Do you ever feel like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling? When we ask God for something we need to really examine our intent behind the request. James 4:3 says, When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. Wrong motives may not always be the reason why God doesn’t answer. Sometime is may just be a “wait” or a “not now”. The key is to remember our purpose in this life, which is to honor and glorify God in all we do. God is not a vending machine where we simply make a deposit and then select our reward. It is about a relationship with God so that He may be glorified and we may be blessed through His glory and service to Him.