Exmilitant:
8. Our prayers are not answered because the Jewish God we are trying to demand something from is busy attending to his very own people.

urchcoded:
It might be because he doesn't exist and you are just talking to yourself. But you don't wanna hear this.

urchcoded:
It might be because he doesn't exist and you are just talking to yourself. But you don't wanna hear this.

Ehiscotch:
This is a masterpiece. I took a cursory read at first but returned only to read again.

It's a wonderful piece.

adoyi8:
Imagine if everytime we try to make call our call doesnt go through and MTN keep giving us excuses like we didn't have enough Faith. Imagine if the only evidence we have about calls are testimonies from people we don't know and are far between do you think we will still waste our money on buying phones and trying to make calls?

Maximus69:


When you buy a phone and before you subscribe to network providers, do you carefully read through the instruction manual to operate your mobile device and how to make the best use of the network?

Think of those who also buy exactly what you bought but only listens to different contradicting opinions of people whose phones aren't working as expected?

Well the privilege of prayer was given for a specific reason, most people don't understand this so they're abusing the privilege by asking for things that has no relevance to God,

Imagine if God wants to grant people's wishes, and one said "i want to be the traffic controller whenever i'm on the road so that nobody could reach their destination before i reach mine"

jodina:
WHY DOESN'T GOD ANSWER MY PRAYERS?

“So, I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Luke 11:9)

We pray, but get no answers. We've prayed so long, so hard, without any results. “Doesn't He see my needs?" ..."Doesn't He care about me?". "If God's ear is open to my prayer, and I pray diligently, why is there such little evidence of His answering?" Things go on as usual - nothing happens. "How long must I wait?" Is there one certain prayer you have been praying for a long time, and has not been answered?

The devil's final strategy in deceiving believers is to make them doubt the faithfulness of God in answering prayer. Satan would have us believe that God has shut His ears to our cry and left us to work things out for ourselves. Let us be careful not to charge God, as did Job, with being slothful; and unconcerned about our needs and petitions. Job complained, “I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you do not regard me " (Job 30:20). His vision of God's faithfulness was clouded by his present difficulties, and he ended up accusing God of forgetting him. God rebuked him soundly for it.

The first thing you need to be assured of, is that God knows your needs before you even ask (Matthew 6:. He cares unequivocally about you, "For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11). We have great assurance that He hears every prayer, “In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.” (Psalm 18:6).

Below are some of the reasons why our prayers are not answered:

1. Our Prayers can be hindered by a secret grudge lodged in the heart against another. If you know that someone has a legitimate grievance against you, how can you sincerely approach God in prayer? Uncorrected problems with brethren are extremely detrimental. Christ will not deal with anyone with a wrathful and unforgiving spirit. We are commanded to "lay aside all malice, envy, and evil speaking, and as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word" (1 Peter 2:1, 2). , ‘Lift up holy hands, without wrath and doubting, Our prayer may be hindered—by lying in any sin we commit against God (“ If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear - Psalm 66:18”.) or, in wrath, by not forgiving our brother/sister ( “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” - Mark 11:25-26).

Remember the Lord’s prayer "FORGIVE US, AS WE FORGIVE OTHERS”

2. Our Prayers are not answered when they are not in accordance to God's Will. We can pray for whatsoever we will, as long as it is his will. "If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us" (1 John 5:14). The disciples were not praying according to God's will when they prayed with vindictiveness and revenge. They petitioned God, "Shall we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" Jesus answered, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of" (Luke 9:54, 55). Daniel prayed the right way. First, he went to the Scriptures and searched out the mind of God. Having gotten clear direction, and sure of God's will, he runs to God's throne with a mighty assurance. "And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer" (Daniel 9:3). WE KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT WE WANT AND TOO LITTLE ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS.

