How Does God Really Work?

When a "seeming coincidence" happens - we can call it chance - or we can look for the hand of God. Author SQuire Rushnell calls these events "God winks!"

Listen to these stories of "God Winks" -

the story of Stasia Kelly

the story of Diane Lane

Read this excerpt from the book "When God Winks"


You can find more stories of God at work in amazing ways at this website - god-incidence.com.


Why are prayers sometimes not answered to our satisfaction. Scripture records a number of possible reasons for what appears to be unanswered prayer:

1 - Issues of timing. Read Luke 1:5-17 - Zechariah and Elizabeth had prayed many years for a son, but with no apparent answer. But it was simply an issue of timing!

2 - Holding on to sin or unforgiveness within.

If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, my Lord would not have listened. (Psalm 66:18)

When you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too. (Mark 11:25)

3 - Failing to be persistent in prayer. In Luke 11:5-10, Jesus teaches about the importance of persistence.

4 - Disordered relationship in our marriages. At least for men, the way we treat our wives may be connected to the power of answered prayer (see 1 Peter 3:7).

5 - Doubt. James 1:6-8 reminds us that doubt can be a hindrance to seeing the power of answered prayer.

6 - Wrong motives.

Even when you do ask, you don't get it because your whole motive is wrong--you want only what will give you pleasure. (James 4:3)

7 - How we treat the poor.

Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need. (Proverbs 21:13)

Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing. But a curse will come upon those who close their eyes to poverty. (Proverbs 28:27)