Why does God sometimes say yes, sometimes wait, and sometimes no?

In why doesn't God answer my prayers, trusted Bible teacher Dr. Erwin Lutzer offers biblical

wisdom for one of life's hardest questions. Through scripture, he reminds us that God's silence

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equip the saints, and impact our culture.

Our mouth, what we speak, comes out of our hearts, and our hearts will use our mouth,

and it will either do surgery to heal, or it will cut to slay.

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To us, that's like saying amen or yes.

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Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you.

Here is Jack Hibbs.

And as we look at this, I'm going to do something a little bit backward here, folks.

Look at verse 5.

It says that down at the latter end of verse 5, you see the word according.

We're going to break down these Greek words really quick, but we have to start with the word

according to Christ Jesus.

This is where we begin.

Write down this meaning when it says,

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