3. Our prayers are not answered because of our lustful and worldly desires. God always hears our prayers. He loves us and wants the very best for us. But we don’t necessarily understand and pray for what is the very best for us. Our prayer purposes are wrong when we ask blessings for the use and encouragement of our worldly desires. "Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lust" (James 4:3). We pray to wear good clothes to gratify our pride and not glorify God. If we seek anything that we may serve God with, we may expect that he will grant our heart desires. He sees the beginning from the end, and He has many things to teach us. We can plan out our life and think we have everything under control. But as we see in Isaiah 55:8-9, God’s thoughts are often different than ours. As humans, we are drawn towards seeking earthly things that will pass away(temporal) but neglect the heavenly things that are eternal (Matthew 6: 19 -21). But God’s thoughts are of transforming us from our earthly human tendencies and creating something divine through our situations in life.

If God doesn't give us what we are asking for, we have to remember that He has a good plan and a purpose for everything in our lives and He only wants the very best for us. He is looking at everything from an eternal perspective. Our time on earth is meant to prepare us for eternity. God cares about our physical needs, but He is infinitely more concerned about our spiritual needs and growth. OUR PURPOSES MUST BE RIGHT DURING PRAYERS.

4. Our prayers are not answered when we prescribe to God how He should answer. Those who prescribe to God how and when to answer actually limit the Holy one of Israel. Since God will not bring the answer in the front door, they are not aware of His coming through the back door. They trust only in conclusions and not promises. But God will not be bound up to time, manner, or means of answering. He will forever do exceedingly, abundantly more than we ask or think of asking. He will answer with health; or grace that is better than health. He will send love, or something beyond it. He will deliver, or do something even greater. Just because our prayers are not answered exactly when or how we want should never cause us to lose confidence in the heavenly Father.

One of the greatest things we can do to ensure our prayers are heard and answered is to fortify our faith in our God and to trust Him to answer our prayers in the way that is best for us. LEAVE YOUR REQUESTS LODGED IN HIS POWERFUL ARMS AND PATIENTLY WAIT FOR ANSWERS.

5. Our prayers are not answered because of lack of faith. A lack of faith can certainly hinder one’s prayers. James declares that we must pray “in faith, don’t doubt” (James 1:6). He describes the doubter as being like the restless sea. He has two minds—one of faith and the other of doubt. Hence, he shall not receive his requests from the Lord. Prayer is the bow, the promise is the arrow, and faith the hand which draws the bow, and sends this arrow with the heart's message to heaven. The bow without the arrow is of no use, and the arrow without the bow has little worth; and both (arrow and bow) without the strength of the hand, serves no purpose. Neither the promise without prayer, nor prayer without the promise, nor both without faith, benefit the Christian. Unbelieving fears rob the believer of joy and confidence in God. God does not hear all prayer - He hears only believing prayer. Prayer is the only weapon we have against all the fiery darkness of the enemy. That weapon must be used in great confidence, or else we have no other defense against Satan's lies. In a world of doubt and confusion, how can we have confidence that God is truly listening and responding to our prayers. HAVE FAITH IN GOD.

6. Our prayers are not answered because of pride. No one is qualified to approach the great God of the universe with a spirit of smugness. He is the Lord, God Almighty (Genesis 17:1). We are but dust (Genesis 3:19). “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). While we are to pray with truly humble hearts, a balanced view acknowledges that, due to the work of our great high priest, Jesus, we may draw near “with boldness unto the throne of grace” (Hebrew 4:16). Arrogance can negate prayer. Humility will bless it.

7. One of the reasons we feel our prayers are not being answered, is because we stop praying. "Pray without ceasing." (1 Thessalonians 5:17). We should be rest assured that God hears our prayers. What we should be worried about is if because of temptations, hard times, and trials we get discouraged, and give up praying. In Luke 18:1, Jesus, “spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.

“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Let that sink in. God is prepared and ready to make this season of waiting beautiful if you can only hold out until the time is right. Sometimes God’s timing does not align with our timing. “In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6) KEEP PRAYING.

