Where is God when tragedy happens rather than healing? Many react by giving up on prayer—questioning God’s promises, intentions, and character. Others believe false teachers who spout lies about peac…

When answers to prayer don’t come on your schedule, it’s easy to lose heart. But you can have a fulfilled prayer life whether you get the specific answers you want or not. In this message, you’ll fin…

Someone has said, “Pressure produces.” It’s through suffering that God refines Christians’ character, and that’s more important than Him answering prayer on a certain timetable. In this message, you’…

Who doesn’t hope for a quick response to prayer from God? Many faith healers would have you believe that with only a little more faith, you can get anything. But what if it takes more faith to wait o…

Are you asking God for guidance, but the answer is delayed? Abraham, a man of faith who followed God’s leading, never saw the complete fulfillment of God’s promises to him. He believed in the future …

Next time you feel like God is a bit slow in answering your prayers, remember: His scale of time is bigger than yours. He has a larger agenda. God gave Abraham promises that would not come to pass fo…

Can believers expect guidance or physical healing on demand? When waiting on God feels like forever, eternity is exactly what you need to keep in mind. In this message, you’ll be provoked to pray eve…

Prayer is something of a mystery. The answers sometimes come from unexpected directions, even unrelated to what you requested. When you think your prayers are unanswered, you may have received an ans…

As you mature as a Christian, you’ll find prayer shifting from asking for things to asking for God.   That’s why answers to prayers are often more than you could ask or imagine. In this message, you…

Do you struggle to develop habits in your time alone with God? Knowing the Lord in prayer is far more vital than getting what you want from Him. As you know God more, your passion for Him will increa…

Where is God when injustice, poverty, exploitation, fraud, and disasters come? America and the world today seem to be heading from bad to worse. In Habakkuk’s day, he prayed for deliverance and was s…

How do you praise God when calamity is raging? Do you deny it, accept it, or what? The prophet Habakkuk’s dialogs with God show a man wrestling with how God could seemingly be out of touch with how t…

There are so many issues to be anxious about: failing in your work or studies, providing enough for your family, or the overall state of the nation. In Habakkuk’s day, evildoers were having a field d…

When disaster strikes, some view prayer as merely positive thoughts or energy. Don’t be stuck in that low view of prayer. Habakkuk and Joseph lived in tumultuous times like these. They both journeyed…

If someone doesn’t pray regularly, it’s probably due to some unanswered prayer. You have a choice when the answer to your prayer is a clear “no.” You can become resentful, or the answer can increase …

Do you have tendency to grin and bear it when God doesn’t answer your prayers? God doesn’t call you to a stoic response. God’s grace shines brightest through your weakness. In this message, you’ll id…

How is God’s grace sufficient for a heavy loss like the death of a loved one or a divorce? Your reaction to final answer of “no” is vital. Unless God grants grace to trust Him, it will be impossible …

One of the deepest disappointments anyone could feel has to do with divine healing. When you see a child suffer or a young mother die of cancer, it’s natural to wonder whether you can go on believing…

Many people pray for years, asking God for deliverance from appalling situations. Even so, faith is ultimately not about getting what you want; faith accepts what God gives you. Even when you don’t s…

The Christian life is one of joy and one of suffering. Faith leads to the ultimate victory, but it may not change your earthly circumstances. The trial of your faith is more precious than any tempora…

Christians face an adversary whose accusations can intimidate or deceive. He’s called the devil, the prince of darkness. But you have a defense attorney, the Lord Jesus—your advocate before the Fathe…