WHEN PRAYER FAIL PT 1
WHEN PRAYER SEEMS TO FAIL GLOBAL MINISTERS NETWORKS Have you ever earnestly prayed for something, only to have your prayer seemingly go unnoticed? We can understand why God won’t answer prayers for things that are selfish or immoral. But it’s often hard to understand why heartfelt, well-intentioned, biblical prayer seems to go unanswered. Three times I begged the Lord to make this suffering go away. But he replied, “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So if Christ keeps giving me his power, I will gladly brag about how weak I am. Yes, I am glad to be weak or insulted or mistreated or to have troubles and sufferings, if it is for Christ. Because when I am weak, I am strong (Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 , CEV). When our prayers seem to go unanswered, it is good to evaluate them, inviting the Spirit to show us if there is anything he wants to change. Are they selfish? Even when you do ask, you don’t get it beca...