Does God answer prayers?

There have been times when I've prayed and I felt that my prayers did not even get passed the ceiling of the room, but I prayed anyway because I know that I serve a God that hears me when I pray.  I may not always feel his presence during prayer or the Holy Ghost may not always show up, but I know he is listening.  Daniel cried and prayed for twenty one days and didn't think God heard him but God sent an angel to tell him, I heard you the first time you called.

Daniel 10:11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

And then there are times when I pray and God moves on my prayers immediately.  I have seen God answer my prayers so many times.  One time in particular I was faced with a situation and was truly at a loss for what to do.  I simply turned and walked away, lifted my hands and gave it all to God.  I just cried out to him that he was the only one able fix it.  I give it to you Lord because you are able when I am not.  The Holy Ghost showed up and spoke my needs directly to God.  Within minutes of my praying, the thing was done.  There was no doubt in my mind that God stepped in and fixed the situation.  One person told me later that he was angry one minute and the next minute he felt a great calm come over him and he knew there was a better way to fix things.  This is how God works.  He speaks to the wind and says "Peace be Still" and even the wind obeys him.  

He told us in Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

The key word here is "believing", we must believe that God will answer our prayers.  

The next thing we must do is pray in his will.  We must always remember when we ask God for something that we should pray if it be thy will to do this for me.  Jesus taught us to always pray that the Father's will be done when he taught us how to pray with the Lord's prayer.

Matthew 6:10
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Let me assure you that God does answer prayers.  The answer may not always be what you expect it to be, but it will always be what God plans it to be.  And if we leave the decision up to him and let him do things his way then his answers will always be what is right and good for us.  

Kathy Wellman

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