God's not answering my prayers

 by David Long

People will sometimes ask or wonder why God is not answering their prayers. Well first of all if you are not a Christian then God will not answer your prayers. "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil" (1 Pet. 3:12). God's ears are open unto the righteous prayers. So, if you are not righteous then God's ears are not open to your prayers. Second, God always answers the prayers of the righteous but sometimes His answer maybe NO. Three times the apostle Paul prayed that God would remove his thorn in the flesh. God did not remove it but instead said, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). Our problem is, if God doesn't say YES to our prayers then we think He hasn't answered. God is not your YES man.