A prayer can be one of the most effective and powerful activities we can do to get us out of troubles, heal our sickness and pain, ask for forgiveness, request for guidance and protection, achieve our life’s goals and wishes, or simply give our thanks to the Lord.
However, not all prayers are the same. Not all that we ask or request from God will be given to us. He may hear all our prayers. He may answer all of them. But God doesn’t always give an answer that’s perfectly what we want to hear or see.
Perhaps, you are praying every night and day. Maybe you are always sharing prayers on social media to make them louder and more widespread. But despite your efforts, it seems that God still doesn’t hear your prayers. So what’s the problem?
15 Signs God Will Answer Your Prayers According to the Bible Video
15 Signs God Will Answer Your Prayers
The words in the Holy Scriptures have provided us the wisdom that will guide us on how to pray effectively. To know if God will favor your prayers, here are 15 signs that you are praying properly according to the Bible.
1. You practice righteousness.
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” – James 5:16
2. You are faithful.
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” – Matthew 21:22
3. You don’t have any doubt.
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” – Mark 11:24
4. You have patience.
“I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” – Psalm 40:1
5. What you ask is according to His will.
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.” – 1 John 5:14
6. You do not ask with wrong motives.
“When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” – James 4:3
7. You follow God’s commandments and teachings.
“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” – John 15:7
8. You are humble.
“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14
9. You pray according to your heart, not with your mouth.
“And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.” – Matthew 6:7
10. You do not practice wickedness.
“The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.” – Proverbs 15:8
11. You are truthful.
“The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” – Psalm 145:18
12. You are kind and generous.
“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” – Matthew 7:11
13. You are thankful.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” – Philippians 4:6
14. There is no hatred in your heart.
“I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;” – 1 Timothy 2:8
15. You confess your sins.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” – 1 John 1:9
How to Get an Answer from God?
1. Seek confirmation through the Bible.
2. Make sure what you are asking for is God’s will.
3. Pray for wisdom.
4. Consult with spiritually mature people.
5. Prepare your heart to receive His answer.
6. Search your heart for whatever hinders you from hearing God.
7. Do not insist on what you want.
8. Go for prayer and fasting.
9. Patiently wait for God’s timetable.
Please visit Ways to Get an Answer from God for the details.
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Bottom Line
Remember that God doesn’t ignore us. He always listens to us. He always hears our prayers though we are sinners. He always gives us answers. However, His answer may not always be a Yes, it could also be a No. He may not also provide us an answer today but it could be tomorrow or some other day. But one thing is for sure… though God will give you an answer that you do not expect, that answer is the best answer, and He will give it at the perfect place and at the perfect time.
Therefore, be kind, honest, patient, righteous, humble, and thankful, and always pray faithfully with love from your heart and according to His will.
Always keep in mind and in your heart the list above.
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God I am sorry that everytime I have a problem, I am always say that you did not answer my prayers. I have a doubt that you are true , and most of I do not believed that you exist.. for that the last 15years I have 2 request. A simple request but until now I am questioning why I got nothing.. Yes I am a sinner very very much but I changed already.. I do what is right. I did my best to not to commit sin as much as I can do. But dispite of my good deads some people do bad things to me. It quit unfair to those people who commit sin yet they are successful.. I love you God and you knew that. But there are some things that I could not understand. I choose to be with you but why some people harm me.. It very painful . Please God protect us from harm.. Protect us from people who had a bad intention towards me and my family.. I am contented that we can eat 3 times a day. My ultimate dream that I always ask from you is PEACE AND HAPINESS. I LOVE YOU..
I am praying that I am hopeful and find the right path of my life. I have been wanting to change my job path and life style for a long time. I really hope to find a state job (office cube) hopeful other state not where my current live. That they accept my deafness and no please discrimination for the jobs out there. I hope my life will be more exciting in the future instead of feeling sad and bored where I am now for a long time. Dear God, I want to say thank you for everything that you have been through with me since I was born and everyday.
