{"id":903,"date":"2012-11-13T02:49:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T02:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/?p=903"},"modified":"2012-11-13T05:00:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T05:00:32","slug":"96-why-does-god-delay-in-answering-prayer-mt-77-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/sermon-on-the-mount\/matthew-7\/96-why-does-god-delay-in-answering-prayer-mt-77-12\/","title":{"rendered":"96. Why Does God Delay in Answering Prayer? (Mt. 7:7-12)"},"content":{"rendered":"

OUTLINE FOR TODAY:<\/strong><\/h3>

KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT PRAYER<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0<\/p>

I. Why Should We Pray? (Jesus Prayed, Relationship, Partnership)<\/p>

II. Why Doesn\u2019t God Answer Every Prayer? (Holy, Won\u2019t Abdicate)<\/p>

III. Why Does God Delay in Answering prayer?<\/p>

A. Conflict, Opposition from Satanic Forces<\/p>

B. He Loves to Hear Our Voice, Fellowship with Us<\/p>

C. Humble us, The Answer is not Due to Our Merit<\/p>

D. We\u2019re not Ready to Receive the Mercy We Seek<\/p>

E. We Need to Become More Deeply Unified with Object of Our Prayer<\/p>

F. Must Work in Others First, Many Pieces to the Puzzle.<\/p>

G. Answer Will Be More Prized, Sweeter When It Comes.<\/p> Read more [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OUTLINE FOR TODAY:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT PRAYER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

I. Why Should We Pray? (Jesus Prayed, Relationship, Partnership)<\/p>\n

II. Why Doesn\u2019t God Answer Every Prayer? (Holy, Won\u2019t Abdicate)<\/p>\n

III. Why Does God Delay in Answering prayer?<\/p>\n

A. Conflict, Opposition from Satanic Forces<\/p>\n

B. He Loves to Hear Our Voice, Fellowship with Us<\/p>\n

C. Humble us, The Answer is not Due to Our Merit<\/p>\n

D. We\u2019re not Ready to Receive the Mercy We Seek<\/p>\n

E. We Need to Become More Deeply Unified with Object of Our Prayer<\/p>\n

F. Must Work in Others First, Many Pieces to the Puzzle.<\/p>\n

G. Answer Will Be More Prized, Sweeter When It Comes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matthew-7"],"yoast_head":"\n96. Why Does God Delay in Answering Prayer? (Mt. 7:7-12) - Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/sermon-on-the-mount\/matthew-7\/96-why-does-god-delay-in-answering-prayer-mt-77-12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"96. Why Does God Delay in Answering Prayer? 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