Why didn't God answer the prayers of the New Orleans Saints? Did more people pray for the Saints or the Bears?

Answer 1

Nah, I just don't think New Orleans is getting along very well with God these days, lol.

Answer 2

Maybe the Saints did not listen to the answer. It could have been as simple as taunting (pride) the Bears. After that, God removed his protection from the defense and allowed Grossman, who was obedient to make the necessary passes.


You can pray for people all day long to do something, or have God intervene in their activities. God is a gentleman. He will not force you to do what others have asked Him to assist you in doing. So, if you are not careful to listen, you will miss His nudgings and the end result could be the loss of a great football game, or winning a football game you were favored to win.

Answer 3

Reword your question; Did more faithful to Christ people pray recently for the Saints to win the football game in Chicago 1/21/2007 than the Bears? (current Bears fan).

Answer 4

In the beginning God completely sustained His creation without blemish. That’s why it was perfect. He held every atom together in a perfect state. He kept the planets in their orbits. He kept animals from tripping and breaking their necks. He did not allow people to suffer and die.
Deuteronomy 8:4 gives us a little glimpse of how things might have been in the original creation. “Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.” God is omnipotent and perfectly capable of sustaining and protecting his creation.
When Adam sinned, however, the Lord cursed the universe. In essence there was a change and along with that change God seemingly took away a little bit of his sustaining power and allowed things like suffering and death into His creation. Now He permits bad things to happen—and this is a reminder that sin has consequences and that the world needs a Savior. Romans 8:22 says, “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”

God took pleasure in all of His creation ("http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=revelation+4:11&version=NKJV"), but He loved people most of all. He allowed the created universe to deteriorate so we would see the consequences of our sin. If we did not see the consequences of our sin, we would never see that we need salvation from our sin, and we would never accept His offer of mercy for our sin. Most people easily recognize that there is a problem in the world. This can be used to show them that there is one who has overcome this problem of death and suffering—Jesus Christ.

Answer 5

He did. He gave them the sound mind and health to go out and play to win. They didn't make the most of his answer, plain and simple.