God, I’m thankful to have You in my life. You are my only hope in every situation. I’m currently struggling with my relationship and I’m in so much pain. My fiance that has dated me for 4 years chose to lust and betrayed me. We are getting married in a few months and I really don’t know what to do.. He claimed that he regretted his behaviour and will never let that happen again. But I’m still hurt sooooo much. Is this a huge bump before our wedding or is this a sign for you that I’m marrying a wrong man? Should I forgive him and work hard to restore our relationship or should I walk away and caling off the wedding? I’m asking for your guidance and clear answers so that I can make the right decision 🙁 Thank you Lord 🙏🏻
god will always help you he will guide you.
Oh Lord i hope you could forgive me because now im a change person and promise to live by your wills and i hope you will answer my prayers because now i know where i went wrong in my life.and i pray you forgive answer my prayers.Amen
God please forgive me am a great sinner . I wrote me exams but did not receive the results l wanted . Please help me out . I need you now then before. God l want a miracle to happen when l go and check for the second time. Amen.
Dear Heavenly Father, please restore my relationship with my significant other. He broke up with me over a month ago. I’ve been trying to rebuild our relationship. Please me to win him back. Amen
God, I pray for peace, give me peace in heart, peace in mind, peace in body, peace in spirit and peace everywhere. Amen.
God shower me with financial miracles. I need urgent money for my debts, bills and expenses. Lord hear and answer my humble request. Amen.
God grant all my heart desire according to your word for your glorification of your name. Amen .
God give me a testimony that would make me to praise you forever in the name of Jesus. Amen.
My Father & my Holy King,
I am a simple man with complex thoughts. I place my Thanksgiving and my petitions at the foot of Your throne, as I dare not approach You any closer. My son has been kidnapped, coerced, and stolen away. You gave us both a miracle of adoption. Now, he is gone. I do not understand how Your double miracle was stolen away, but Thanks be to God. I do not understand how our hope in the God of Miracles and adoptions (referring to Fathering the Fatherless, O’ Lord) could be killed, but Thanksgiving to my Lord despite it. I do not understand how Your gift of a family, to a man called by Your Name, and Your Promise of Adoption was destroyed….but, praise the Name of Jesus.– Father, search my heart. I am not perfect. Though, search my intent…find my intent to honor Your ways. My son has been taken. I shall petition You and with thanks until You give him back and honor Your promise of Adoption, though he was already adopted. I was stabbed in the back; my heart was ripped out. I thank God Almighty every day and night, even in my tossing and turning. I petition every day and night for his return. How long O’ Lord….must I be burdened with the pain of a stolen son? How long must I give sincere Thanksgiving, while my son is separate from me? I wait.–I have been apologized to by one involved, yes, Thank You Jesus! I have given counsel to lead to the Lord to a perpetrator, Thank You Jesus. But, where is my son. You know what the consequence is for a father separated from his children. I plead the blood of the Lamb, Yeshua Adonai! Yes, I plead the Blood of Jesus. My Jesus, You are our Mediator, who Job asked for. You have one hand on my shoulder and the other hand on the shoulder of the Father. Oh God, my Father & my King! Please be the Restorer of my family; Redeem my fathership and my son’s sonship; be the Reunifier of my Family. Thank you, Jesus! I pray for the salvation of the perpetrators. I pray Lord that they will hear Your voice and repent. I pray they will find Your salvation. I pray they will return my son. Glory to the Lamb of God. Praise be the name of Jesus! For your Namesake, my King, bring the fulfillment of Your promise. You are the Rock of my Salvation; and the Anchor which I cling. Blessed be the Rock of my Salvation. You give & You take away, Lord. Be the Giver of the return of my son. Thank you Jesus.- Lord, You say to pray for one another. So, I stand in agreement with my brothers and sisters in the Lord, who are leaving prayers here, too. I pray for Your ears to incline to their prayers. Hear us, God. Yes, not just me, but us. Your children and maybe even some who are just stepping out into the faith of the God who hears His people. Hear us, I’m King. We stand in agreement, in the Power of the spoken word; in the Power of Your blood; in the Power of the promises of Your written Word; in the Power in just the Name of Jesus; the Power of agreement; and the Power of Jesus! We lay all of our petitions/ requests at the feet of Your throne…at the foot of the throne of the God who hears His people. –In the mighty Name of Jesus, Amen.
