Every Christian experiences answered prayer. Every Christian experiences unanswered prayer. It’s easy to appreciate the former and then to move on, but unanswered prayer sticks with us: the illness that persists, the job opening that doesn’t come, the ongoing difficulties we all face and may have prayed about fervently. We see this situation in the apostle Paul’s admission regarding a problem he prayed about unsuccessfully: “Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me” (2 Cor. 12:8). Apparently Paul’s prayers were unanswered in this case, just as ours are sometimes, too.
But there are reasons why our petitions are sometimes not answered - or don't seem to be; and sometimes we can change that situation. This week we reproduce a past article on this subject from our sister site, TacticalChristianity.org. It is one of the most-read articles on that site and one that fits in well here, so we provide it for our LivingWithFaith readers and hope that it proves helpful for you also. You can read "When Prayer is Unanswered" here.
But there are reasons why our petitions are sometimes not answered - or don't seem to be; and sometimes we can change that situation. This week we reproduce a past article on this subject from our sister site, TacticalChristianity.org. It is one of the most-read articles on that site and one that fits in well here, so we provide it for our LivingWithFaith readers and hope that it proves helpful for you also. You can read "When Prayer is Unanswered" here.
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