Getting answers in prayer?
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There are a few ingredients to the "prayer formula".  There is agreement:  Matthew 18:19 "Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven."  There is asking, and asking with the correct motives in mind:  James 4:2-3 "2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions."  Faith is the final key.  If you truly expect to receive what you ask, chances are you will.  God is not so callous as to reject your pleas entirely.  A.)  God never piles on more than we can handle, and B.)  God's will is a mystery we may hope to someday unravel, but right now have to deal with what we DO know.  Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."
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Consider yourself prayed for.   This will be a first for me, praying for someone using their screen-name, but that's all you gave me.   \n\nI'll have you in my prayers.  Feel free to email me if you want.
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You don't know when your prayers are answered.  If you are the average Christian ,  you pray say,  100 times. If one of your prayers is answered,  you say "God answers prayer",  and forget the 99 times that your prayer was not answered.  That is what they call "Christian Logic".
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It depends on what you mean by pray.I keep talking to God throught the day like hes my friend which he is.I do read the Bible everyday.
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Prayer to me is like talking to a friend about issues that you can't figure out on your own. I consider God to be my best friend and He listens to me, the funny thing is that He already knows what I am going to say before I say it. As far as answered prayers, just because you don't get what you want or asked for, doesn't mean that your prayers are not answered. See we don't always know what is best for us so even though it seems like He did not answer you, someday or sometime you will say wow He did answer, just not the way I thought He would. \n\nKeep talking to Him and praise Him for everything you have or happens to you good or bad. He loves you and knew you before you were here.
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absolutely! He doesn't want to listen to all that monotonous babbeling day in day out. He will simply ignore it. personally I'm not big on prayer, however I am constantly informed that the best way to reach God is to simply talk to Him as you would engage anyone in proper conversation. this makes far more sense to me.
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:Actually, today I found YahooAnswers and asked for prayer!\nIm so impressed by the answers and prayer I received from total strangers. \n(I cried, it really touched my heart.)\nI'll pray for you to if you'd like me to.\nDear Heavenly Father, \n  Please bless "Kitten2" as she reaches out to You for help, guidance, support, love, forgiveness, mercy, kindness, insight, and Your help in all ways Father, meet her needs and bless her. \nIn Jesus name we pray, Amen.
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Be sincere with the Lord and pray and ask for His help.  There is a song that says I prayed my way out of trouble.
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Go to www.prayforlacey.org you decide
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You'd be better off asking for donations.  Prayer will get you absolutely nothing.
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First give thanks and praise.  Open your heart and be straight forward with your prayers.  Remember to pray for others.  God is pleased that you are even praying, that shows faith in itself.  Don't ramble about the same thing over and over.  He knows what you need and want.  Some people believe the more words they say the more chance of God answering your prayers.  That's not the truth.  He already knows.  Have faith that you don't need to repeat the same thing to him.  Also, remember that he will take care of you and answer your prayers.  Have faith when you pray!  God Bless!
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Prayer is many things, but most importantly, it is communication with the Almighty. This means it is conversation, not a monologue. When I pray, I try to spend more time listening than talking ... I figure God knows more than I do, so He should have the bulk of the time to do the talking :)\n\nFor my part, there are the short "HELP! ! ! " kind of prayers when I'm in a bind; the pouring out my heart to God, kind of prayers; the lifting up a brother or sister who is in a bind kind; the deep and travailing intercession for others; prayers of blessing for my friends (and enemies); praying for protection, wisdom, direction, etc.\nIn short, even though the form of the prayer changes with the circumstance, the Object of the prayer (God) remains a constant, so any prayer that is prayed in veiw of God's glory being manifested in the greatest possible way, is assured of a positive answer.\nI do try to pray for things VERY specifically (God, please bless Tom by giving him a job that will let him spend more time with his kids, and still pay the bills), as opposed to general prayers like "God, please bless Tom." In this way, I can know with greater certainty that God has answered the prayer (He may very well answer both, but If I have only prayed a general prayer, I won't know if it's really God answering or just 'the way things turned out').\n\nIn my experience the best prayers start with listening to God, finding out what is on God's heart, and then praying for that to happen.\n\nEdit: I wanted to add that prayer does not have to be done in any set or formal way (although formal prayers are not wrong), or use a bunch of high-sounding words that lack personal meaning but sound 'religious'.\n\nAlso, I think God likes us to be 'dirt honest' with Him (It's not like we are really hiding anything from Him anyway). Sometimes my prayers are more like yelling at God, and sometimes I get downright demanding (like a child who still has some 'growing up' to do), but I know that God is big enough not to be threatened by my anger, frustration, disillusionment, disapointment, etc, and even when these emotion are directed at Him, he is patient with me, and (I think) is actually just as pleased in those times as much as the ones we usually refer to as a "good prayer time".
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Normally, i tell people "close your eyes and wish real hard". BUT I GOT A BETTER IDEA, If the prayers aren't working, you should stop praying for awhile that will teach him!!!
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pray to God every day and you will get some answers!!!!!!!
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Get sponsers from your church that god has led you to get help from along with family. Don't worry if it's god's will he will make a way. Just pray and it should be okay sounds corny but hopely that helps.
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<*> try this list of sites\nhttp://www.newtimes.org/issue/0208/prayer.htm
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Pray, ask friends and family to pray. Well I just mentioned some stuff to my sister in law and she and another friend did this for us.  My sister in law and a good friend of mine and others have put us on a prayer list at Churches. No one can help us with some things right now. \n\nDon't give up. Do the best you can. The rest is not up to us.