8. If we don't spend time learning God's word and obeying what we learned, we should not expect God to answer our prayers. King Solomon says in the book of Proverbs, that prayers made from a hardened heart are an abomination to God. “If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination” (Proverbs 28:9). God gives us His word, so He can speak to us. If we disobey what He teaches, He will not answer our prayers.

9. There are many things that we will never know, or understand, the unsearchable things of God... things like, why are some people healed and others aren't? Why are some people spared from tragedies and others aren't? ... We need to know that when our prayers aren't answered, it doesn't mean that we are necessarily doing something wrong, sometimes we can be doing everything right. Remember, when we are living a life that is pleasing to God, we are more of a target for the enemy. We live in a fallen world and there is evil in this world. God created this world to be perfect, but sin entered in. God does not cause evil nor cause anyone to sin or do bad things, yet God gets blamed for a lot of things that are not His doing. God made a way for us through Jesus, and God does promise to work all things together for good for those who love Him. He will redeem what the enemy has planned for our harm, what the enemy hoped would be a stumbling block to our faith, God will turn around and redeem and use for our good and His glory.

The longer a prayer is delayed, the more perfect it will come forth at last. Also, the deeper the silence, the louder the answer. If God is delaying, it simply means your request is gaining interest in God's bank of blessings.

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” (1 John 5: 14- 15)

James Dina
08035602633(WhatsApp Only)
Jodina5@gmail.com

jodina:
WHY DOESN'T GOD ANSWER MY PRAYERS?

“So, I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Luke 11:9)

We pray, but get no answers. We've prayed so long, so hard, without any results. “Doesn't He see my needs?" ..."Doesn't He care about me?". "If God's ear is open to my prayer, and I pray diligently, why is there such little evidence of His answering?" Things go on as usual - nothing happens. "How long must I wait?" Is there one certain prayer you have been praying for a long time, and has not been answered?

The devil's final strategy in deceiving believers is to make them doubt the faithfulness of God in answering prayer. Satan would have us believe that God has shut His ears to our cry and left us to work things out for ourselves. Let us be careful not to charge God, as did Job, with being slothful; and unconcerned about our needs and petitions. Job complained, “I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you do not regard me " (Job 30:20). His vision of God's faithfulness was clouded by his present difficulties, and he ended up accusing God of forgetting him. God rebuked him soundly for it.

The first thing you need to be assured of, is that God knows your needs before you even ask (Matthew 6:. He cares unequivocally about you, "For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11). We have great assurance that He hears every prayer, “In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.” (Psalm 18:6).

Below are some of the reasons why our prayers are not answered:

1. Our Prayers can be hindered by a secret grudge lodged in the heart against another. If you know that someone has a legitimate grievance against you, how can you sincerely approach God in prayer? Uncorrected problems with brethren are extremely detrimental. Christ will not deal with anyone with a wrathful and unforgiving spirit. We are commanded to "lay aside all malice, envy, and evil speaking, and as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word" (1 Peter 2:1, 2). , ‘Lift up holy hands, without wrath and doubting, Our prayer may be hindered—by lying in any sin we commit against God (“ If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear - Psalm 66:18”.) or, in wrath, by not forgiving our brother/sister ( “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” - Mark 11:25-26).

Remember the Lord’s prayer "FORGIVE US, AS WE FORGIVE OTHERS”

2. Our Prayers are not answered when they are not in accordance to God's Will. We can pray for whatsoever we will, as long as it is his will. "If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us" (1 John 5:14). The disciples were not praying according to God's will when they prayed with vindictiveness and revenge. They petitioned God, "Shall we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" Jesus answered, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of" (Luke 9:54, 55). Daniel prayed the right way. First, he went to the Scriptures and searched out the mind of God. Having gotten clear direction, and sure of God's will, he runs to God's throne with a mighty assurance. "And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer" (Daniel 9:3). WE KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT WE WANT AND TOO LITTLE ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS.

