Praise God for Answered Prayer
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Originally written by Charles H. Spurgeon, published in “Mornings & Evenings,” entry for October 30th, AM.
Updated to modern English by Darren Hewer, 2008.
“I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart” Psalm 9:1
Praise should always follow answered prayer, just like the mist of earth’s gratitude rises when the sun of heaven’s love warms the ground. Has the Lord been gracious to you, and heard your voice as your earnestly pray? Then praise Him as long as you live! Don’t deny a song to Him who has answered your prayer and given you the desire of your heart.
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To be silent over God’s mercies is to incur the guilt of ingratitude. It is to act as ungratefully as the nine lepers. After they were cured of their leprosy, they did not even bother to return to give thanks to the Lord who healed them. (Luke 17:11-19)
To forget to praise God is to refuse to benefit ourselves. Praise, like prayer, is one great means of growing our spiritual life. It helps to remove our burdens, to excite our hope, and to increase our faith. It is a healthy and invigorating exercise which quickens the pulse of the believer, and nerves us for fresh enterprises in our Master’s service.
To bless God for His mercy is also a way to benefit our fellow brothers and sisters: “My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.” (Psalm 34:2) Others who have been in similar circumstances will take comfort if we say, “Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:3-4) Weak hearts will be strengthened, and weak souls will be revived as they listen to our “songs of deliverance.” Their doubts and fears will be assuaged, as we teach and encourage one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Then they too will “sing in the ways of the Lord” when they hear us praising His holy name.
Praise is the most heavenly of Christian duties. The angels do not pray, but they never cease to praise both day and night. And we the redeemed, clothed in white robes, with palm-branches in our hands, should never grow tired of singing the new song, “Worthy is the Lamb.”
Question: Has your prayer been answered lately? Please share it with us, or a story about how God has answered your prayer in the past.
About this Author: Charles Spurgeon
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I am so happy to read these messages. It is so often that you hear of people asking God to answer their prayers but so rare to hear thank you to Him! These stories and praise to God touch my heart deeply. I am so thankful to the Lord, Jesus Christ for walking with me through the journey of life with strength and support. I thank God for hearing and answering my prayers. I am so blessed. We are all SO blessed to have Him in our hearts and souls. I prayed to Him just once recently (within the last year) about something in my heart and let it go, knowing that I could trust everything that is in his gracious hands. I have not worried since about this matter no do I need to. I trust the Lord and He has taken my worry away! Thank You Lord, God Almighty! In Jesus sweet and loving name, Amen!
I just want to thank the almighty, Lord, God, Jesus Christ for all the thing that he has done in my life. Without him today, i am nothing.
He answers my prayer, he shows me the way and lead me into the right direction. He help me to overcome my trials and tribulation. Oh how i magnify his name today, I have so many things to thank him for. My word of encouragement today for you people is to keep praying, believing and trust in him to the fullest an you may see that all things are possible through Jesus Christ. Amen!
What a beautiful prayer of praise, of Joy! Thank you so much!
Jayne, I give thanks and praise to the Lord for His healing work in Your life and for touching You with His miraculous hand of lovingkindness! May you continue to worship Him in health and wellness for many years to come!
Julz, thank you for sharing your wonderful faith as you journeyed through a tremendously difficult year and season. It is so much more helpful to give thanks and place our trust in God’s faithfulness than to ask why in the face of trouble, isn’t it?
amy, congratulations on the sale of your invention! I stand in agreement with you in praying that this be the beginning of a wonderful career for you! In Christ Jesus’ holy and precious Name. Amen!
i have my first client for my produt after 8…months and they are willing to buyout my invention. im thankful to god for this because they are the first of MANY cients. praise god for his help and favor!
I thank God Almighty that he gave me strength thru the ordeals i went thru last year. I thank Him for the courage he gave and letting his Son Jesus Christ to walk with me. I thank Him that now i am relieved from the anxiety that i was filling because He pour the Holy Spirit in My heart and my Family.
I thank you Lord God forever and ever. Amen
I have been feeling pain at the upper side of my umbelical cored. We had a three revival at our church and I must confess I trusted the Lord for my healing. Indeed He has done it. I longer feel the pain. I’m so much grateful to Him. Father I thank You. Please put your trust in Him.
Praise and honor and glory to you, Father God and the Intecessor at Your Right Hand.
The miracles you perform shows your mercy, forgiveness, and faithful love of me and those for whom I have prayed. Thank you, Father Almighty, for the love and answers you give us all, we praise you for your mercy, power and honor.
even though we don’t see answered prayer all the time we should know that God is always working on our behalf, i see answered prayer sometimes, it is tough not always eeing it but i know his working on my behalf, he has three answers, one is wait, or not yet number two is yes and lastly is no
Dear Lord God, thank You so much for having heard my prayers and petitions and for the answers. Thank You so much for showing me the answers to some questions i had in my life that constantly kept me struggling in my faith.
God is never too early nor too late. What an amazing thought to remember as we pray and then celebrate his answers to our prayers!
Thank You God for hearing my prayers – I wasnt late in the end!
Thank You Jesus for all the blessings which I have received recently. Things have cleared up for the better
Dear Lord God and Lord Jesus, thank You so much for hearing and answering my prayers!! :D
God has restored my health and has freed me from alcohol
And nicotine addictions. Praise the Lord
God also healed my four year old son from a serious
Stapf infection. He is 100 percent cured.
What wonderful gifts from my creator. Jesus is real and
Ready to help us when he’s called upon. Thank you god, thank you
Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Keep the faith
An answered prayer came to my wife about 2 months ago. She was being assessed for ovarian cancer as large complex cysts were growing rapidly, very painful for my wife and the Doctor’s were showing concern.
While sleeping, my wife woke up to a shadowy hand leaving her face as if it had caressed her cheek. She thought it was me, however, I was asleep as well.
Funny thing, the next day the pain was gone and at her next Doctor visit, the cysts no longer showed up in the ultrasound scan. What a blessing and she continues with that blessing of no pain and no cysts.
Thank you letting me share this answered prayer and “Praise God”!
-Gary