Why some prayers are not answered?

– As long as your prayers are for selfish motives, driven by pride hidden in your heart, God will not answer them. – If you knowingly condone sin, whether it’s happening to you or to someone else, and you don’t correct them, you ‘regard iniquity in your heart’ and thus should forget about God answering your prayers.

Are there any unanswered prayers?

People say that there is no such thing as an unanswered prayer, only that the answer is sometimes, “No!” It has been said that not enough prayers were offered, that sin overrode the power of prayer, and that the request was needlessly selfish. We pray for peace and know that Jesus desires peace.

What is the meaning of unanswered prayer?

“Unanswered Prayer” is based on Brooks and his wife Sandy’s true story. He realized that the girl she prayed for is much better than the woman God gave her. The chorus tells the listeners that even if God didn’t answer his prayer, that doesn’t mean God doesn’t care about it. Perhaps, God will send His greatest gift.

Is there any scientific evidence that prayer does not work?

There is no such evidence. Prayer has been scientifically shown not to work. Repeated test results are exactly the same for those who prayed and those who did not pray. It matters not whether you pray to God, Jesus, Mary, your dead uncle or a rock.

Is your prayer useless?

No prayer is useless, therefore. At any given moment, our prayer manifests either a heart aligning to God’s will or a heart already aligned to it. In either case, we pray confidently as creatures of a provident God, who wills that nothing of his ever be lost (Jn 6:39).

Does praying always work?

We learn as children that praying doesn’t always “work”: we prayed and still failed that math test, we prayed and still were ignored by our crush, we prayed and our sick grandmother never got better.

Should we pray like the pagans?

Thus, we shouldn’t pray like the pagans, who think that their prayers introduce human need to the divine mind. Rather, our prayer should acknowledge the fact of God’s omniscient providence. “Pray then like this,” Jesus says: “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.