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Questions Week 11 Day 1

by David Joynt on July 09, 2017


WHAT ABOUT UNANSWERED PRAYERS?

 

MATTHEW 6:9-13

 

 

Why do you pray? One reason, broadly speaking, is that you want the world to change and God’s Kingdom to come. This part of prayer is encouraged by Jesus who taught us to say “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name, thy kingdom come and thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” It takes the form of petitions, or requests, for God to act and to empower his people to act, both materially and spiritually: “give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, and lead us around temptation.” It is the petition part of prayer that leads to the question of the week about unanswered prayer. But it is wise to remember that petitions are only one part of prayer.

 

 

Why do you pray?  

 

FAMILY TIME—

What does God want to happen when we pray?

 

 

Tags: pray, prayers

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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