God Always Answers Your Prayers

"Know this above all else, God hears and answers every one of your prayers." Unknown

 In our lives today, we are all praying for something. Now, I may not know what that is, and I may not know how long it is that you have been praying for it, but for many of us, we are frustrated, done with, and tired of praying this prayer, for we are convinced that God isn't hearing us.
 Is this you today? For I feel as though this is a common frustration when it comes to our faith, and I feel like we have all experienced, whether it is something we are going through now or have gone through in the past, the feeling as though God has not heard our prayer. We have prayed and prayed, we have done the work, and we have trusted, but He has not brought what it is that we are asking for. But my friend, you see, there is no prayer that you pray that God does not hear, and I promise you this. He hears every word, request, and plea that you send up to Him, and, even though you may not think so, He answers them.
 Now what do I mean by this? You may be thinking, He does not answer every prayer, for He is not answering mine. But let me tell you something; that just because God isn't saying yes, doesn't mean that He isn't answering. I heard a pastor say once that God has three replies that He answers our prayers with, "yes," "no," or "not yet." See, just because you aren't hearing a yes or receiving what it is that you are asking for, doesn't mean that God isn't answering. See, sometimes He says no. He tells us that what it is that we are asking for in prayer will not lead us to the life that He has us to live and it will not benefit us in the long run, so He replies with no. Now, sometimes He will reply with the answer of "not yet." And by this, He is saying that "this is not the time that I have written in which you receive what it is that you are asking for." He is waiting for the time, that only comes from His true timing, in which this answered prayer will get us to where God has us to be. But then sometimes, He does reply with a yes, and He grants us with what it was that we are asking for. You, my friend, just have to listen.
 So take heart in the fact today that God hears you, and that He answers every single one of your prayers. And, just because the answer may not be yes, He is always leading you to the life that He has in store for you.