Talking with God: Prayer Busters

About this episode

This episode explores the reasons behind unanswered prayers and identifies eight factors that hinder effective communication with God.

In our last episode, we talked about the mystery of unanswered prayer. There are times when God, in His sovereignty and love, chooses to say “No” to our requests. However, the Bible also tells us that our Father loves to say “Yes” to His children. So, why is it that so often we pray and pray, and nothing seems to happen? Where’s the problem? All too often, the problem is with us. We’re the ones who torpedo the process. In this episode, we’re going to look at eight “prayer busters” the B...

People in this episode

Host: Dave DeSelm

Topics covered

• prayer
• unanswered prayer
• spiritual growth
• Christianity
• faith challenges
• communication with God

Keywords

• prayer busters
• unanswered prayer
• God's sovereignty
• faith
• spiritual obstacles

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bible

Places: God

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