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Prayer 02: Talking With God

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Understanding Unanswered Prayer: God's World, God's Will, God's War

Founder of 24 7 prayer, Pete, offers a helpful paradigm to make sense of unanswered prayer. He explains that God's world operates by certain principles and doesn't intervene in everything. Miracles are rare by definition and violate the laws of the universe. Sometimes, God's will includes suffering, which requires a theology of the cross. Additionally, there is an enemy at loose contesting God's will, causing terrible things to happen. Therefore, we must persevere in prayer as we battle against spiritual forces. These three perspectives, God's world, God's will, and God's war, help us categorize our struggles.

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