No. Grow up. Wait. Yes! – God ALWAYS Answers Prayers

“When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures” (James 4:3).

So, what happens when you pray and God doesn’t seem to answer? What happens when you pray for healing for a loved one and the healing never comes? What happens when you are praying your children to come to saving faith and they are still far from God?

I wish I had a good answer.

But I do know this. God always answers prayers. Always. It’s just that sometimes the way God answers our prayers might not be the way we want them answered.

God answers our prayers in the following way:

• No – God can say no. Particularly if the request is wrong. God is not going to give us anything that will harm us or harm others.
• Grow up – When we are not right, when we are selfish, rebellious, and straying God answers our prayers by telling us to grow up. Grow up and mature in the faith.
• Wait – When the request is right but the timing is not, God tells us to wait.
• Yes – When the request is God-honoring, when we are walking with the Lord, and when the timing is right, God tells us, “Go!” Go for it! You have my blessing!

I am not sure where you find yourself with your prayer life. But I do know this – God always answers our prayers.