{"id":209,"date":"2015-05-21T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2015\/05\/21\/when-prayers-fail-jesus-ones\/"},"modified":"2015-05-21T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T10:00:35","slug":"when-prayers-fail-jesus-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2015\/05\/21\/when-prayers-fail-jesus-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"When Prayers Fail \u2013 Jesus\u2019 Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Jesus was praying in Gethsemane in Matthew 26:36 \u2013 56<\/a><\/b> we
\nsee Him praying to God. Now a quick note with Jesus\u2019 prayers, isn\u2019t it kind of
\nlike talking to yourself? But in verse 26:39<\/a><\/b> he prays something that is not \u201cgranted\u201d
\nby God:<\/p>\n

\n

Going a little farther, he fell
\nwith his face to the ground and prayed, \u201cMy Father, if it is possible, may this
\ncup\u00a0be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As we know Jesus prayed this particular prayer so fervently to
\nthe point of sweeting blood, yet God did not grant his request. Here the SON of
\nGod was praying for His life and God did not honor this request. We see
\nNineveh, who was evil, repent for a short time and God did not destroy them as
\npromised. <\/p>\n

So don\u2019t get so upset when we pray for God to do something
\nand it appears to God unanswered. I know I have prayed many times where God has
\nseeming ignored the prayer. Recently, I prayed for a lady to receive her
\nhearing back and it did not happen. Why? I have no clue, but look at Luke 22:31
\n\u2013 32<\/a><\/b> to see another failed prayer of Jesus:<\/p>\n

\n

31\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>\u201cSimon, Simon, behold,\u00a0Satan demanded to have
\nyou, that he might sift you like wheat,\u00a032\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>but\u00a0I
\nhave prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again,
\nstrengthen your brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jesus had foretold Peter\u2019s denial and prayed it would not
\nhappen. As we know Peter denied Jesus three times shortly after he prayed. So
\nwhen we see Jesus\u2019 prayers fall on apparent \u201cdeaf ears\u201d of God why should we
\nexpect every one of our prayers to be granted as we desire? We shouldn\u2019t, but rather
\nunderstand that we may never understand why this is.<\/p>\n

My prayer for the lady with hearing was from afar, I often
\nwonder if I had boldly prayed for her WITH her if the outcome would have been
\ndifferent. I don\u2019t know since I did not do that. But I do know that often my
\nunanswered prayers often become clear in time.<\/p>\n

The key is don\u2019t fret if prayers are not answered the way
\nyou expected. Sometimes you have no clue what is in store. Also, as we talked
\nabout yesterday, God\u2019s number one commandment to us is freedom. With freedom
\ncomes responsibility and with that we sometimes suffer the consequences. God
\nwill not correct all the ills of this world that the world has inflicted on
\nitself by free decisions. <\/p>\n

Mankind can derail God\u2019s plan for a time, but will never
\ncease it. I think of this new home as a great example. As we walk around the
\nbeautiful property and look at the wonderful scenery you start to notice little
\nthings that show the damage man has done from logging to hydraulic mining of
\nour hillside. Yet in less than a 100 years that desolation is a faint memory in
\nthe land. So like the land, God eventually can and will repair and restore us
\nto the path He desires. We just can\u2019t get our panties in a wad when our prayers
\nseem to go unanswered and injustices we see are not righted.<\/p>\n

Just remember God\u2019s will be done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Jesus was praying in Gethsemane in Matthew 26:36 \u2013 56 we see Him praying to God. Now a quick note with Jesus\u2019 prayers, isn\u2019t it kind of like talking to yourself? But in verse 26:39 he prays something that is not \u201cgranted\u201d by God: Going a little farther, he fell with his face to … Continue reading “When Prayers Fail \u2013 Jesus\u2019 Ones”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[96,95,97],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}