Unanswered Prayer

Have you ever prayed and felt like God didn't hear, or wasn't listening? It can be frustrating to continue praying over and over again about the same topic and seem to get no reponse from God. But we know we must not listen to what we "feel," but what we know to be true. And we know that if we are saved, God hears all of our prayers! That is a promise in Scripture. So even if it "feels" like we are talking to a brick wall, we must take a deeper look at our so-called unanswered prayers.
James 4: 2-3
First, we know that sometimes we don't recieve, because we don't ask. But sometimes we ask and still don't receive, but if we are asking with the wrong motives (with selfish desires) our request won't be answered either.

So what if have a good desire...good motives...and God is still not answering? I was reading a Spurgeon devotional yesterday about unanswered prayer and it was a refreshing reminder. God is not on our "time frame." We are commanded over and over again in Scripture to wait upon the Lord. We are commanded to persevere in prayer. As we struggle with "unanswered prayer," God is teaching us patience and strengthening our faith and conforming us to the image of His son. Then when the "delayed" prayer is answered, we are even more thankful and all the more blessed. Don't lose heart, but continue to pray for those "unanswered prayers."