Prayer

Today, instead of reviewing scripture, we discussed prayer; how to pray, what to pray for, and how to recognize the answer. It has been said that "God answers all prayers but sometimes the answer is no," but given John 5:14-15, 

14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 and if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him, 

it is hard to image God would say no. Also consider John 15:7,

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Perhaps God answers with what we need rather than specifically what we ask for and we image the answer was no.  If you look at John 5:14 it says “according to his will” which might suggest that we can’t pray to win the lottery but we can pray for things that advance God’s plan.

Research: One of our study team, Chuck Kinney, researched this topic and found twenty bible verses concerning unanswered prayers. Please see Unanswered Prayer