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Unanswered or Intentional?
By Megan Conner Bible Reading
"Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha… Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days… After… he went on to tell them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up…" On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days… When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. "Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died." - John 11:1-21 (NIV). Have you ever found yourself pleading and praying, yet seem to only receive silence as a response? Or, arrive on the other side of circumstances only to discover none of what you desired or anticipated came to pass? Where was the Good Father in the midst of your trials? The Bible is full of assurances that God will never leave or forsake us (Deut. 31:6), knows what we need before we ask (Matt. 6:8), and encourages us to bring our petitions to the Lord because what we request will be given to us (Matt. 7:7). If all of these promises are true, why do our prayers go unanswered? Is the Lord uncaring and aloof; standing outside of our troubles and intentionally refusing to come to our aid? | 
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