Jermiyah Pryear (2024)

FAQs

How to get God to answer your prayers immediately? ›

Pray with faith

The New Testament teaches, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God … and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith” (James 1:5–6). Faith is a belief in things you can't yet see (see Hebrews 11:1). If you pray and sincerely believe that God will answer you, He will.

God doesn't withhold answers to our prayers as a form of punishment for bad behavior. However, he knows when our hearts aren't in the right place (James 4:3). Sometimes, God's apparent silence is really his way of giving us a much-needed heart check when we're praying with the wrong motives.

Jeremiah may have been lonely and uncomfortable in prison but God reminded him that he can be in His presence anywhere and all the time. God tells Jeremiah to call out to Him and to listen for all that God can teach him even in a prison cell. And that is why God's phone number is known as Jeremiah 33:3.

Lord, thank You that I can call to You, and You will answer me. I'm so grateful that You will show me great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which I do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand). This is an amazing promise.

I pray to you as I am desperate for help. I need to know that you care, that you love me, be my refuge from pain, replacing my distress with peace, and be my strength when I feel weak and find it hard to carry on.

“Pray in the name of Jesus Christ about your concerns, your fears, your weaknesses—yes, the very longings of your heart. And then listen! Write the thoughts that come to your mind. Record your feelings and follow through with actions that you are prompted to take.

Persistent prayer clarifies your request.

A delayed answer gives you time to clarify exactly what you want and to refine your prayers. When you pray persistently to your heavenly Father and you say something over and over again, it separates deep longings from mere whims. It says, “God, I really care about this.”

James 4:3 says, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request on your pleasures.” The wrong motives can impact your prayer life in such a way that God doesn't give you what you're asking for, no matter how much you beg.

In our hearts we will feel the confirmation that He does hear us, a feeling of peace and calm. We can also feel that everything will be fine when we follow the Father's will. If we doubt that He hears us, we ought to seek guidance in the scriptures and then ask if those things we read are true.

So what do we do when struggling? Dial up God's phone number – Jer-333 (Jeremiah 33:3), “Call to me and I will answer…”

What does Jeremiah 17:14 say? ›

14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise. 14 O LORD, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for you alone!

Jeremiah 17:7-8 is a powerful passage that speaks to the value of trust and confidence in God. The verses compare those who trust in the God to a tree that is planted by a stream of water, which is able to withstand even the harshest conditions and continue to thrive. Those who trust in God are blessed.

When we are aware of these hindrances and how to avoid them, we will experience the joy of answered prayer. Two of the greatest hindrances to the Christian's prayer life are doubt and unbelief. Doubt is the thief of God's greater blessings. It keeps us in a state of separation from Him.

Daniel 2:22 In-Context

22 He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. 23 I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.”

Preparing for the Fast. The normal fast involves abstaining from all forms of food, but not from water, and commonly lasts 24 hours, from sunrise to sunrise. If you are fasting for the first time, you might begin by missing a meal or two. Over time, you can build up to a full day or more.

It may be one minute, one day, or one year, but you cannot waiver in your belief that God has already answered your prayer. The time that it takes for God's answer to be manifest in the physical is dependent upon many things, but it is not God who determines that.

The secret to answered prayer is believing God. The secret is believing God is able and willing. The only way we can believe God is to know Him. We get to know Him in His Word and in our lives.