3. Our prayers are not answered because of our lustful and worldly desires. God always hears our prayers. He loves us and wants the very best for us. But we don’t necessarily understand and pray for what is the very best for us. Our prayer purposes are wrong when we ask blessings for the use and encouragement of our worldly desires. "Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lust" (James 4:3). We pray to wear good clothes to gratify our pride and not glorify God. If we seek anything that we may serve God with, we may expect that he will grant our heart desires. He sees the beginning from the end, and He has many things to teach us. We can plan out our life and think we have everything under control. But as we see in Isaiah 55:8-9, God’s thoughts are often different than ours. As humans, we are drawn towards seeking earthly things that will pass away(temporal) but neglect the heavenly things that are eternal (Matthew 6: 19 -21). But God’s thoughts are of transforming us from our earthly human tendencies and creating something divine through our situations in life.

If God doesn't give us what we are asking for, we have to remember that He has a good plan and a purpose for everything in our lives and He only wants the very best for us. He is looking at everything from an eternal perspective. Our time on earth is meant to prepare us for eternity. God cares about our physical needs, but He is infinitely more concerned about our spiritual needs and growth. OUR PURPOSES MUST BE RIGHT DURING PRAYERS.

4. Our prayers are not answered when we prescribe to God how He should answer. Those who prescribe to God how and when to answer actually limit the Holy one of Israel. Since God will not bring the answer in the front door, they are not aware of His coming through the back door. They trust only in conclusions and not promises. But God will not be bound up to time, manner, or means of answering. He will forever do exceedingly, abundantly more than we ask or think of asking. He will answer with health; or grace that is better than health. He will send love, or something beyond it. He will deliver, or do something even greater. Just because our prayers are not answered exactly when or how we want should never cause us to lose confidence in the heavenly Father.

One of the greatest things we can do to ensure our prayers are heard and answered is to fortify our faith in our God and to trust Him to answer our prayers in the way that is best for us. LEAVE YOUR REQUESTS LODGED IN HIS POWERFUL ARMS AND PATIENTLY WAIT FOR ANSWERS.

5. Our prayers are not answered because of lack of faith. A lack of faith can certainly hinder one’s prayers. James declares that we must pray “in faith, don’t doubt” (James 1:6). He describes the doubter as being like the restless sea. He has two minds—one of faith and the other of doubt. Hence, he shall not receive his requests from the Lord. Prayer is the bow, the promise is the arrow, and faith the hand which draws the bow, and sends this arrow with the heart's message to heaven. The bow without the arrow is of no use, and the arrow without the bow has little worth; and both (arrow and bow) without the strength of the hand, serves no purpose. Neither the promise without prayer, nor prayer without the promise, nor both without faith, benefit the Christian. Unbelieving fears rob the believer of joy and confidence in God. God does not hear all prayer - He hears only believing prayer. Prayer is the only weapon we have against all the fiery darkness of the enemy. That weapon must be used in great confidence, or else we have no other defense against Satan's lies. In a world of doubt and confusion, how can we have confidence that God is truly listening and responding to our prayers. HAVE FAITH IN GOD.

6. Our prayers are not answered because of pride. No one is qualified to approach the great God of the universe with a spirit of smugness. He is the Lord, God Almighty (Genesis 17:1). We are but dust (Genesis 3:19). “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). While we are to pray with truly humble hearts, a balanced view acknowledges that, due to the work of our great high priest, Jesus, we may draw near “with boldness unto the throne of grace” (Hebrew 4:16). Arrogance can negate prayer. Humility will bless it.

7. One of the reasons we feel our prayers are not being answered, is because we stop praying. "Pray without ceasing." (1 Thessalonians 5:17). We should be rest assured that God hears our prayers. What we should be worried about is if because of temptations, hard times, and trials we get discouraged, and give up praying. In Luke 18:1, Jesus, “spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.

“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Let that sink in. God is prepared and ready to make this season of waiting beautiful if you can only hold out until the time is right. Sometimes God’s timing does not align with our timing. “In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6) KEEP PRAYING.

