How do you know when god has helped us?

Theres a few ways of knowing when god has helped us. #1 is when uve prayed and asked him for something or for him to help you with anything. if the prayer is answered then u know hes helped you. for example one time we wanted to put gospel tracts of vehicles at a rodeo, when we got there there was a huge storm aproaching right in our direction, so we got together and we prayed and asked god to make the storm pass, and it had started to rain before we started praying, as soon as we said amen it stop instantly and passed beside us. we couldve thought is was just luck or that it wouldve passed by even if we hadnt prayed but no, we saw it as an answered prayer. God helped us. that's only one example. #2 is jus wen good things happen to you that you really needed and didnt expect would ever happen. you can see it as god helping you or that its luck. i don't know if that makes sence but there you have it...