Jamen, bad jeg da for lidt? - Leif Andersen

Title: Jamen, bad jeg da for lidt (But... Then Didn't I Pray Enough?)
Author: Leif Andersen
Genre: Christian non-fiction
Rating: 9/10
# pages: 93
Date read: January, 2009

Summary: Jesus has promised to give us everything we pray for. So why don't we always get it?

Did we pray wrong? Or pray too little? Or believe too little?

It goes without saying that this is one of the most difficult and most important issues in our life with God. Unfortunately it's also the cause of some of the most shallow and superficial cliches in the Christian tradition. And we all suffer under these quick and far too basic answers.

In his usual honest and direct manner, Leif Andersen takes the reader through the many difficult questions connected to prayers apparently left unanswered.

Review: Leif Andersen has a very down-to-earth way of explaining difficult topics, and this book is no exception. I do believe that God loves me personally and individually and I do believe He takes an interest in what happens to me and that prayers do make a difference - so why the apparent silence sometimes?

The answer is as straight-forward as they come - it's not that God remains silent and doesn't answer my prayers, but that He doesn't always answer them in the way I expect or would have preferred. But I can trust that they're always answered in the way that are ultimately best for me.

Interestingly and succinctly written, it's a quick read that I think will stay with me for quite awhile.

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