My faith is strong in the Lord.

1. Where Is God When We
Need Him?

2. John 11: 17-22

3. When it comes to God’s
answering our prayers,
it often seems that if
we do not hear the
answer we want to
hear, we conclude that
it was NO answer at all

4. There are times that we
think that God will not
listen, when it turns out
to be that we are the
ones with the hearing
problem.

5. Why does God allow us
to experience delays
in answering our
prayers?

6. We cry out with the
psalmist…
Why, O Lord, do you
stand far off? Why do
you hide yourself in
times of trouble?”
(Psalm 10:1)

7. If there is a God, if he
really does answer
prayer, why doesn’t he
answer all my prayers
now?

8. We seldom talk about
this very much...why?

9. It will cause some
people to lose their
faith in God

10. There are some divine
reasons
why our prayers are
delayed

11. God is often doing
something to build our
lives, and to bring
about a blessing to us
and to others in
setbacks.

12. Through delayed
answers or even
unanswered prayer
God often grows us!

13. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-
10

14. God says,
“My Grace is Sufficient”

15. God knew that this
temporary trial would
help us to a greater
faith, and He honor our
growth in faith

16. 1. Unanswered prayer
sometimes happens to
the very best of
Christians

17. Often the delays to
prayer are for the
purpose that we
Christians will get to
know Him better.

18. Delays to our prayers
often bring insight to
our souls that we
never receive in any
other ways.

19. 2. When it happens, it
is humanly
unexplainable.

20. It is easy to rejoice in
the power of God for
the future while
doubting it today.

21. God’s delay in prayer
may HURT you, but it
will not HARM you.

22. If you can trust God in
the future, you can
trust Him in the
present.
His power does not
change.

23. The ultimate plan of God
in permitting your trials,
troubles, and griefs
often bring our
attention to the Lord
God and His power
and purposes.

24. 3. When it happens,
God has a higher
purpose in mind.

25. Sometimes our prayers
are not answered
because God can do
more through us by not
answering our prayers
than He can by
answering them.

26. Sometimes God’s NO is
better than his YES.

27. If God always answered
your prayers,
eventually your trust
would be in the
answers and not in the
Lord alone.

28. Do we truly believe that
God is good?
Do we truly trust Him in all
things?
Does our prayer life build
such a walk of simple
faith?

29. Unanswered prayer
forces us to trust in
God alone.

30. We learn many things in
the sunlight, but we
grow best in darkness.

31. God hears every
prayer, even the ones
he chooses not to
answer.

32. What to Do When
Your Prayers Are Not
Answered

33. 1. Keep on praying as
long as you can.

34. 2. Give God the right to
say no. Let God be
God in your life.

35. 3. Keep on doing what
you know to be right,
pleasing, holy and
acceptable to GOD.

36. 4. Keep on praying
Keep on believing
Keep on reading the
Bible
Keep on obeying

37. 5. Keep on following the
Lord if you stay on
course in the darkness,
eventually the light will
shine again

38. Over the pathway of life

39. We see all the twists
and turns and seeming
detours

40. “GOD made not one
mistake.”

41. Jesus Christ would have
been deprived of this
opportunity

42. Jesus Christ would have
give the mightiest
display of His
omnipotent power that
He ever made prior to
His own death

43. If he did, we have not
been saved, Jesus
Christ could not have
defeated death and the
whole Church as well,
would have been the
loser!

44. Knowing that some of
our prayers will not be
answered no matter
how hard we pray

45. Like Jesus Christ, He let
God do His will.
God knows what He is
doing; let us learn to
trust Him.

46. GOD did not say,
“My ANSWERS are sufficient,”
GOD says
“My GRACE is sufficient for
you.”