Exploring the Possibilities

PLEASE HOLD… Dealing with unanswered prayers

PLEASE HOLD… NoSlowGrowGo “No”, “Slow”, “Grow” or “Go”: No “If the request is wrong, God says, “No.” Slow If the timing is wrong, God says, “Slow.” Grow If you are wrong, God says, “Grow.” Go But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, “Go!”” ~Bill Hybels (Too Busy Not To Pray)

PLEASE HOLD… 7 Reasons for Unanswered Prayers (Us): 1.Sin in your life (James 5:16) 2.Lack of faith (Matthew 17:20) 3.Lack of social concern (Proverbs 21:13) 4.Poor marriage relationships (1 Peter 3:7) 5.Wrong motives (James 4:3) 6.Wrong timing (Hebrews 10:36)

PLEASE HOLD… 7 Reasons for Unanswered Prayers- (God): 7. The will of God This is the confidence 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 asked of him. (1 John 5:14-15)

PLEASE HOLD… 7 Reasons for Unanswered Prayers- (God): 7. The will of God "My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the LORD. "And My ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9)

PLEASE HOLD… 7 Reasons for Unanswered Prayers- (God): 7. The will of God

PLEASE HOLD… 7 Reasons for Unanswered Prayers- (God): 7. The will of God

PLEASE HOLD… “You can respond to the silence of God in two ways. One response is for you to go into depression; the other response is for you to have an expectation that God is about to bring you into a deeper knowledge of Himself.” ~Henry Blackaby