Religion & Spirituality
A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh.Many of us struggle with the issue that some prayers are answered while others are not. Testimonies of miraculous intervention by God often raise the level of faith so we can expect God to work in the same way in us. We rejoice over such stories of faith.However, for some of us our experience is not a lack of expectation but having no miraculous intervention to our earnest prayer. This can easily lead to an erosion of faith or a feeling of distance and alienation from God. The church needs to be a place that welcomes these stories of suffering too. How did the early church deal with this in their own lives? Did they stop praying when prayers were not answered? Did their understanding of God change? Do we use our experience to define God? There is no easy answer, but there are sufficient guidelines to teach us how to live with this tension. Come Lord Jesus and teach us how to rejoice with those who rejoice and to mourn with those who mourn!