{"id":1961,"date":"2007-03-14T02:20:58","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T02:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/03\/unanswered-prayers-2.html"},"modified":"2007-03-14T02:20:58","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T02:20:58","slug":"unanswered-prayers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/03\/unanswered-prayers-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Unanswered Prayers 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week we began looking at Pete Greig’s fine book, God on Mute<\/em>. The book deals with the reality and struggle of the Christian when dealing with “unanswered” prayer — however you might want to define “unanswered.” I think one of the highlights of the book are the listing of reasons he gives for why our prayers are not answered as we’d like. Last week I gave the first four. Here are some more:
\n5. Doctrine: Does my prayer reflect God’s character and His promises in the Bible? Might it be out of line with his His will for my life?
\n6. Second best: Although my desire in prayer is for something good, is it possible that God has something even better in store for me?
\n7. Motive: Are my prayers essentially just selfish?
\n8. Relationship: Is there an opportunity here for going deeper in my relationship with God?
\n9. Free will: Am I expecting God to override someone’s free will?
\n10. Influence: Am I trying to exercise ungodly power over a person’s life in prayer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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