2 Corinthians 12 | Unanswered Prayer

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Summary

What happens when God doesn't answer our prayer? Is it because we are praying for the wrong things, with the wrong motives, in the wrong way? Dave finishes our series on prayer by considering one of Paul's unanswered prayers, and finds that even unanswered prayer is good news.

Text

So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:7–10 ESV)