Do you know anyone whose been praying for something for a very long time? Or lets see, have you actually prayed for something and then felt like God wasn't listening to you? If yes, why do you think so...
If you were God, would you listen to your prayers? Have you actually listened to your prayers? When you pray and talk to God, is at least 50% of the things you say requests?
Well... Lets see what the bible says... In Isaiah 1:15-18
15 When you spread out
your hands in prayer,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even if you offer many prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are full of blood;
16 wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds
out of my sight!
Stop doing
wrong,
17 learn to do right!
Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed. [a]
Defend the cause of the
fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.
18 "Come now, let us reason
together,"
says the LORD.
"Though your sins are
like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
Aha!!! No wonder! I really find it odd that people pray to God and yet they obviously are not believers. Before we do all these things for God, lets try to fix ourselves first and make sure that we indeed are worthy of worshiping the holy God.
Speaking of prayers, one of my long time prayer got answered today. When i became a diver way back in 2005... i was hoping that someday i would be able to dive with my child. Sabrina turned 8 last week June 2 and that very night she said "Daddy, i'm now 8." and i replied "So? Whats with 8?" she said "I can now dive!". I was really surprised... so after 2 days, i already bought her equipment and today we dove. :) I'm looking forward to that open water dive we will do after a few more pool sessions. :)