Unanswered Prayers” : Why God Says No
1. We don’t ask in faith. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. –James 1:6-7 2. We don’t pray according to God’s will. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.–James 4:3 3. We ask for selfish reasons. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.–1 John 5:14-15 4. We are living in sin. And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.–Luke 18:1 5. We harbor unforgiveness in our hearts. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have