Does God really mean it when He says that He will give us what we ask for? Bible texts come to our minds, such as Matthew 7:7, "Ask, and it will be given to you"... Will He really answer when we call? Isaiah 65:24: "Before you call I will answer, while you are still speaking, I will hear."

Have you ever asked the question, why doesn't prayer work? Why at times does it appear that God ignores us when we pray to Him. Many have prayed for God to intervene and solve a problem that they are struggling with, but sometimes God‘s apparent answer is silence.

Even when we feel that God is not answering our prayers, you can always know God is a God of love. The Bible tells us He loves us:

John 3:16. '"For God so LOVED the world".......
Jeremiah 31:3, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love."....

God created us and knows infinitely more than we know. He knows what is best for us, and what would not be good for us. If you have children, when they were very small, sometimes they asked for things that would not be good for them, or would harm them. For good reasons sometimes parents do not always give their children what they ask for, when they ask for it. Parents give them what is best for them.

It is the same way in our prayers to God. God gives us what is best for us. We are God’s children and He gives us what is best for us, and at a time when it is best for us. Our lives must be right with God before He can answer our prayers.

God has certain conditions that must be met before our prayers can be answered. One of the first, is we feel our need of help from Him. Isaiah 44:3 says, “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.” The heart must be open to the Spirit’s influence, or God’s blessing cannot be received. One cannot pour water into a cup that is already full.

If we have cherished sins in our lives, and refuse to give them up, or if we are doing things we should not be doing, and are disobeying Him, we cannot expect Him to answer our prayers. He cannot answer our prayers if we have sins in our lives that are unconfessed or if we are hanging on to cherished sins. Also, if we refuse to forgive others who have wronged us, God cannot hear us. (See Matthew 6:12 and Ephesians 4:32).

This is not saying you can earn God’s favor to answer your prayers, it will always be Jesus’s blood that makes us worthy; but we do need to do our part if God is going to work in our lives.

One of the reasons we feel our prayers are not being answered, is because we stop praying. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says it best, "pray without ceasing." Paul is more direct in Philippians 4:6, “In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

In reality, we should not be worried so much about if God hears our prayers – He does and He does care. What we should be worried about is if because of temptations, hard times, and trials we get discouraged, and give up praying. In Luke 18:1, Jesus, “spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart."

God is a God of love, and He is interested in every detail of our lives. He hears our prayers, and answers every sincere prayer if we meet His conditions. We must not expect that every answer will be "yes", since we are sinners and do not always ask what is best for us. Sometimes His answer is "No’ and sometimes it is "wait." (Hebrew 10:36) We need to end each prayer with, "Not my will but Your will." Even if we are sincerely doing God’s will, and to the best of our ability, following His will for us, He may see that it is best for us not for Him to say "yes" at this time. We must continue trusting Him, regardless of His answer at the moment.

God's timetable is not the same as ours. He knows better than we do when is the best time for our prayers to be answered. (See Hebrews 6 :13-15). God is eternal and does not measure time as we do. 2 Peter 3:8: "Beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."

If we have faith and sincerely trust God, we will not be concerned as to whether the answer is "wait" or the answer is "no" or "yes." We must just trust, and wait and see if God in His timing will see fit to answer as we have requested, or perhaps He has something better in mind for us. Remember your prayer should end with "Not my will, Lord, but Your will." (Luke 22:42). "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6.

Source: http://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/why-does-god-not-answer-my-prayer

maybe God is busy answering someone else somewhere, so keep calm it's turn by turn

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myqel:
On this special day some years ago, a special child was born...lo and behold there was great joy in heaven and on earth because of his peculiarity.... that child is ME, MYSELF AND I
Happy birthday to me, wish myself many happy returns in good health, peace, joy, riches and other good attributes (Amen)
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Happy birthday to you.. Age with grace

maybe because he doesn't exist?

Because you only called him when you need him

Many factors could be responsible for that:..Lack of faith, sin, unforgiveness, unrestituted sins, praying amiss, and many more.

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.........maybe you are dialling the wrong number or maybe you should send text


Ps-in the words of a great Roman thief "When i was a boy i prayed so hard and so long for a horse but it didnt come so i went out and stole one"........

Make i siddon here

There are stories of people praying to the Christian God and being healed.

There are stories of people praying to non-Christian gods and being healed.

There are stories of people praying to no gods and being healed.

There are stories of members of all three categories who are not healed.

How do we figure out if anything is going on except confirmation bias? We find people who are sick, we have some prayed for and some not, and we see if there is a different recovery rate. The Templeton Foundation - a group inclined to believe that prayer is effective - ran exactly that experiment and found no difference.

I can go on a limb and say You don't have millions of answered prayers; you have millions of people who're determined to believe that their prayers were answered. Big difference.

As you said. God sees way down the line of lives, he will not give you what he knows will bring about your destruction in the future even if you prayed for it, God still answers prayers. But you must be ripe for that answer. You can pray now and get your answer in 3years time and you can pray now and get your answer now. The time for the answer must be ripe. You can pray for God to bless you with wealth now, but you might not be matured enough to handle wealth, that is why most people go and seek alternatives means. If I had come across sudden wealth at a young age, I'll probably be dead right now.
But thank God for his wisdom. He knows what is best for me.

Because and answer to your prayer could be a failure to answer another Man's prayer,
As you are praying for long life, the coffin maker near you is praying for brisk business

That reminds me of the following joke:

"I pray a simple prayer every morning. It's an ecumenical prayer. Whether you're Catholic or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu, I think it speaks to the heart of every faith. It goes 'Lord please break the laws of the universe for my convenience. Amen.'"

This life is hard work and brain work, and a lil percentage of luck. If u like pray till 2022. What will be, will be

God answers my prayer

When you ask for the wrong things and when you ask for the wrong reasons

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lytech1:
Because you only called him when you need him

So, when does one call on God then? Or is there something else you are not telling us?

Maybe cause God doesn't exist and prayers are useless, get to work and stop praying and wasting your time expecting answers from an imaginary dummy God

why cant you go to church rather than making jest of the holy scriptures.. Have this in mind - keep the sabbath day Holy..

Royalfurnitures:
Many factors could be responsible for that:..Lack of faith, sin, unforgiveness, unrestituted sins, praying amiss, and many more.

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tell me the faith that man at the beautiful gate had before being healed of his deformity

hungryboy:
Because and answer to your prayer could be a failure to answer another Man's prayer,
As you are praying for long life, the coffin maker near you is praying for brisk business

Very funny, so asking for the betterment of one's life is a failure to another man's answer? So God answers the prayers of evil people who wish others bad then. Interesting...

Be patient, it's all about TIME, or check your life and Amends your ways.

visijo:
why cant you go to church rather than making jest of the holy scriptures.. Have this in mind - keep the sabbath day Holy..

some Christian sects believe Saturday is the Sabbath day

hopefulLandlord:
maybe because he doesn't exist?

atheist

as far as am concerned. Gods will will always be. u can pray for safe journey on ur bus / flight and still not reach ur destination alive.

Lol....
Na una sabi

*starts Rollin' up*

Kingsley1000:
atheist

So?