"Now this is the confidence we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, what ever we ask, we know we have the petitions that we have asked of Him." I Jn. 5:14,15; NKJ

God has no hearing loss, He even hears the silent cry of the human heart. Would we really want God to set aside or modify His plan for us by answering a misguided prayer? He heard our prayer loud and clear, checked it against his plan, and said it's a no go. The answered prayers are the ones He is predisposed to answer because they are in agreement with His will and purpose for our lives. The greater our faith and confidence, the greater the probability of the prayer being answered. Persist in prayer; delay is not always denial. "The fervent prayer of a righteous man causes much power to be made available, dynamic in its working." James 5:15