A prayer unanswered.

[Guest HIS girl]

Another honest question....

Have you prayed for something very important(to you) BUT did NOT receive?

Were you angry, upset, in denial?

How did you cope with it or how ARE you coping with it?

[Jorge S]

My most frequent feeling in that regard is that I've done something wrong which has rendered me worthless to receive an answer. But then I think about what the Lord has done for me in the past and realize I don't have grounds to feel negative or ungrateful about the current annoyance.

Certain things require to sink in or mature into something recognisable before we're even ready to pray for them. At other times I've received my answer but missed it somewhere somehow because I've been busy trying to force God into my own understanding of what was right for me rather than allowing Him to do His job.

I don't know. It's complicated. But one thing I know is that we need to surrender our own expectations to His Will and trust Him with all our might.

This verse has never failed to uphold me:

Psa 71:1 In You, O Jehovah, I put my trust; let me never be put to shame.

Or this one:

Pro 3:5 Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.

Psalm 37 is also very comforting.

[Guest HIS girl]

Yes, I think the hardest part is realising what we "think" is right/good for us, is NOT at all in God's Eyes.

[Guest HIS girl]

But, you know..there is God's timing.....We are sooo impatient.

[Floatingaxe]

When we pray we need to wait. I am still waiting.

[message]

Good question..

I've been a Christian for quite a while now, As I told Honor, at welcome yesterday,

I've been a Christian quite a while now..and through my great age now..

of 180yrs old..ha! ha! and all that experiance..Ahem..I somehow have gotten to know, that usually the Lord say's something like,

No!--Wait a while..or guess what is coming next week....I Jest a little bit..

but it is something like that...

Patience is a virtue possess it if you can...

Anyway,that is usually how I think it out..

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[OneLight]

All of our prayers are answered. Let's think about a few reasons why an answer may not be heard.

1) Do we recognize His voice in an answer?

Are we close enough or quiet enough to hear His answer. Sometimes we throw out a request and then hurry on our way to do whatever is next, forgetting that we even prayed. He may be answering, but we are not listening.

2) Do we block out any answer that we don't want to hear?

Sometimes, we are so focused to hear what we want to hear that we block out any other possible answer, rejecting any possibility that the answer is not what we want.

3) Is it that we are not given an answer because it is for someone else?

When we pray in intercession for another, we may not ever know the answer for a very long time. Salvation comes to mind. If we pray for the salvation of someone, we may die before they receive Jesus as their savior, not ever knowing it was answered until we seem them in Glory!

God does answer every prayer.

[Guest man]

God does answer every prayer.

And sometimes that answer is "no".

[Guest man]

Have you prayed for something very important (to you) BUT did NOT receive?

Not everything that is important to us is important to God.

Depending on where our heart is, the Lord will usually give us what we need, not necessarily what we want.

[Guest man]

Have you prayed for something very important (to you) BUT did NOT receive?

Not everything that is important to us is important to God.

Depending on where our heart is, the Lord will usually give us what we need, not necessarily what we want.

Okay, man, I CAN'T let this one go.

The Lord will usually give us what we need??

I know you didn't mean it like that (at least I hope you didn't), but I HAD to jump on it.

No, I said just what I mean.

If someone is backsliding and willfully sinning, they can hardly expect the Lord to fulfill their needs.

Hebrews 12

5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: