When Dreams Fall Apart: How Unanswered Prayers Can Deepen Your Intimacy with God

Foreword by Jess Connolly

Trusting in God’s goodness even if He says no, not right now, or not this way.

When we have good dreams--dreams that seem in line with the heart of God--it can feel devastating to watch them die. Why doesn’t our God, who is all-powerful and all-loving, fulfill our good desires?

When Dreams Fall Apart addresses the disillusionment many feel when God seems silent to prayers and longings. Through powerful biblical teaching and personal narrative, Jennifer Lucy Tyler helps readers encounter a God who is worthy of our hearts and our trust, even when the answer to our prayers isn’t what we’d hoped.

Readers are invited to observe the moments in scripture when people cried out to God, but His answer was delayed or different than they’d expected. And Tyler shares her own grief, anger, and disappointment when she felt unseen and unheard by God. Together with Tyler, readers learn to name and lament their unanswered prayers, and they discover pathways to resilient hope, faithful contentment, and triumphant joy.

Unanswered prayer is not a sign that you’re doing something wrong or missing God’s call. Tyler helps us experience the peace of knowing that God is close in our pain and working in beautiful--often unseen--ways in our lives.

JENNIFER LUCY TYLER is a wife, mom, Bible teacher, speaker, and author. Since 2006, she has traveled the globe, speaking at conferences to groups of women and youth and serving trafficking victims and orphans throughout several countries. One of her passions is helping women grow spiritually through online courses, retreats, events, and Bible studies. In 2018, Jennifer founded SoulCircles Ministries. SoulCircles began as an alternative ladies’ night out to study the Bible and has since become a virtual hub for women to learn theology and inductive Bible study from women of color Bible teachers. Jennifer is a Senior Church Advisor for World Vision and has a heart for serving the church through local and global missions. In the fall of 2025, Jennifer will release her book When Dreams Fall Apart: How Unanswered Prayers Can Deepen Your Intimacy with God with Moody Publishers. Jennifer resides in Maryland with her husband, Jeffrey, and their daughter, Justice.