What if you pray and nothing happens? If there are times when you pray to God and nothing happens, don’t believe that nothing happens when you pray. Something good always happens spiritually when we pray.
It is worth noting that there is a great deal of confusion in the public consciousness as to what constitutes prayer that encourages change.
In Christian Science, prayer involves much more than simply going to God with lists of things we want.
It is an active search for Truth that opens our minds to spiritual reality helps to dissolve any sense of suffering and allows healing to take place.
Conscientious prayer changes the way we think. It is a petition to God that includes a strong desire and an effort to welcome into our consciousness a new and better way of looking at reality that takes our thoughts to a higher place.
Prayer never leaves us where we found it. It makes us better.
For those times when prayer doesn’t seem to be working, it’s a good idea to remind your mortal mind that your thoughts are moving in a spiritual way, leaving mistakes behind, welcoming the healing power of God, and that change for the good is inevitable.
Just as the night leads to the dawn, so does prayer leads to the healing Light of God.
What do we do when we pray and nothing happens?
Can you remember Jesus …
While he was talking to her, one of the messengers came from the house of the head of the synagogue, Jairus. He said to him, your daughter is dead, there is no need to trouble the Teacher. However, when Jesus heard about it, he told Jairus.
Let’s take a look at Luke 8:49-50
King James Version
49: While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble, not the Master.
50: But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
My Jesus, you know what it’s like to pray for a cure when it feels like death has already taken its toll, when it feels like time is running out, when fear is so much more powerful than hope when you’re praying for a miracle that seems impossible to believe, enduring your prayers even when there doesn’t seem to be any hope.
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What do we do when we pray and nothing happens?
Can you also remember Elijah?
Let’s take a look at 1 Kings 18:41-44
King James Version
41: And Elijah said unto Ahab, get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42: So, Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43: And said to his servant, go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, there is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stops thee not.
Oh, Elijah, you know what it’s like to be powerless against evil, to be far from God and surrounded by darkness.
To pray for the impossible. To boldly ask for the power of God, even when your friend didn’t see anything, but you saw a huge miracle when it was just a tiny speck of possibility.
To pray and pray and pray for God to move.
What do we do when we pray and nothing happens?
Can you remember Daniel…
Daniel prays 3 times a day like he always used to, thanking God for everything. The book of Dan 6:10 KJV says, “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did foretime”.
If you read further in the same book of Daniel 10:12-14 KJV
12: Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I have come for thy words.
13: But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
14: Now I have come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
Oh, Daniel, you know what it’s like. Day after day of praying and getting no response. Praying even when it’s against the law, praying even when it could get you killed. Praying no matter what. Praying because Yahweh is God.
What does Yahweh is God mean?
Yahweh is the name of the God in the Old Testament who revealed himself. It comes from the Hebrew verb “To be.” At its core, “Yahweh” means “To be.
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When you pray and nothing changes: Remember Jesus, Daniel, and Elijah. Remember that nothing is impossible for God. And keep praying.
FAQs Related To What If You Pray And Nothing Happens
What if God does not answer prayers?
Sometimes God doesn’t listen to us because we’re praying the wrong way. And it’s not like we’re doing it out of spite, it’s more like we don’t understand God’s Word well enough to know what he wants.
When my prayer is not answered?
It could happen right away or it could take a while for him to get ready for you to get the response you’re looking for.
What does the Bible say about empty prayers?
Don’t waste words like the Gentiles do because they think they can get away with it.
Does God hear when you cry?
Yes. Just like God heard the cry of the Hebrews, so too does He hear yours.
Does God hear sinners’ prayers?
God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if you worship him and do his will, he’ll listen to you. But he knows you are praying!
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Your prayers are making a difference. Keep on praying and keep on making a difference. Something good is happening in the spiritual realm!