Prayers are often answered before we pray them

Often, I will pray for something and then an apparent answer to the prayer comes but I notice that that answer was set into motion before I prayed.

Many people would see that and think that it’s just a coincidence and they would have had that result even if they had not prayed. As if God is confined by our time restraints and His hands are tied until we pray and only then can He begin working. Thankfully, God has no constraints, including time.

This often happens when I pray for money. I have also heard others use this example too. They pray for money and the next day a check comes in the mail. They think that the check must have been cut and mailed way before they prayed so it’s not an answer to the prayer.

The truth is that it likely is an answer to your prayer. God started answering it before you asked. Didn’t Jesus say “your Father knows what you need before you ask him”? (Matthew 6:8b)

There is no limit on God.