Do you always expect all prayers to be answered immediately? Pl read on!?

All prayers are answered, and God hears them. However, when they are answered they are answered in God's time not ours and the way God wants them to be answered. It may not seem that they are not being answered, but they are. And sometimes the answer we get is not always the answer we want, but what God wants. God knows what is best and His decision is always the right decision for us. And always, if we ask with a contrite heart. For God does hear what is in our hearts. Remember it is God's plan not ours. We are all put here for a purpose and sometimes God has to steer us in the right direction. We are His creations, God is not our creation. God bless you.

A primary reason why prayer is unanswered is sin. God cannot be mocked or deceived, and He who sits enthroned above knows us intimately, down to our every thought (Psalm 139:1-4). If we are not walking in the Way or we harbor enmity in our hearts toward our brother or we ask for things with the wrong motives (such as from selfish desires), then we can expect God not to answer our prayer because He does not hear (2 Chronicles 7:14; Deuteronomy 28:23; Psalm 66:18; James 4:3). Sin is the “stopper” to all the potential blessings that we would receive from the infinite “bottle” of God’s mercy! If only we would be more careful to avoid sin, we would be more worthy recipients of all the blessings and foretastes of the glory that is ours in Christ Jesus (Job 11:13-18). Indeed, there are times when our prayers are heinous in the Lord’s sight, most notably when we clearly do not belong to the Lord either because of unbelief (Proverbs 15:8) or because we are practicing hypocrisy (Mark 12:40).

Another reason why prayer seems to go unanswered is that the Lord is drawing out of our faith a deeper reliance and trust in Him, which should bring out of us a deeper sense of gratitude, love and humility. In turn, this causes us to benefit spiritually for He gives grace to the humble (James 4:6; Proverbs 3:34). Oh, how one feels for that poor Canaanite woman, who cried out incessantly to our Lord for mercy when He was visiting the region of Tyre and Sidon (Matthew 15:21-28). She was hardly the person a Jewish rabbi would take note of! She was not a Jew and she was a woman, two legitimate (in their minds) reasons for Jews to ignore her. The Lord doesn’t seem to answer her petitions, but He knew all about her situation. He may not have answered her stated needs immediately, but still He heard and granted her request.

God may often seem silent to us, but He never sends us away empty-handed. Even if prayer has not been answered, we must rely upon God to do so in His own time. Even the exercise of prayer is a blessing to us; it is because of our faith that we are stirred to persist in prayer, and isn’t that a rebuke to all of us? It is faith that pleases God (Hebrews 11:6), and if our prayer life is wanting, does that not reflect our spiritual standing also? God hears our impoverished cries for mercy, and His silence inflames us with a sense of persistence in prayer. He loves us to reason with Him. For example, we do not see many souls saved in this day of “small things,” but only that we would cry out, like Rachel, “Give me children or I die!” (Genesis 30:1). Let us hunger for the things that are after God’s heart and let us walk in His ways and not our own. If we are faithful to pray without ceasing, then we are living in the will of God and that can never be wrong (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18).

No. Sometimes God makes us wait. Promises made years ago are being fulfilled today. Regarding timing, God does answer urgent needs promptly. We bring our umbrellas during those times to receive the showers of blessings.

AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT ANSWERED !! BIBLE TEACHES THERE ARE CONDITIONS TO ABOUT EVERYTHING !! OUR PRAYERS GETTING ANSWERED HINGES ON A LOT OF THINGS ! WE HAVE TO BE REALLY SAVED ,,,NOT JUST CAUSE WE THINK WE ARE !! RIGHT KIND OF PRAYER FROM THE RIGHT KIND OF PERSON ,,,JAMES 5;16 WE PRAY AMISS JAMES 4;3 GUIDANCE IN MARRIAGE FOR PRAYER ,,1 PETER 3;7 SOME PETITIONS NEED FASTING WITH PRAYER ,,MATT. 17;21 WE WANT OUR PRAYERS ANSWERED,,, PRAY MORE ,,, 1st. THES. 5;17 THESE ARE JUST SOME REQUIREMENTS YOU QUOTE PS. 37;4 BUT YOU DID NOT QUOTE THE ,,CONDITION ,,{ DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD } AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART !! IF WE ARE REDEEMED BY THE SAVIOR ,,, AND LIVING A HOLY AND OBEDIENT LIFE TO GOD ,,, THEN HE MIGHT ANSWER OUR PRAYERS !! ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK A FEW Q, ON THE SCRIPTURES I GAVE AND WE HAVE THE ANSWER WHY OUR PRAYER IS ,,,OR IS NOT ANSWERED ,,THE TRUTH IS IN GODS WORD NOT ON HEARSAY !!

Yes

Immediately or later, God always answers on time.

I prayed to God many times when I believed. Never did I get a response.

Beautiful story, and yes that is the FAITH we all must have... Jesus said that himself... We should have the faith of a child..... But who among us does ? I fear not many..... Merry Christmas, Happy New Year..... God bless

God answers all prayers, it can be yes, it can be no, or it can be wait. Immediate response expected, no. Immediate response possible, yes.

A heart-rending and very touching tale of child indoctrination at its most despicable.