There are others who accuse God of not being just, or blame him for
not answering their prayers, when the fact is, their lives have not
been such as would give them an assurance that God would answer their
prayers. A young sister who had for some time been drifting into
worldliness was called to the bedside of her dying father. She was much
concerned about him and asked a special favor of the Lord concerning
him, and because her request was not granted in just the manner
requested, she permitted her mind to be filled with doubts and
infidelity. She blamed God for not answering, and then she began to have
struggles with hardness of heart, which she had never known before. This
caused her to become alarmed, and she sought the counsel of a minister.
He cited her to 1 John 3:22--"And whatsoever we ask we receive of him,
because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing
in his sight." She acknowledged that she had not been living right, and
therefore had no right to blame God for not answering her prayers.