Philip YanceyGod formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.
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God did not create the world with the intention that it be perfect, but rather created humans to have an understanding of how He would want things to be. Sometimes, prayers are not answered because they are not the right type of prayer. Rather than asking for one specific thing, we should ask God to give us faith and trust that He will give what we need. We must believe that God has a bigger plan for our lives and also believe that we can trust Him to help us fulfill those plans.
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