{"id":16963,"date":"2016-01-18T01:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T06:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=16963"},"modified":"2015-11-30T18:55:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T23:55:28","slug":"how-should-i-respond-to-unanswered-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2016\/01\/18\/how-should-i-respond-to-unanswered-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"How should I respond to unanswered prayer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<hgroup class=\"content-header\">\n<h2 class=\" entry-title \">Discover how Christians should respond to unanswered prayer<\/h2>\n<\/hgroup>\n<div id=\"content-post\">\n<article id=\"post-81103\" class=\"post-81103 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-vida-de-oracao tag-intimidade-com-deus tag-vida-de-oracao-2\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Prayer is dialogue with God. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">In the intimacy of prayer, the heart ripping the veil of fear and abandons itself\u00a0in the hands of the father. T<\/span><span lang=\"en\">here are many demands presented in life. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Many others are the needs that afflict the soul and steal\u00a0its\u00a0peace. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">However, not always are our wishes granted. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Facing this reality, a question echoes in the heart: How should Christians respond to unanswered prayer?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-81210\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/canais\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/10\/formacao_como-deve-o-cristao-reagir-a-oracao-nao-respondida-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Como deve o crist\u00e3o reagir \u00e0 ora\u00e7\u00e3o n\u00e3o respondida\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<sup>Photo: Yamin\/cancaonova.com<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Parents know very well that not all requests for your children can be met. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Many are the reasons that are behind an unfulfilled desire. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Maybe, the child needs to grow up a little more before this need is met; <\/span><span lang=\"en\">or even, such a request can be dangerous and put her life\u00a0at risk. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Many parents know that some requests that your children make to them is just caprice disguised as extreme need.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Some requests to God aim to fill our ego<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">God is Father and knows that not all of our requests could be met in the time and on the occasion that we want. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">By love, He intervenes in front of our needs and give us just what we need.<\/span><span lang=\"en\">Some requests to God aim to fill our ego, but it shows its\u00a0reality in such a way that it seems an urgent need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">We live in times in which we are not used to living with just the essentials, and this reality is often reflected in our prayer life. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Many of them do not support living with just what is essential and what we need. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">If you don&#8217;t acquire divine wisdom, each new prayer is, disguise the peripheral as essential.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What we now do not understand tomorrow may be as clear as the light of day<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">God cannot be fooled and will give us just what we need. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">He knows the content of intention in its true essence. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Even if a request is fair and necessary, the projects of the Lord for each one of us are\u00a0going to reveal the events of life. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">What we don&#8217;t understand today, tomorrow can be as clear as day.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>God answers all our prayers, even if your answer is &#8216; no &#8216;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span lang=\"en\">Even if a request has not been answered, don&#8217;t falter. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">The Lord answers all our prayers, even if the answer is &#8216; no &#8216;. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Maybe the fact that we received the grace today is that God is preparing the best for the future. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Renew our trust in the Lord and seek the essential. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Have the courage to look at our spiritual and human needs and see if we&#8217;re not behaving like spoiled children, to whom all desires are needs, but they lack sufficient maturity to discern the reality of intentions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Strengthen our soul in the light of the Holy Spirit of God praying:<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><em>&#8220;Divine Spirit,<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>that with his light of love<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>grant the necessary wisdom<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>faltering hearts,<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>grant me the grace of wisdom on the needs,<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>and may my prayer, elevated to the Father,<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>always be guided by what I\u00a0really need.<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>Keep from me the rampant desire to satisfy my personal whims<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>and help me to seek in the force of prayer what is essential in life.<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>Amen! &#8220;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-utility\">\n<figure class=\"entry-thumb\"><a class=\"entry_author_image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsofttranslator.com\/bv.aspx?from=&amp;to=en&amp;a=http%3A%2F%2Fformacao.cancaonova.com%2Fauthor%2Fflaviosobreiro%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/canais\/authors\/71_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"entry-bloco\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Father Flavio\u00a0Sobreiro<\/h2>\n<p lang=\"en\">Bachelor&#8217;s degree in philosophy from the the Pontifical University of Campinas\u00a0 and Studied Theology at the Faculdade Cat\u00f3lica de Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais\u00a0(MG), Father Flavio Sobreiro is parochial Vicar of St. Anthony Parish in Jacutinga (MG), and priest of the Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre (MG).<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">To learn more about the priest and accompany his\u00a0articles (Portuguese) on the internet, go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsofttranslator.com\/bv.aspx?from=&amp;to=en&amp;a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.padreflaviosobreiro.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\">www.padreflaviosobreiro.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\"><a href=\"http:\/\/formacao.cancaonova.com\/espiritualidade\/vida-de-oracao\/como-devo-reagir-oracao-nao-respondida\/\">Portuguese Version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover how Christians should respond to unanswered prayer Prayer is dialogue with God. In the intimacy of prayer, the heart ripping the veil of fear and abandons itself\u00a0in the hands of the father. 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