why doesn't God answer our prayers?

1. Maybe a broken relationship?

-before you go and ask God for something...make sure you are treating God's children as he wants you too. you can't say you love God...if you don't love each other. are we loving Him by loving his children? (mt 5...if someone has something against you...STOP...leave gift and go and make that relationship right THEN come back and worship God).
ARE WE LOVING HIM BY LOVING EACH OTHER?
Why fathers so demanding? Not going to give what want until love each other. relationships matter to God! (example of kids fighting in car...not going to park until treat each other respect).

??anyone need to go to and ask forgiveness??

2. Maybe you don't believe that God will answer prayer.

Mark 9. There was a father whose son was possessed w/ a spirit. This dad did everything possible....even to the disciples. But the disciples couldn't. HE said to Jesus..."BUT IF you can do anything, take pity on us." Jesus responds: "EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR HIM WHO BELIEVES."

Big difference b/t knowing that God CAN do something...and that he WILL.

maybe we don't really believe!
do we really believe in prayer?

IF WE DID.... we would spend more time doing it! and it would be a priority and a passion. and we would be believing God for things we read about in God's word and we would be seeing these things! but we don't. God responds to our faith!

"According to your faith it will be done." Mt 9:29.

3. AS much as we want what we want...(and believe it's best)...but maybe God has something BETTER.

"This is the confidence that we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask- we know that we have what we have asked for him."

HIS WILL AND WAY IS HIGHER THAN OUR WILL AND WHY. GOD LOVES US ENOUGH TO SOMETIMES NOT GIVE US WHAT WE WANT! HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST! (imagine if give children what we ask for).

example: buildings...why build buildings? why not use schools? why not theaters? what is a churcH? (spun him into thinking about what a building is and a church, etc).

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WHY?

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God.
knew you before you were born.
exists outside of time
alpha and omega.
knows end before beginning starts.

when you know this God...you don't just believe that he CAN...or that he WILL.
but you believe that even if he DOESN"T...you STILL BELIEVE.

He is working everything for his purpose. but you still believe in him!!

IF GOD ANSWERS ONE PRAYER....what would it be? What is the big thing?
BRING IT BACK TO GOD TODAY.

EVEN IF GOD DOESN"T ANSWER PRAYER....STILL BELIEVE!