Article February 26, 2024 Issue

Unanswered prayer?

I find myself being truly grateful for the “unanswered” prayer that lifted me up to a higher understanding of God and His image.

Judith Ross Erikson

Have you ever been praying consistently about something yet feel that you’ve gotten no answer? The issue could be anything—an inharmonious relationship, a need for housing, a workplace situation, a physical problem—that doesn’t seem to be yielding.

Perhaps there is a need to look at how we are praying. “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss” (James 4:3).

Are we honestly listening for God’s answer or simply looking for the answer we want? Are we willing to heed an answer even when it isn’t what we wanted?

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