Guideposts Classics: Ruth Hussey on Answered Prayer
By Ruth Hussey3 min read
In this story from April 1953, Academy Award-nominated actress Ruth Hussey shares how a prayer helped her portray a role she found daunting: the Virgin Mary.
True Stories of Answered Prayers
Stories of answered prayers can strengthen our faith and offer hope and reassurance. While we don’t know what causes God to answer prayer, we strive to pray from a place of authenticity and humility. When you are in a challenging moment, remember answered prayers in your own lives and the lives of those around you.
Rebekah of the Bible: An Answered Prayer for Success
By Rick Hamlin3 min read
A surprise encounter offers insights for how to pray for a good day.
Sarah of the Bible: When God Makes You Laugh
By Rick Hamlin2 min read
Sarah of the Bible and her answered prayer from God
An Answered Prayer at a Mother’s Death
By Rick Hamlin3 min read
How an elderly mother got the kind of passing that she and her family prayed for.
4 Questions to Ask If Your Prayers Aren’t Answered
By Bob Hostetler3 min read
Here are some Biblical examples of why a prayer may not always get the response you expect.
Following Her Son’s Stroke, Could She ‘Let Go and Let God’?
By Amy Roost9 min read
Prayer, and a new-found faith, helped her through her son’s long recovery.
How God Answers Desperate Prayers
By Bob Hostetler3 min read
Desperation can lead to an answered prayer.
The Hummingbird That Led Her to Pray
By Michele Smith Walsky2 min read
Michele’s teenage daughter was a natural doubter—until a tiny bird found its way into the family’s garage.
An Answered Prayer for the Perfect Home
By Linda Loegel2 min read
Finding the perfect home was becoming difficult until she turned over her wish list to God.
How ‘Unanswered’ Prayers Draw Us Closer to God
By Bob Hostetler2 min read
Why unanswered prayers can be ok.
Meet the Real People Behind the Movie ‘Breakthrough’
In our exclusive video, Joyce Smith and her son John recall the day that John was pronounced clinically dead after falling through the ice on a frozen lake, only to be brought back by the power of prayer.
What Prayer Can Do: Buiding Up
Rick Hamlin shares a story about the power of prayer.
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