Answers to Prayers

How to Get Immediate Answers to Your Prayers

God Answers Prayer!

Prayer + Faith = Answered Prayers.

How is it that some people can pray and get answers from God immediately, while others have to wait? It’s all about timing. You’ve probably heard the saying (a dozen times) ‘God’s time is not our time’.

He could answer your prayer today, tomorrow, next week, next year--it’s all up to Him. Now, that doesn’t mean you should give up on your prayers. That’s not what I’m saying at all. We should pray without stopping. He will eventually answer your prayers. You just have to seek Him more.

One thing I’ve learned, about how to get your prayers answered, is that He sometimes waits a while to answer so we can draw nearer to Him. See, He waits with anticipation for us to talk to Him. Whenever we have a prayer request, He gets excited. It’s as if God says: “Finally! I got her attention!” or “Wow, he really does believe I exist.”

Then He thinks to himself… “Hmmmm… If I answer his/her prayers immediately, he/she will ignore me until he/she has the next prayer request. If I prolong answering, then I can spend more time with him/her. Then I can reveal what I really have planned for his/her life. I really want to communicate with him/her, but he/she never hangs around long enough for me to reveal my plans. I have a wonderful future planned - even better than what he/she is asking for.”

The Key to Getting Prayers Answered

The key to getting prayers answered from God is to pray for His will in your life. Ask Him when you go to bed tonight what He has planned for you. He may answer within your dreams. He may reveal it to you through someone else. God reveals His plans in multiple ways. Just keep asking until He reveals it to you. Don’t give up if He takes a while to answer your prayers.

When He reveals what He has planned, you will begin to desire what He wants. For example, let’s say God reveals to you that He wants to bless you with a new job or a promotion. This is the...