Has anyone ever had a knowing before it happened? Details please.

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know1

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Has anyone ever said something to someone else that you knew would come to pass or happen, without any doubt in your heart, and it did? Something that defied the norm?
Has anyone ever had someone else tell or warn you of something before came to pass?
Has anyone ever acted on a knowing before there were any outward signs, and it came to pass?
If so, please give the details of the event.
This can be for a good or bad event.
For example, when I was a boy, I had a hard time with getting stuck with needles. I would get sick to my stomach, but as far as I can remember, I never hurled. One day when I was in 6th grade, I wanted to get sick so I could go home for the day. The weird thing was, I got what I wanted, even though I never voiced it to anyone. I got so sick that I was going from both ends for 4 days before my mother took me to the hospital. While there a nurse was preparing to stick this long IV needle in the back of my hand, and I told her that if she stuck that in my I was going to throw up. So she prepared for that too, and when she stuck me, I upchucked as promised, because for some reason, I knew.

Years later shortly after getting married, I was building my first house, and I was moving a lot of dirt around by hand. One day my wife said, "be careful you don't get a hernia", and that very same day I got a hernia and after it got too painful for me to keep my guts inside, I went to the hospital to get it fixed.

Those are just two negative examples. One on the positive side-

Years ago I went to the gym on my motorcycle to play racquetball with my sister. While I was playing, I think someone made off with my keys as they were outside the room door where I couldn't see them. Anyway, I couldn't find them and so I prayed and asked God to either lead me to where they were or have someone bring them to me. My sister and I search the entire parking lot and gymnasium for well over an hour with no results. I had been talking to my sister for days about faith and how God answers prayer. After an hour she got off into some serious doubts about ever finding the keys, but I assured her that God would either lead us to the keys or bring them to us, and this was at night when it was dark. While still searching, I walked back into the building and the guy issuing equipment held out a set of keys and ask if that was what I was looking for. Relieved, I said, yes. The guy said, "some guy just ran in here, said he found these keys and ran out."
To this day, I still believe it was an angel who brought my keys back to me.
I never doubted that God would get me my keys back.

Does anyone else have any stories they would like to share, how either you acted on or said what you knew was going to happen before there were any outward signs of it manifesting or what someone else said to you or someone you know, that manifested, or simply a knowing that you or someone else had before it manifested? The length of time it took to manifest in the natural is irrelevant. Even if it took decades, I'd like to hear it, if you are willing to share the event.
 

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Yeah - answered prayer especially for lots of little things
I can testify to that.
A 100% success record - no.
But lots of answered prayer over a multitude of mishaps
and things going wrong.
 

know1

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Yeah - answered prayer especially for lots of little things
I can testify to that.
A 100% success record - no.
But lots of answered prayer over a multitude of mishaps
and things going wrong.
This isn't just about answered prayer but as my first two example show, it's something that either you or someone else knows something is going to happen before it actually does.
 

notuptome

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Reminds me of Johnny Carson on the Late Show. Carnac in the skit. Knew and saw was always correct. Swami in the Hindu religions do these things.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
 

know1

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Reminds me of Johnny Carson on the Late Show. Carnac in the skit. Knew and saw was always correct. Swami in the Hindu religions do these things.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
Seriously, you've never had any kind of knowing?
This has nothing to do with the Hindu religion, but about the bible.
 

posthuman

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there are people i felt i 'knew' would come to a knowledge of Christ, that i have seen over the years come to display that exactly that has happened. some who, yes, the world would not 'expect'

there are others in the same way that i am still watching and waiting and praying over
 

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This isn't just about answered prayer but as my first two example show, it's something that either you or someone else knows something is going to happen before it actually does.
Sorry it s just that your post comes across as answered prayer. Especially the keys testimony.

Yeah sure I have had revelations and dreams as to 'things' happening before they happen in real time.
Saved me from a couple of car crashes and from running down a boy on a bicycle.
Dreams that the next day are major news items of the day.
Deja vu is what unbelievers call it.
 
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It happens to my wife fairly often. But, it has only happened to me a few times in my entire life.
 

know1

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there are people i felt i 'knew' would come to a knowledge of Christ, that i have seen over the years come to display that exactly that has happened. some who, yes, the world would not 'expect'

there are others in the same way that i am still watching and waiting and praying over
Thank you sir.
Has anyone ever told you something that happened as they said?
 

know1

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Sorry it s just that your post comes across as answered prayer. Especially the keys testimony.

Yeah sure I have had revelations and dreams as to 'things' happening before they happen in real time.
Saved me from a couple of car crashes and from running down a boy on a bicycle.
Dreams that the next day are major news items of the day.
Deja vu is what unbelievers call it.
No sir, deja vu is when someone believes they had been in the same place or situation before.
What I am asking is not that.
Nor does it have to do with dreams that came to pass.
I am truly surprised that so few people have had these experiences.
 

Blain

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Well I usually have a sense of knowing but it's always about something I don't want to be true or don't want to happen. Even I refuse to believe in this sense of knowing of what is going to happen or what isn't going to happen I am always right and I hate being right because I'm always right about the things I don't want to be.
A lot of times even I will pray for something from God and know his answer before I even finish my request and sadly it's always the answer I don't want like to wait or no. Even if I refuse to believe it and I keep hoping and keep believing in the end this sense of knowing is always right.
 

stonesoffire

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A prophet told me about my husband before we met, but that's the only thing I can relate to.
 

Blain

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Actually there is one that was a huge blessing. Before I ever met Stephanie I don't know how I knew But I just knew that if there was a girl out there for me if I just sought after him above everything else he would bring her to me. Not more than two years later who should I find but my beloved Stephanie.
 
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Yea, people have told others to brush their teeth, or they could loose a tooth. or develop a life threatening infection :sure enough, when they failed to brush their teeth it happened. When people are warned, to carefully consider what they eat, and they dont, sure enough, they get sick or die .Happens all the time .I think we can avoid a lot of problems, by simply making the right choices in life. Health is just an example . This can go for anything, jobs, finances , relationships , avoiding accidents big or small.I know , because I plan. We can mitigate or prevent , problems by being forward of it before the fact.When God tells us to do a thing, and we disregard His Word, His Law, then problems arise . When we listen, we avert calamity in our lives ..
 
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I knew Trump was going to win even though all the polls said otherwise.. :rolleyes:
 

know1

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Well I usually have a sense of knowing but it's always about something I don't want to be true or don't want to happen. Even I refuse to believe in this sense of knowing of what is going to happen or what isn't going to happen I am always right and I hate being right because I'm always right about the things I don't want to be.
A lot of times even I will pray for something from God and know his answer before I even finish my request and sadly it's always the answer I don't want like to wait or no. Even if I refuse to believe it and I keep hoping and keep believing in the end this sense of knowing is always right.
Thank you sir, I will tell you why it is always right in a little bit.
I have to say though, I did enjoy the read. Made me chuckle.