8. If we don't spend time learning God's word and obeying what we learned, we should not expect God to answer our prayers. King Solomon says in the book of Proverbs, that prayers made from a hardened heart are an abomination to God. “If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination” (Proverbs 28:9). God gives us His word, so He can speak to us. If we disobey what He teaches, He will not answer our prayers.

9. There are many things that we will never know, or understand, the unsearchable things of God... things like, why are some people healed and others aren't? Why are some people spared from tragedies and others aren't? ... We need to know that when our prayers aren't answered, it doesn't mean that we are necessarily doing something wrong, sometimes we can be doing everything right. Remember, when we are living a life that is pleasing to God, we are more of a target for the enemy. We live in a fallen world and there is evil in this world. God created this world to be perfect, but sin entered in. God does not cause evil nor cause anyone to sin or do bad things, yet God gets blamed for a lot of things that are not His doing. God made a way for us through Jesus, and God does promise to work all things together for good for those who love Him. He will redeem what the enemy has planned for our harm, what the enemy hoped would be a stumbling block to our faith, God will turn around and redeem and use for our good and His glory.

The longer a prayer is delayed, the more perfect it will come forth at last. Also, the deeper the silence, the louder the answer. If God is delaying, it simply means your request is gaining interest in God's bank of blessings.

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” (1 John 5: 14- 15)

James Dina
08035602633(WhatsApp Only)
Jodina5@gmail.com

chiommy123:
I learnt to never take no as an answer when communicating with my God. Nehemiah did I can too

Lexusgs430:
Because prayer is a fallacy............


If a god existed and answers prayers........ Nigeria would be a land of joy and glory.......

We are overrun by religious business centres, yet we swim in sin.........


A simple pigment of false realities and expectations, of one's false imagination......

Prayer is what you do, when you have nothing else to offer or have no solution.............

BLOODY HYPOCRITES........

■ WHY DOESN'T GOD ANSWER MY PRAYERS?..(Luke 11:9) We pray, but get no answers. We've prayed so long, so hard, without any results. “Doesn't He see my needs?" ..."Doesn't He care about me?". "If God's ear is open to my prayer, and I pray diligently, why is there such little evidence of His answering?" Things go on as usual - nothing happens. "How long must I wait?" Is there one certain prayer you have been praying for a long time, and has not been answered?
■ The devil's final strategy in deceiving believers is to make them doubt the faithfulness of God in answering prayer. Satan would have us believe that God has shut His ears to our cry and left us to work things out for ourselves. Let us be careful not to charge God, as did Job, with being slothful; and unconcerned about our needs and petitions. Job complained, “I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you do not regard me " (Job 30:20). His vision of God's faithfulness was clouded by his present difficulties, and he ended up accusing God of forgetting him. God rebuked him soundly for it.
■ The first thing you need to be assured of, is that God knows your needs before you even ask (Matthew 6:. He cares unequivocally about you, "For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11). We have great assurance that He hears every prayer, “In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.” (Psalm 18:6). Below are some of the reasons why our prayers are not answered:

■ Our Prayers can be hindered by a secret grudge lodged in the heart against another. If you know that someone has a legitimate grievance against you, how can you sincerely approach God in prayer? Uncorrected problems with brethren are extremely detrimental. Christ will not deal with anyone with a wrathful and unforgiving spirit. We are commanded to "lay aside all malice, envy, and evil speaking, and as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word" (1 Peter 2:1, 2). , ‘Lift up holy hands, without wrath and doubting, Our prayer may be hindered—by lying in any sin we commit against God (“ If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear - Psalm 66:18”.) or, in wrath, by not forgiving our brother/sister ( “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” - Mark 11:25-26).

Ehiscotch:
I'm really appalled that you read the OP's piece and still came to this illogical conclusion. Stay blessed.

tobechi74:
According to prosperity pastor, did you pay tithe