant, daily worrying about how they will survive all alone as an independent single woman — and possibly as a single mom as well. When my husband left over four years ago, despite all the ways my heart was breaking, one of the biggest obstacles to my faith and my happiness was worrying about money. Finances were a struggle. Day after day, month after month, I would lose sleep over how to pay the bills. I would fret about how long we would have a roof over our heads. I would spend countless hours on the computer desperately searching for work to support my family. I would pray fervently every day for God to miraculously provide for me and my children. Although my heart wanted to trust He would, the scary reality of our financial hardships would all too often snuff out that trust and fill me with fear and anxiety. Every seemingly unanswered prayer request — laced with tears and repetitive requests of my needs, big and small — personified my fears that God wasn’t hearing my prayers and pleas. I certainly didn’t have the power to change anything, no matter how hard I tried. The longer time passed and prayers went unanswered, I began to feel those problems were just impossible for even God to fix. I secretly resolved to believe some of my prayer requests were simply unanswerable. Until they were answered. Each and every act of provision began serving as a beacon, blasting light and hope into what seemed like so many dark, hopeless situations. Month after month, I began to witness God working miracles in my life. Some were small miracles meeting tangible and intangible needs while others were bigger miracles — shocking answers to prayers I had been praying for years — which could not be explained with human rationale. Today’s key verse reminds us how God is a God of miracles who delights in answering the prayers of His people as He sees fit and in His timing: “You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples” ([Psalm 77:14](. In this verse, the psalmist refers to all the miraculous works God had performed for the people of Israel time and time again. In countless situations, God had proven His faithfulness to His people by rescuing them from trouble and answering their prayers in miraculous ways. This verse compels us to not only remember God is a God of miracles but also to let that truth crush our doubts of God’s miraculous abilities and faithfulness in our lives. [Continue reading...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Subscription Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( --------------------------------------------------------------- © 2020 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Encouragement for Today. [Link](