Hi, Anonymous —
Generally, you don't know with certainty.
Nevertheless, sometimes an improbable coincidence
will happen together with a powerful
conviction that it's from the Lord.
This happened to me the other day
when I was really struggling with
something, wondering why the Lord
was not granting fervent, plaintive
prayers that I thought were pretty
much no-brainers.
I was at
a Bible study when we saw a DVD
that addressed the very question
of persevering in prayer despite
lack of any external signs of success,
together with a psalm that really
spoke to the situation I was going
through.
I took this as an encouragement from
the Lord and indeed, the next day,
the situation I was struggling with,
eased dramatically.
Eric
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