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  • Doug Henry avatar

    What Do We Do With Unanswered Prayer? Series

    Contributed by Doug Henry on Dec 30, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,823 views

    A look at how to handle situations in which it seems like our prayers are not being answered.

    What Do We Do With Unanswered Prayer 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Now, it’s been a few years ago now, but I still think most of you may remember a song by Garth Brooks called unanswered prayers. In the story of the song, the main character runs into his old high school sweetheart at a high school ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    5 Answers To Prayer

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 19, 2003
    based on 53 ratings
     | 5,862 views

    There is no such thing as "unanswered" prayer, but God sometimes responds in ways we don’t expect.

    “5 Answers to Prayer” -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts (Note: The outline for this message came from an article in the Christian Reader Jan/Feb 02 issue) We pray, and God answers. Every time. But sometimes we wonder if God is really listening. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    When God Is Silent Series

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Oct 30, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 18,799 views

    How do we deal with the issue of unanswered prayer?

    The Rev. Dr. Maynard Pittendreigh Senior Pastor October 27, 2002 Habbakuk 1:1-13 1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received. 2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Rick Dinkins avatar

    Get Connected Through Prayer Hindrances To Prayer!

    Contributed by Rick Dinkins on Apr 3, 2020
     | 6,045 views

    Prayer and The Hindrances To Prayer

    GET CONNECTED THROUGH PRAYER HINDRANCES TO PRAYER! INTRODUCTION: If you would please, take your copy of the God’s Holy Word and find two passages of scripture with me. One is found in Luke 18:1 and the other is found in Isaiah 59:2. Luke 18:1 (KJV) 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Elmer Towns avatar

    Lesson 5: Why Doesn't God Do What I Ask?

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 1, 2014
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    You're not the only one with unanswered prayer

    Pastors Bible Class Thomas Road Baptist Church Series: When God Is Silent Lesson 5: Why Doesn’t God Do What I Ask? A. INTRODUCTION: WHY OUR PARENTS DON’T DO ALL WE ASK 1. It’s not good for us. 2. They don’t have resources. 3. They have other plans for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lesson 5: Why Doesn't God Do What I Ask?

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 1, 2014
     | 496 views

    You're not the only one with unanswered prayer

    Pastors Bible Class Thomas Road Baptist Church Series: When God Is Silent Lesson 5: Why Doesn’t God Do What I Ask? A. INTRODUCTION: WHY OUR PARENTS DON’T DO ALL WE ASK 1. It’s not good for us. 2. They don’t have resources. 3. They have other plans for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Unanswered Prayers Part 1 - The Dead Zone Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 21 ratings
     | 14,754 views

    Sin can create a "dead zone" where our calls to God will not be answered. Find out what they are, and how we can move out of the zone of unanswerable prayer.

    OPEN: About 3 years ago Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had an idea! He was eager to get in touch with the people of his country so he gave out his personal cell phone number during a speech and urged Indonesian people to contact him directly with any complaints about the government’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Robert Sickler avatar

    Prayer - Why Prayer Seems Unanswered

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Mar 6, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,631 views

    God loves us and wants to give us good gifts, but He is restrained by our lack of obedience and service.

    WHY GOD DOES NOT ANSWER PRAYER. ILLUSTRATION There were two widow women, each with only a single son. The two young men both got involved in drugs and they both ended up in prison. The women were devout Christians and both had been in constant prayer for many years. When their two boys were sent ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Alison Bucklin avatar

    Hide And Seek

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 4, 2023
     | 1,353 views

    If God seems hidden, maybe we’re not looking in the right place. We have to move to a different place, stand at a different angle, look from a different perspective, before we can find God in the answer.

    One Sunday morning a little girl in her Sunday best was running so she wouldn’t be late for church. Maybe it was daylight savings time.... As she ran she kept praying, “Dear God, please don’t let me be late to church. Please don’t let me be late to church...” As she was running she tripped and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mark Roper avatar

    “when Prayers Go Unanswered”

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Jan 9, 2010
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     | 6,317 views

    No matter how difficult our lives may be, God has not left us alone. Often, when things are difficult and God seems silent, it is our cue to come away from life’s distractions so that we can synchronize ourselves with God again.

    “When Prayers Go Unanswered” Habakkuk 1:2 NIV 2 How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? At times it may seem that God has hides His face from us, when we don’t receive an immediate answer to our prayers. We pray, we pour our hearts out to God, we ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Dr John Singarayar SVD avatar

    God Hears Every Prayer Series

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Oct 12, 2025
     | 288 views

    Unanswered prayers are often prayers being answered in ways we cannot yet see or understand.

    Title: God Hears Every Prayer Intro: Unanswered prayers are often prayers being answered in ways we cannot yet see or understand. Scripture: Luke 18:1-8 Reflection Dear Friends, There was a widow in my village when I was growing up. Every morning, she would walk past our house on her way to ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Can I Be Confident That God Has Heard My Prayer?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 12, 2014
     | 2,715 views

    A look at the confidence we can have that God has heard our prayer as well as some of the reasons He doesn't always respond immedately.

    CAN I BE CONFIDENT THAT GOD HAS HEARD MY PRAYER? 1. Christ has promised access. - Luke 11:9; John 14:14; John 15:7. - Through what Christ has done for us, we have access to God the Father. - It’s important that our right to come to the Father is not based on our actions or behavior. If ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Gaston avatar

    Shut Up Devil, God’s Just Not Shown Up Yet

    Contributed by John Gaston on Sep 12, 2018
     | 6,266 views

    The devil always taunts God's people when troubles come, but faith reminds us that God is faithful, and that victory is on the way! We look at the dilemma of unanswered prayer, why God doesn’t answer, and what to do until He does answer.

    SHUT UP DEVIL, GOD’S JUST NOT SHOWN UP YET! INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: $500 loan 1. An old Native American wanted a loan for $500. The banker asked, "What are you going to do with the money?" he asks the Indian. "Buy Silver, make jewelry, and sell it," was the response. 2. "What have you got for ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Thomas Swope avatar

    Why Your Prayers Are Not Answered – Part Ii Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jun 18, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,487 views

    A study of chapter 58 of the book of Isaiah verses 1 through 14

    Isaiah 58: 1 – 14 Why Your Prayers Are Not Answered – Part II 1 “Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    Don't Faint

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Oct 11, 2012
    based on 66 ratings
     | 34,528 views

    A sermon on unanswered prayer, and a great visual illustration involving a cement block that goes along with the message

    Don't Faint (Props needed for illustration: 8x8x16 cement block, hammer) Lu 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (KJV) Today I want to talk to you about fainting. I have an illustration that I am going to use in a few moments that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal