More than a decade ago, Jerry Sittser prayed for the protection of his family, yet three of his loved ones---his daughter, his wife, and his mother---died in an automobile accident. What went wrong? 'Why wasn't my prayer answered?' he asks. 'It is no longer an abstract question to me. What should we do and how should we respond when our prayers---prayers that seem right and true and good---go unanswered?' In When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer, Sittser continues exploring the issues he addressed in A Grace Disguised. He asks, 'Why doesn't God answer our prayers? What, if anything, can we do about it?' Sittser is intensely committed to exploring the Christian faith, especially when it doesn't seem to 'work.' In this thoughtful and beautifully written book, he moves beyond easy answers and religious formulas to explore the goodness and greatness of a God who cannot be controlled but can be trusted. When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer takes an honest and probing look at the problem of unanswered prayer. In doing so, it draws us ever deeper into a relationship with the God who is the end of all our prayers, the object of our faith, the one who fulfills our deepest longings.

When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer

Religion & Spirituality

Sittser, Jerry

Christian Books & Bibles

Zondervan

Do Our Prayers Really Make a Difference? A beloved husband dies of cancer. A child is kidnapped. A family is shattered by a fatal car accident. We pray for peace and protection in a world that seems to be falling apart. Often we experience or hear about spectacular answers to prayer. But where is God when the cry of our hearts seems to be answered with silence? When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer explores the mysteries and paradoxes of unanswered prayer. Forged in the fires of his personal quest following his own crushing experience of unanswered prayer, Jerry Sittser offers hard-won spiritual insights that affirm the greatness of God's love and concern for us, even when we do not fully understand why our prayers seem to go unanswered.

When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer: Insights to Keep You Praying with Greater Faith and Deeper Hope

Loss came suddenly for Gerald Sittser. In an instant, a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife, and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience such a catastrophic loss in our lifetime, all of us will taste it. And we can, if we choose, know as well the grace that transforms it. This book plumbs the depths of our sorrows, whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life---one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings.

A Grace Disguised

How can I go on? How much more can I take? Does God even care? If He does care, how could He allow this to happen to me? Whether it's divorce, injury, death, financial hardship, or just plain loneliness, we all experience difficult times in our lives. In these 96 pages, bestselling authors Ruth Graham, Joni Eareckson Tada and Jerry Sittser share their own journey through life's most difficult situations. Filled with honesty and forthrightness, this book is designed to reach those who are at the end of their rope and not sure where to turn. Content is excerpted from four bestselling titles: In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart by Ruth Graham; A Grace Disguised by Jerry Sittser; A Step Further and When God Weeps by Joni Eareckson Tada.

When Your Rope Breaks

Tada, Joni Eareckson

Graham, Ruth

We've all heard that God has a plan for our lives, but what does that mean in practical terms---when we're faced with important life decisions, like who to marry, what job to take, where to send our children to school, or what church to join? 'Discovering God's Will' explores important questions like: How free are we if God has a perfect plan for our lives? Does suffering and trouble mean we are off track? How exactly does God speak? Discussing these and other questions, Jerry Sittser offers a biblically based approach that readers will find truly liberating, even if you think you've married the wrong person, chosen the wrong career, or landed yourself in some kind of serious trouble.

Descubra la Voluntad de Dios: Como Hacer Cada Decision Con Paz Y Confianza (Spanish Edition)

Vida

A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of sorrow, whether due to illness, divorce or the loss of someone we love. The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life --- one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion and a deeper appreciation of simple daily blessings.

Recibir la Gracia Escondida: cómo mantenernos en pie en el dolor y la pérdida (Spanish Edition)

A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Zondervan on Brilliance Audio

Comment l'âme se développe par la perte. En un instant, un tragique accident de la route emporte la vie de trois générations de femmes: une mère, une épouse et une fille. Bien que la plupart d'entre nous n'expérimenteront pas une perte semblable au cours de notre vie, nous serons tous inévitablement confrontés au deuil et à la mort à un certain moment de notre vie. En racontant son histoire, Jerry Sittser nous rappelle que ce n'est pas l'expérience du deuil qui est déterminante dans notre vie, mais plutôt la manière de réagir au deuil. Cette réaction jouera sur la qualité, la direction et la portée de notre vie. En racontant son histoire, Jerry Sittser nous rappelle que ce n'est pas l'expérience du deuil qui est déterminante dans notre vie, mais plutôt la manière de réagir au deuil. Cette réaction jouera sur la qualité, la direction et la portée de notre vie. L'auteur nous explique que le pouvoir de la réaction au deuil touche aux choix que nous faisons, à la grâce que nous recevons, et finalement à la transformation que nous subissons.

Une grâce déguisée (A Grace Disguised): Comment l’âme se développe par la perte (French Edition)

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