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Discuss why the statement, “God always answers prayer ‘yes, no, or wait’” is inadequate to address the challenge of unanswered prayer in our lives.
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Sometimes we need to keep praying.
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Because God’s ways are not our ways. He is sovereign! He knows what is best. He is omnipotent, omniscient, ominpresent!
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The statement is simplistic. It can suggest that God’s responses are formulaic in nature. It doesn’t take into account the nuances that God’s responses may contain. Further, it doesn’t address how some people experience what seems like silence from God in the wake of fervent prayer for a worthy cause.
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God knows what is best for me. I still can pray for what I think is best for me, but I will leave the results with Him. Thy will be done. I have no idea what the future holds, God does
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God is perhaps for more complex or great to put into three boxes. Perhaps his wisdom in during and not during is far greater than we will ever understand in this physical space.