Eight Reasons for Unanswered Prayer

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Do you pray without ceasing?

Do you have a consistent prayer life?

Have you ever grown frustrated at unanswered prayer?

I certainly have.

In his booklet on Prayer, R. B. Thieme lists eight reasons for why your prayer may not be answered by God (see pp. 12-15):

  1. Lack of faith (Phil 4:6).
  2. Wrong motives (James 4:3)
  3. Lack of compassion (Prov 21:13)
  4. Lack of domestic tranquility (1 Pet 3:7)
  5. Pride or self-righteousness (Job 35:12-13
  6. Failure to comply with divine will (1 John 5:14)
  7. Lack of obedience (1 John 3:22)
  8. Lack of the filling of the spirit (Eph 6:18a)

Let us grow in our prayer life, by learning to pray in a manner that God delights to answer.

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Shawn Lazar (BTh, McGill; MA, VU Amsterdam) was the Editor of Grace in Focus magazine and Director of Publications for Grace Evangelical Society from May 2012 through June 2022. He and his wife Abby have three children. He has written several books including: Beyond Doubt: How to Be Sure of Your Salvation and Chosen to Serve: Why Divine Election Is to Service, Not to Eternal Life.

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