As regards the first, it is good to know that God occasionally uses unexpected ways to show us His divine will:

If we are careful and have a humble mind, we may receive messages from God, either through an illiterate person, or through a little child, or through a simple event…
For example, the Great Makarios, the ascetic, once asked a young shepherd about something that was bothering him… And God gave him the answer through this young boy and in consequence he received a great benefit…

The second secret, through which we may draw divine help, is in the case when we have someone who is hostile to us, who plans evils against us, accuses us or behaves badly against us…

So, if there is anything that worries us, let us remember our enemy and say to God: “Oh dear God, by the prayers of (so and so), have mercy on me and help me…” You will see that God will come forward, after this humble attitude of ours, to heed us and help us!

If you have noticed, both the above require faith and humility…

It is to be admired, how easy it is to get help, through our own enemy(!!!) and/or by a weak and despised creature(!!!)

Try both the above and you will see…