Does God Answer All Prayers?
- Sometimes the answer comes immediately. Do not doubt. Look at Peter sinking.
- Answers are sometimes delayed.
- Sometimes the answer is no yet it is accompanied by peace and grace.
- The answer is sometimes different than what you expect.
John 15:7 NKJV
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you[a] will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 14:12-14 NKJV
12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you [a]ask anything in My name, I will do it.
Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV
3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and [a]mighty things, which you do not know.’
Romans 12:1-2 NKJV
12 I beseech[a] you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your [b]reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
We should be filled with and guided by the Words of God every day.
Colossians 3:16-17 NKJV
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Matthew 14:22-21 NJKV
22 Immediately Jesus [a]made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away.
Romans 8:29 NKJV
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Phillipians 4:6-7 NKJV
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 NJKV
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to [a]buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
