May you know your prayers are answered!

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.James 1:15 - NKJV

How long does it take for a prayer to be answered?

I've got no answer to give you on that.

However, if someone sends me a request for prayer and 6 months later sends me exactly the same request again then that gives me reason for concern.

Could it be that God has failed to respond to the prayer?

No!

What is likely is that the one requesting prayer has been sitting on their hands waiting for prayer's answer. Often it is not enough to pray and wait. Usually you have to take active steps to move that prayer forward.

Following your prayer request a Spirit-led action time is usually needed in order to get you to prayer answered.

Here's a guide that takes you through the request stage of prayer and into the Spirit-led action stage.

1) Present your petition to God - ask Him to act on your behalf to "sort things out and set things up".

2) Call on the Lord to change your perception of the problem so you see what the problem really is. How you see it now may not be how it really is.

3) Look to the Holy Spirit to prompt you about the actions you must take and also the attitude or conduct changes you may need. 1Joh.5:14-15.

God responds to prayer but you have to do your part.

Getting God's answer into your realm of experience requires you translating your faith into action.

Corresponding action is needed as a follow up to faith prayer. In prayer you have to recognise what God is going to have to do. Then you have to accept what you are going to have to do. For this, you let the Holy Spirit speak to your heart about what actions, attitude changes or conduct changes to make. Ja.2:14-23.

May you know your prayers are answered!