I Prayed and Nothing Changed: What God Is Up to in the Silence (Ask the Christian Counselor)

“Honest about struggle, unafraid of tough questions, realistic about life’s challenges, and yet hope-saturated, Ste Casey fights to help us see more of Christ, even when we feel like he’s silent.”

“Here is strong encouragement for when we experience that most heartbreaking of issues—seemingly unanswered prayer— from someone who knows this experience very well. I wish I had read this before tragedy struck in my life and God didn’t answer my desperate prayers in the way I wanted.”

“It seems so unnatural and unfair to us to embrace weakness and sit in suffering, trying to believe that God is hearing you and doing something in the silence of unanswered prayer. However, in this book, Ste wonderfully shows us through personal experience and biblical rigor that God is working in the waiting—he is giving grace in the suffering and he is strength in our weakness. A wonderful, thoughtful, and hopeful book for all who pray and feel like nothing is changing”

“This book deals with a vital but overlooked topic. Drawing on his years of pastoral experience, his own story of suffering, and the apostle Paul’s account of his thorn in the flesh, Ste has given us a wise, warm, and easy-to-read resource that transforms our perspective and turns lives around. I am so glad I read it and I want others to do the same.”

“In this succinct but powerful book, longtime pastor Ste Casey tackles head-on the experience of disorientation and disillusionment we often face in the wake of persistently unanswered prayer. What is God up to amid our weakness and waiting? Written with pastoral warmth and rich biblical insight, I Prayed and Nothing Changed points the reader repeatedly toward the sufficient grace of Jesus Christ at work transforming us in our darkest and most hopeless places”

“In the agonizing experience of unanswered prayer, we long for a wise and compassionate companion to walk with us. Filled with honesty, drenched in grace, and so powerfully personal, this book is that companion. It will be a blessing to many, particularly because in regard to unanswered prayer, Ste Casey is not just a faithful guide but also a fellow traveler”

“This book is powerful and practical, making a very helpful contribution to a common human experience. Ste helps us to see what we don’t always want to see about who God is and what he is up to when it seems as though he is doing nothing. This book is gritty, honest, and relentlessly practical. I highly recommend it.”

“This precious book answers an often-asked question, but it does so much more than that. Ste draws us into the kind, loving, sovereign heart of a heavenly Father, a selfless Savior, and an allable Spirit. He grounds this counsel deeply in Scripture and connects it to the messiness of life that we all see and feel. I’m better off for reading it—better in myself and better equipped to serve others who are telling me, ‘I prayed and nothing changed.’”