How do we make sense of Our Lord’s teaching that the Father will always answer the prayers of his children, giving them what they need? Jesus’ parables about prayer can become a stumbling block to those in desperate situations whose prayers are not answered. Finding God When Prayer Doesn’t Work aims to help people who live with unanswered prayer not to give up on prayer or on God who they may believe has let them down. Prayer is even more important for people in these situations, because it is a matter of life or death for their souls.