That should read, “Hear us, my King’ not “I’m King. That is a typo. Though, I am a King, right? We are all King’s & Priests, Amen
God i have been a mess in my marriage. I have failed as a husband and a father. I thank you and praise you for your love.
I humbly ask you to heal my wife and restore our marriage.
May Your Will be Done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
god my girlfriend wants to leave me but i keep begging her to stay with me but she does not want to we loved each other so much its just so painful to go through this i know i do sin a lot i know i do things that are wrong but i will change i promise i will it wont happen now but it will happen soon but i ask god please talk to her and give her a change in heart that is all i ask i dont care about anything else right now i just need her i love her
I pray for the safety and well being of 2 of my grandchildren. They were granted a bad decision by a judge who is not looking out for their best interests. Many people prayed for God to guide the judge to make a good decision on their behalf, but it didn’t happen. Please pray for God to send angels to watch over them during the time they are with him.
God, when will I get a peaceful, happy and a good life. when will my sorrows end. when will i succeed. why am i still a looser.
Dear Father God,
I know I’ve made alot of mistakes and sinned in the past as Im not a perfect person due my Mental Health, please forgive me as I’m very sorry for all the sins and mistakes that I’ve caused in my life.
Please Father God, I wanted to have my best friend named Lisa H, back to my life as I cannot be without her as she is a kind, loving, faithful, hubble Christian woman that I truly love her from the bottom of my heart, I know that her first relationship is very doubtful and nervousness but I shall will always forgive her as I always love her.
I cannot be without her as it is hurting me so much and I’m scared to live as a lonely single man.
Please Father God, please let Lisa H to change her mind and give our first relationship a second chance to help each other, Love each other, protect each other, be faithful to each other, forgive each other and become stronger for each other as long as you are always in my life and Lisa’s life first.
Please Father God, please let it be in your will as I shall wait for your answer.
Thank you for Listening to my prayer Father God as I love you forever.
In Jesus’s mighty name I pray,
Amen.
God I thank you for my life I repent of all my sins I acknowledge Jesus as my savior I give all my all to you i surrender completely especially my business plans the pending order for masks, the seed capital funding requests , marriage fulfillment and business prosperity I believe for your grace to be sufficient enough to enable me win in Jesus’s might name Amen!!!
I need God mercies over my life,am sick for Long time now over 9years am trusting the Lord to heal me.sometimes I fell discouraged like my prays are not been answer as it says in John14:12_4…pls I need your prayers in my life,l need his Grace and mercy if it’s my sins should forgive me all my sins.thanks
I thank God in advance for my healing. It’s been hard at times to stay focused on God’s word that all my diseases and iniquities went to the cross with Jesus in Calvary. That He is indeed a rewarder of those you diligently seek Him. I repent of all my sins knowingly and unknowingly. Lord I trust and believe your word. By Jesus stripes I am healed. Thank you Lord for providing shelter, food, and job for our son and fiancé. Thank you for financial blessing without any sorrow.,Lord we give you all the praise, glory, and honor. Help us to praise and magnify your name. Lord we need you. Lord pray for touching our hearts so that we love each other as you have commanded us to as we love ourselves. Do unto each other the way we would have others do unto us. Strengthen us Lord where we are weak. Lord I thank you and I love you with all my heart in the name of Jesus.
Please kindly pray for me too, I want my husband back, he divorced about a month ago with 2 kids. I always cry in secret. I Know God is a prayer answering God.
Dear Heavenly Father Jehovah,
I surrender myself to you. Lord have mercy and turn again the captivity of Zion in my life. Let your miracle come to me like a person that dreamed. I am not qualified for the job. But I know that it’s only you that can do this. Let your favor cone upon me. Let my resume and certificate attract them for no miraculously. So we can clear our dept as a family and finally be free.
I just got married,
I am asking deeply for God’s mercy and forgiveness of my sins, asking for favors, marriage blessing, fruitfulness and bless the work of my hands.
Please help my father in law to recover from Pancreatic cancer and Remove all the cells from his body part.
Dear Lord;
You know our entire family love you & have followed you most of our entire life.
