[CptnObvious]

Many Answers to Prayer in Jesus Name!

[Tudorfly]

Pray as if it is all up to God; Work as if it is all up to you. Trust in the LORD. And never, ever give up.

[Larry Lucido]

You can’t always get what you want.

But if you try sometimes

You just might find

You get what you need.

[ShadowAce]

Wrong question.

Christians should not pray for what we want--we should pray that His will be done in all situations.

[Oratam]

I had responsibility for my mother's care during the last 3 years of her life. They were difficult years for me as I was under intense emotional, physical and financial stress. I prayed for so many things to get through those years which I feared would break me.

I received answers to all my prayers and more.

It was a tremendous personal lesson in faith and throwing oneself completely on God's mercy.

[TianaHighrider]

Amen and Thank you for your post.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

“We miss seeing His unique answers (usually surprising).”

Whenever I’ve tried to tell God through prayer how He should be doing his job, He NEVER listens to the ‘helpful suggestion’ but ALWAYS comes up with a solution that I never even considered.

Thank God for that. I’m clearly too incapable of managing my affairs to be left to my own evices.

[InkStone]

A great book on prayer (many say this is the Best Book on prayer, outside of God’s Word)

Tells how prayer changed the course of World War 2.

“Rees Howells, Intercessor” by Norman Grubb

[daniel1212]

Thank God He does and will answer all prayer that is actually in the name of Jesus, meaning consistent with His character and specific and in true faith. However, God shows grace to all souls can gives to all many of their desire, even as Paul preached to the "barbarians" (who were more religious than many in America),

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. (Acts 14:17)

For as the Lord stated:

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matthew 5:45)

However, it is surrendered consecrated believers who find God to be "our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble," (Psalms 46:1) and who will lead them in His perfect will with its surpassing blessings (amid trials) if they follow their Lord, and thus delivering them from the regretful consequences of wrong choices, which are a result of not praying and hearing and obeying. I know of both.