Learning to Pray Archives - A Doctor's Cure for the Soul

Why Unanswered Prayer?

Know God answers our prayer
By His rules, not mine
So, be willing to wait on Him
His terms and schedule, divine.

All God states, He will do
All He promises, fulfills
Cannot lie, nor deceive
So, wait upon Him, be still.

Yet God invites us, to pray
Participate, in His plans
Bids us ask, seek and knock
To seek His will, not man’s.

LORD, teach me to pray
To wrestle in prayer
Persistent, prevailing
Your victories, declare.

For You call me to partner
In Your image I’m made
To pray without ceasing
And see lives, remade.

But God is the LORD
So be patient and wait
He will answer on time
He’s not early, nor late.

For He offers His people
To ask, seek and knock
To be patient, persistent
Heaven’s doors, He’ll unlock.

Yes, so little prayer time
And few, long on their knees
We’re so lacking, God-dependence
We mostly live, to self-please.

Yes learn, to first yield
‘Thy will, not mine’
Be dead, to ourself
‘LORD the glory, all Thine’.

To our Father in heaven
Jesus taught us to pray
Hallowed be Your Name
For Your kingdom, Your way.