 Sometimes we don't get what we want from God simply because we don't ask for it. Our desires can be like concert tickets that we fail to pick up at the window, or unredeemed gift certificates. We thank God for the day, we ask him to bless our food, but we fail to ask him for the things we really need or the things we most desire. So the biggest reason why prayers aren't answered, and this is probably bigger than all of the other reasons,