What is God's criteria for answering prayers affirmatively?

Answer 1

He didn't actually write the book so, how do we know?

Answer 2

Prayer is not only about answers, it is about thought and reflection on what is going on around you, and because of you. God is merely an outlet for which one can speak without any inhibitions,feelings of insecurity, or embarressment. It is one true place in your mind and soul that will release without hesitations or regrets. "God" would never hold anything against you, but rather,allows you to be truelly open to all possibilities. Affirmation should be an act or desire to be direct and earnest - without the need for any dramatic elusions of what is truelly your feelings and thoughts on anything, and to validate a point of view with a more direct and confident approach. Affirmation is simply the safest and most secure state a person can be when it comes to directing a choice or assuming a position of change in ones own life.
You become filled with a validation of yourself in prayer and solidify the issues and emotions in your life when you allow yourself the freedom to let down your guard and to become safe inside of your own mind. This IS God's Affirmation to you...this validation gives you a solid foundation of yourself, of your beliefs and your needs and desires. This foundation is built on prayers, and it gives you the strength and freedom to allow yourself to hear god or to find the truth already in front of you, or nestled deep inside you, uninhibited by your own insecure mind. Another way to think of prayer could then be medatation and self assertion. This is the mother to all answers, affirmatively. What better way to turn your confusions or regrets into a positive change for yourself than the affirmations God gives you through the act of prayer?

Answer 3

God hears all the prayers of the righteous. But consider the following:

A Christian hunter is hunting bears in the woods. While walking up a hill he grabs a branch for leverage and it breaks sending the hunter tumbling down the hill, gun flying off elsewhere. When the hunter dusts himself off he sees a huge bear charging him. The hunter begins running, but trips and falls, landing on his knees. Seizing the opportunity, and being a good Christian, the hunter begins to pray, "Lord, make this bear a Christian."

The woods are quiet, the hunter turns and, Hallelujah! He sees the bear on his knees, paws together, praying! Listening, he hears the bear praying, "Father, bless this food to my body."

The key point here is that God answers prayers of the righteous, but the answer you get may not be the answer you wanted, BUT it will always be the right answer.

Prayer draws one nearer to God. Use the following pattern in all your prayers and you will see them answered: Adoration, Contrition, seeking God's will and not your own: Thanksgiving, and Supplication (ACTS) are the contents of prayers to God.

Answer 4

The Bible has lots of scripture dealing with what it calls "praying amiss." There are also ways you can place "stumbling blocks" in front of your prayers, like if you are beating your wife or fighting with your brother, etc. I can do a study on it if you'd like.

Jesus taught us "how" to pray with the Lord's Prayer. That is NOT a mantra we should repeat over and over, it is more like an outline on how to pray, check it out.

Love ya!

Answer 5

Prayer doesn't change God's mind.

Prayer makes it possible for the faithful to better understand and cooperate more closely with the will of God.

Answer 6

How could you possibly know the mind of God?

Answer 7

Sorry Darwin, you'll have to ask her...