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When desperate prayers seem to go unanswered

I have been fasting and praying for my sick mother for months and she keeps getting worse and I am starting to feel like God is not listening or not there.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The persistence of suffering despite sincere spiritual intervention challenges fundamental assumptions about divine responsiveness and care.

Ideas that help explain it
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