{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/689b5ebf96e56d505b7bf1d9/6a2edaa9e6540bec0f6e049f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pete Greig | Unanswered Prayer","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/689b5ebf96e56d505b7bf1d9/1781455267244-34a626f8-ff12-4a36-9dfc-46413fd88f21.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Jesus's unanswered prayers</p><p><br></p><p>Mark 8:22-25  (Half answered): spit on eyes, only half worked at first, seeing trees rather than people.  Persistence in prayer: \"(Keep on) asking and it will be given\" is in present imperative continuous tense.  Stacking dominoes...  'Beating on heaven's door with bruised knuckles in the dark' George Buttrick (1892-1980)</p><p><br></p><p>John 17:22 Jesus greatest prayer for the church to be united, it's not. Relational pain. </p><p><br></p><p>Matthew 26:39 : \"May this cup be taken from me\". God's will may be for us to suffer.</p><p><br></p><p>Prayer is less a source of power than of influence. </p><p>We are called to redeem and repurpose our suffering.</p>","author_name":"Emmaus Rd Church"}