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Discussing Unanswered Prayer, Part 3 (TMF:2946)

Monday, August 24, 2026
Peace to Live By: Discussing Unanswered Prayer, Part 3 (TMF:2946) - Daniel Litton
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       It’s for the three reasons just mentioned that sometimes it looks like prayer isn’t answered, but the truth is that often there is that time delay and often we don’t make the connection that God has done this or that because of prayer, due to the time-delay. But, if we stop and think about it, if Jesus told us to keep praying and never give up, there has to be good reason for that. It’s not some vain ritual that we are doing to make God happy, but there has to be real, true beneficial things that can happen from our continual prayer, whether that’s over weeks, months, years, or even decades. And we should note that the answer provided here surely isn’t Calvinism-friendly since, under a Calvinistic approach to prayer, it really can’t change God’s mind, as then, his foreknowledge would have changed. One could say he had foreknowledge he would change his mind, but then, he really didn’t change his mind. What has been noticed, and this point will close the message, is that Calvinism seems to work for people until bad things happen to ‘them.’