nothing happens when i pray... could the line be busy?

Question

is anyone listening?

Answer 1

Your dialing the wrong number.

Answer 2

lol..I have been given the comparable difficulty. for the duration of prayer I bear in mind issues that i did no longer bear in mind for an prolonged time. i think of roughly each little thing I did throughout the full day and what i'm going to do for the subsequent 10 years of my life. i had to ask this question yet I shop on forgetting. and that i think so undesirable becasue final time I purely stopped praying and have been given offended as I purely wasn't able to pay interest no count what i attempted to do. i understand that's no longer an answer on your question..I purely had to share my adventure. Bless:)

Answer 3

Do you feel anything when you pray? Peace, hope, contentment? Maybe you are missing something that makes you feel better from praying because most often you aren't going to get a big dramatic response. Don't worry even if the line is busy, eventually you will get thru. Have faith.

Answer 4

Most of my prayers are thankful prayers for my families health, wellbeing and of course mine, too.

In my opinion, it's usually not God who is listening but our spirit helpers who is messengers. I believe we are assigned one at birth. I think we need someone who is already in the spirit world to intercede to God for us. Some call on teachers like Jesus, who I think said himself that he intercedes for people to speak to God.
Try other forms of communications, maybe singing your prayer or using prayer groups, there are many online sites.
If I'm praying for someone or someone has asked me to say a specific pray for them, I have found that the prayer request happens immediately.
Generally speaking, If I'm praying for something I need it MAY come in about three and a half months. I'm uncertain at the reason why my prayers happen this way.
Maybe it is how, who and what you are praying for. Keep trying, repetition helps, too.

Here's a website to help on how to pray.

Answer 5

More like a wrong number.

"The person you were attempting to pray to (God) doesn't exist" if prayer companies had decent error messages.

Answer 6

Did you at least get God's switchboard? He takes long weekends so usually some angels are manning the phones.

Answer 7

sometimes God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers...
if you aren't praying to God, our Lord Jesus, Holy Ghost....then that's the reason your prayers aren't being answered.
God bless

Answer 8

Wrong number, LOL!

Answer 9

Maybe you are not going through the right channels, Does God Answer My Prayers?

“I NEED to know if Jehovah is answering my prayers,” says 11-year-old Sandra, “because I’m not sure if he is. I know many other youths who have the same problem.” Fifteen-year-old Alyssa once had a similar problem with prayer. “I often felt that I was talking to myself,” she admits.

According to a 1988 Gallup survey, 87 percent of teenagers in the United States have prayed at some time or other, but less than half do so regularly. Apparently some feel that their prayers just aren’t being answered. At times, you may likewise get the feeling that no one is listening to your prayers. The Bible assures us, though, that when one offers up a sincere prayer of faith, the “Hearer of prayer” is listening! (Psalm 65:2) But how do you know that he is not simply a passive listener—politely hearing but doing little or nothing in response?

After calling God the Hearer of prayer, the psalmist said: “With fear-inspiring things in righteousness you will answer us, O God of our salvation.” (Psalm 65:5; compare Psalm 66:19, 20) Why, then, do some feel that their prayers go unanswered?

Roadblocks to Prayer

The reason may be the lack of a real relationship with God. Some youths doubt his very existence. Others believe but view him as a distant, abstract figure. Prayer becomes like pushing the stop button on an elevator—a last resort in dire emergencies. “I believe in God,” claims one Catholic youth. “When I’m in a bind, when I need help, I always ask for His help.” Another youth put it bluntly: “Sometimes I only pray when I really want something.”

However, prayer should be an expression of faith, reverence, devotion, and trust—not merely of desperation or selfish desire. And it is not enough to pray because you think God might exist. “He that approaches God,” says the Bible, “must believe that he is and that he becomes the rewarder of those earnestly seeking him.” (Hebrews 11:6) Doubters do not get their prayers answered. (James 1:6-8) Jehovah listens to those who have come to know and love him; they do not reserve prayer for emergencies. As 1 Thessalonians 5:17 exhorts, they “pray incessantly,” or as An American Translation puts it, they “never give up praying.”

Sad to say, some Christian youths have come to know of Jehovah but have not really developed a friendship with him. (Psalm 25:14) Their prayers tend to be few and far between, impersonal, and ultimately unanswered. Might this be true of your prayers? If so, “draw close to God” by getting to know him. (James 4:8) Young Alyssa, mentioned earlier, had her doubts about Jehovah. But a personal study of the Bible gradually erased her doubts and helped her to develop a relationship with God.

One’s attitude and conduct can also be major roadblocks to prayer. The psalmist said: “If I have regarded anything hurtful in my heart, Jehovah will not hear me.” (Psalm 66:18; Proverbs 15:29) Would it be reasonable to expect God to answer your prayers if you were doing things that offended him—if you used drugs, smoked, listened to degrading music, or engaged in sexual immorality? Hardly. Jehovah therefore rejects the prayers of those who lead a double life, hypocritically ‘hiding what they are.’ (Psalm 26:4) He listens only to one who is “walking faultlessly and practicing righteousness and speaking the truth in his heart.” (Psalm 15:1, 2) So if you get the feeling that you are talking to yourself when you pray, take stock of your life. Maybe you need to make some changes.
THE WAY OF APPROACH TO GOD IN PRAYER

The Bible tells us that “he that approaches God must believe that he is and that he becomes the rewarder of those earnestly seeking him.” (Heb. 11:6) Notice that this scripture says we are to ‘approach God.’

As the true and living God, Jehovah wants us to pray to Him, not to someone else. Prayer is part of our worship and for this reason should be directed only to the Creator, Jehovah. (Matt. 4:10) Jesus Christ taught his followers to pray to his “Father in the heavens.” (Matt. 6:9) Jesus did not teach them to pray to himself, nor to his human mother Mary, nor to any other person. Jehovah is all-powerful, all-wise, perfect in justice and in love. So, why should we go to any lesser person? Further, the inspired apostle Paul assures us that God “is not far off from each one of us,” if we seek him in the right way.—Acts 17:27.

But you may say, “How can we, as imperfect creatures with inherited sin, pray to a God who is perfect and righteous?” Jehovah has lovingly taken this into consideration and provided a “helper” to speak for us in heaven. That helper is “Jesus Christ, a righteous one.”—1 John 2:1, 2.

Jesus gave his life as a ransom for mankind. Moreover, Jehovah has appointed him as his High Priest. Jehovah requires us to recognize the position of his Son in His purpose and to offer all our prayers in his name. That is why Jesus told his followers: “No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Jesus also said: “If you ask the Father for anything he will give it to you in my name.” (John 16:23) For our prayers to be acceptable to God, then, we must pray to Jehovah God through his Son, that is, in the name of Jesus.

Answer 10

god always answers prayers..just sometimes the answer is no.

everything comes in its owns time.