Delays In My Prayer

Hmm ... so you are keeping tabs on God's performance, are you? Do you have a yearly 'performance review' and what do you do is His productivity is low? Have you ever considered that God is NOT your 'employee' or 'servant' or 'gopher' to answer your 'prayers' (and to be brought to book when he doesn't perform the way you think he should)? If you are still thinking like this then you are thinking like a child who asks for things from his parents (or from Santa) and expects to get them, as if by magic! Please grow up and realise that prayer has NOTHING to do with asking for things and expecting them to happen just because you asked for them! Prayer is about meeting with God - just being consciously in His presence ... and LISTENING to what He might have to say to you. He already KNOWS what is needful (which may not always be what you want); asking Him for what you want is really only useful TO YOU (verbalising your desires, wants and worries helps YOU to be rid of them and is part of the process of 'answering your prayers'!)

Reading this topic and what you have wrote here gives me HOPE! I have not list out what my prayer request for this year but God answered all our prayers in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The best things that I learn from God is :- "When God Bless us, He will bless us with the best"! and much much more than what we asked, God is Great! The best Heavenly Father anyone could ever ask... Praise the Lord! The only one thing that God have not answered me was I always wish to have a brand new imported car ....still in my waiting list :) As you said, God have God's timing for the best, He has his Reason and in His Season.

I believe that God answers all our prayers only He answers it at the right place and at the right time so there are times when what we ask Him takes time to be granted. God only wants what's best for us so I still keep on praying and never lose hope that one day when it's the right time for me to have it, God will never hestitate to grant that prayer. He's never failed me yet and I'm grateful for His mercy. Happy myLotting! :D

I do not see them as delays actually, i see it as God gives it to us at the right time He deems right. It is came not on the time i want it, therefore that is not the right time.

God knows best.

There may be delay in God's answer to our prayers but rest assured that it is for our best. Remember this:God always answer our prayers, sometimes yess, sometimes no, but sometimes.....wait!

I believe all our prayers are answered in some way. Maybe it is a yes, maybe a no, and sometimes He answers with a not yet. What I sometimes might prayer for may not be the best thing for me in the long run. I don't know. I guess that is why I have to trust that He has my best interests at heart.

I have to ask what are those unanswered prayers about? Have you ever heard the song. Sometimes God's greatest answers are unanswered Prayers? I also believe in being careful what you pray for because you might get it too.

It is true that God doesn't always answer our prayers the way we expect Him to do so. I think we need to be open to God's answered and guidance and direction when we pray. I seek His wisdom and guidance when I pray, not just pray and expect Him to do what I think ought to be done. God is a lot wiser than I am, so I seek His wisdom. So, with unanswered prayers - sometimes they are indeed answered - just that the answer is different from what we expected. Perhaps we need to understand God's answers to our prayers. When I do that, I have a much deeper and bigger answer to my prayers than I expected. And then I appreciate God's bigger picture and bigger promise and hope to my life.