But dear Lord our son who has served you since he was a young boy & saved many others in the service, including many Christians in the line of fire to be slaughtered. Lord he had a horrible brain injury while trying to save others. Lord I ask as humbly as possible that you might restore him to us! He is truly in your hands because of this virus we can’t see or help him in anyway. We do know there are times he has been left & forgotten. Lord please help him & us to be able to go see him & help him. And Lord open up avenues of healing & restoration for our sweet, loving son. So many are praying! Please heal our dear son! Don’t leave him totally broken like he is. Restore him to health Lord. For we believe it & ask it in Jesus name & for His glory! Amen. And any of you reading this if you could pray for our son we would appreciate it so much!
My body is full of different ailments dear Lord. I pray for your Devine healing. You are the only one who can restore my lost dignity which has been lost by the ailment. Hear me Oo Lord. Amen
may our good Lord answer your prayers. Amen
Reveal to me who I am Oo, Lord, for so far I don’t know who i really am, and it’s hard for me to explore my full potential in this state. Hear me Oo Lord. Amen
may the Lord draw my family and me to him so that we do his will accept him confess with our mouths thatt he is Lord and believe that the father raised him from the dead in our hearts. so that no one or nothing can snatch us from his hand. Thank you for hearing me Lord.
Heavenly,
Please forgive me of my past mistake. Help me correct my past mistake in the future and to live a pleasing live unto you. This battle i am fighting may be all lost but i strongly believe you can turn the table to my favour. Help me also to renew my rent advance my Lord and Master Saviour as i put my trust in you. Grant my family and I an uncommon Favour to take us by the wheel as we struggle for financial break through.
I have lost my Job, lost my car, land and others all because of Gambling. I have 1 kid and a toddler but i still don’t why i should be among the living.Even though i have got a new job after praying to God to “Kill me or Fix me” but i can’t concentrate on this new job. I feel the pains of the past every now and then. I can’t reason how i lost all these within a short possible time. My live is being threaten to commit suicide anytime this memory come in mind. Day by day i feel being lighter and lighter.Sometimes i really wish i have a one on one face talk with my creator because i have got a lot of questions for him.Thousand of questions could I have asked but only answer do i expect. and it it all boiled down to Why i lived to this day.
I have a lisp and it makes me so insecure when I speak. I can’t even talk to people without think about it and it gives me serious depression. It makes me dread every conversation I have to make and it makes me feel so bad about myself. I’ve been praying about this with god for many many months and he still hasn’t taken it away. I even promised God if he took away my lisp O will try my hardest to tell everyone I can about him. It’s hard to do that now because I get anxiety talking to people and just wanna hide. Does anyone know why god isn’t answering my prayer? And can u all pray for me!! I feel so depressed with this and am starting to not enjoy my life like I wish I could!
Dear God, Please help my beautiful daughter, Juliet, who is mentally ill with transgender confusion in this period of her life that she will finally meet the person or persons (she refuses to listen to her family) who will convince her once and for all to accept her womanly body whole-heartly and forever this time!
Heavenly Father I believe you have faith in you… Please Jesus restore my marriage… Please help me I want my husband back…
Joanna I will pray for you today I hope he comes back to you soon!
Please pray for my girlfriend who recently found a lump on her breast I pray its not anything serious
Struggling with the outcome for my medical results. Worrying has consumed me and I’m afraid to have hope. I afraid that the answers God may give me I may not be able to live with going forward medically. It’s very hard for me to remain positive and remain faithful. I just ask that God answers my prayers and allows me to live a long peaceful life.
I prayed to u god please dont let my wife lisa die I am asking from my heart give me a chance to follow the bible and live better life I know that I am a sinner but forgive me and walk beside me and everyone bless me and my wife I promise I will learned more to be closed to god and understanding the bible let us have a happy few more years together I look up to u god thank u lord clean my sins away amen
God I pray to move on past my do change orxe. My ex married his mistress and I have been consumed for over 3 years. I know that God don’t bless mess and have a hard time with this marriage. We have 3 ckids. I pray that God send me someone who loves me unconditionally and someone who wants me to be a part of their life. This I pray. Please God. Please help with this pain
My God, please help me find a way to keep all of personal belongings of my deseased husband of43yrs from being sold at storage unit.i have no money and no one can’t seem to help.have lost everything.
have faith in god for you to have money and be patient it will happen and thank him in advance and im sorry that your husband is deceased.
