Christian responses to Unanswered Prayers

Christian responses to Unanswered Prayers

1. Believers have to have complete faith in God for them to be answered

   • 'For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil' -Peter 3:12
   • 'when you ask, you do not receive because you ask with wrong motives' -James 4:3

2. Prayer has to agree with what God wants for Humanity it cannot go against God's will

3. Life would be chaos if God answered all prayers

4. God is a loving father, sometimes the answer is no

5. Sometimes Prayer is selfish and God would not help a person act in selfish ways

   • 'Everything is possible for one who believes' -Mark 9:23
   • 'If you believe you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer' -Matthew 21:22

6. Human beings aren't meant to know what God wants for them or how he answers prayers

7. God gave Humans free will he cant control what they do

8. God might answer prayers in unexpected ways