PRAYER IS NOT THE ANSWER

Prayer is not the Answer

Tim McDaniel. |  08.19.2026

The design of prayer is to secure an .

Luke 11:2-4 (NLT) 

2 Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. 

3 Give us each day the food we need, 

4 and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation.”

“Not to be concerned about the to prayer is not to .”

Luke 11:5-8 (NLT) 

5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him, 

6 ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’ 

7 And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’ 

8 But I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.

Sometimes the answer requires persistence.

Matthew 7:7 (NLT) 

7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

You know you have the answer when it your request.

Matthew 7:8 (NLT) 

8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 7:9-11 (NLT) 

9 You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? 

10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! 

11 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.

John 14:12-14 (NLT) 

12 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. 

13 You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. 

14 Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!

Answered prayer God.

James 1:17 (NLT) 

17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.

Genesis 35:3; 1 Kings 18 – Elijah and the prophets of Baal; 1 Chronicles 5:20 (NLT); Psalm 4:3; 6:9; 17:6; 31:22; 34:4; 65:2, 5; 81:7; 86:7; 91:15; 99:6, 8; 118:5, 21; 120:1; 138:3; Isaiah 58:9; 65:24; Hosea 14:8; Jonah 2:2; 2 Corinthians 1:11; John 14:12-14; 15:5-8, 16; 16:23-24; Matthew 21:22; James 5:13-18; 1 John 1:9; Hebrews 11:6(NLT) 

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