Will be praying ha e faith everyone
Dear Heavenly Father I know these last couple months I have been slacking lately. I haven’t been praying and getting on my knees and talking to you before I go to bed every night like I always do. I guess this year I felt as if Satan was really after me and I felt useless when it came to your lord. I contemplated suicide so many times and tried to do things to myself to erased the pain I have been feeling. I felt disappointed knowing that I tried to take away the life you blessed with to serve you but I feel useless. I feel lonely and without a purpose and I can’t take control of life like I thought I could. But I wanna comeback to you lord and come back to your son Jesus Christ. I prayed today to you lord that you can heal my heart and my depression. That you can defeat the demonic presents in my life in which I know you have already because you are god you are always one step ahead Satan. I pray for my family who doesn’t believe in you lord and are turning their backs on you through Satan lies and deception. I pray to you lord that you keep working through my mommy and continues to heal her heart and erase her passion so she could serve correctly. I pray for my brother as well and I pray lord you answer my prayers concerning him. I pray everyone and I hope my heart has great intentions lord for I wanna be close with my Heavenly Father and that I can’t wait to embrace my savior Jesus Christ when he returns.
Thank you for listening to me lord in your son Jesus Christ name Amen.
Dear Lord I know I haven’t always been the most faithful and haven’t thanked you for everything you’ve done for me like I should, for this I am truly sorry. I now come to you in this desperate time to ask for your help and from here on out promise to give you all the praise, faith and love you truly deserve. O Lord please guide my loved one Lily back to me. I cannot stand this separation. It was my mistake, but I promise to avoid all my wrong doings in the future and become a better man and father. I pray for one more chance with Lily and a chance to make our family whole again, especially for Abby. I hope for your help O Lord. Please Lord, open the way for our hearts to restore our love. Please open Lilys heart and eyes so she can love me again and see the beautiful future we can have together. I can’t imagine my life without Lily, and all I ask is for you to save this relationship and family. Only you can help me my Lord.
Lord Jesus keep me and my family cover Lord Jesus.Lately i been praying for a bigger place Jesus.God You been so good to me.i Claim this year Jesus cause everything been going. Good for us..I love you Jesus with everything in me…
Lord l thank you for your love over me and my family .you never leave or forsake me because you always meet my needs thank you Jesus .God grant all my heart desire according to your word for your glorification of your name Amen . Give me a testimony that would make me to praise you forever in the name of Jesus Amen.
God my mother is really ill. No medicine seems to be working ob her…..i know u make miracles work!!! God please help my mom become the one who was was strong powrful and my mum and dad the happiest couple with loving and satisfied kids with healthy lives!!! God God please i believe in you!!
God I need my family it’s ben rough day and night crying my self to sleep god heal my grandmother and help her saddle up and ride with me I love you god keep my family safe
I pray for financial freedom. To the point where I am not under the thumb of another human being who Is in control of my financial well being .And the ability to take the burden of debts off of my family.
I believe God for financial breakthrough and my family deliverance
I pray for financial freedom so that i may focus on the lord not the world in Jesus name
i pray amen
I love God with all my heart, with all my soul,and with all my mind
I would like to ask for prayer request about my driving test on April 2019.. I already fail the first test and hopefully this 2nd chance will pass.. I really struggle this very much.. I really want that this test will be over and that I can find a job and help my husband financially. Please pray for me that I will pass the driving test on 5 of April 2019. Thank you very much brothers and sisters in Christ..God bless
My brother prichard fernandes42 years of age without proper job fedup and frustrated fr his job lacks wisdom not responsible and not settled in life don’t know what to do
god i want my son to go to a job and work he is not caring anybodys words alresdy marriage has been fixed but he is unresponsible please god please god change his mind and make him to work hard for that girl sake please change his mind to go to a job
keep him and his wife happy this is my humble request olease pray for me