3 Reasons God Is Silent

Some things to consider when your prayers don’t seem to be getting answered.

You know how it feels.

You’ve trudged up a lonely mountain, sat cross-legged for five hours with a Bible in your lap and prayed intently for answers until your knee joints are screaming.

Or you’ve knelt endlessly at the altar, read the Scriptures and repeated the prayers; you’ve asked, sought and knocked during every sermon, liturgy and devotional reading you could find.

You’ve waited in faith and expectation, shouting hallelujahs, whispering quiet amens and pleading the Lord’s Prayer in reverent refrain.