Prayer....do you believe in it?

I was watching a movie today and I heard this man say this, " I will never speak or say another prayer to God as long as I live" he nevers hears or answers.

Immediately I thought to myself how in the world could you say that? He always answers everything just maybe not the way WE want or when WE want!

Psalms 4:3 says this: "You can be sure of this, the Lord has set apart the godly for himself. The Lord will answer when I call to him."

My study Bible say these things:
The godly are those who are faithful and devoted to God. David knew that God would hear him when he called and would answer him.

We can also be that confident that God does listen to our prayers and answers them when we call on Him. If we have trusted Christ as our Savior, he has forgiven us and He hears our burdens, our requests, although His answers are not always what our expectations are.

We need to look at our problems in the light of God's power instead of looking at God in the shadow of our problems.

Here are some things I've prayed about over the past few months/years that God answered:

1. My sister was told she had cancer spots in her mouth by her dentist and needed to see a specialist, we started praying for her, when she went for her appointment with the specialist guess what no spots were there.

2. In August of 2008 Michael McDaniel and his family were in a head-on-collision and it was thought by the doctors initially that he may not walk again....after much prayer and months of surgeries and therapy well guess what "He is walking"

3. Many years of praying for my two children to find the partner that God selected for them, well one of them has found "that one". I'm still praying for the other one, its not time yet as he is still in high school.

These are only three of the prayers I've been praying for that God answered. No He did not answer exactly the way I wanted or when I wanted. I didn't give Him specifics, just spoke from my heart what was "needed" and He did everything IN HIS TIME and HIS WAY.

An old adage my granddaddy taught me when I was a little girl. He said Beverly God will answer you in one of three ways.
1. Yes
2. No
3. or wait a while

#2 and #3 are the hardest, but don't ever think He won't answer, because He WILL and when He does be sure to praise Him even if the answer is no, you may see later in your life the reason why and then praise Him even more that He answered no.

Prayer...do you believe in it? I DO........