Minister, chaplain, and author Dr. Billy Holland writes about how God always answers prayer according to His will.

It’s just that His answer is one of three: yes, no, or wait. When the answer is “yes,” God answers our prayers and His response matches with what we asked for. We truly enjoy this response.

When we pray, Jesus told us to begin our prayers with this request: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew ...

God is wiser than us and kinder than us; when he answers our prayers in surprising ways, it’s not because he lives to ruin our fun. Quite the opposite, like a good parent, he always gives an ...

I receive questions about God and the Bible, and one of the more frequent is whether God really listens and answers prayer. We know He answers every request because of His promise in I John 5:14-15.

Sometimes God waits to answer our prayers because He trusts us to make the right decision. Other times, God requires us to patiently wait for an answer so we can build our faith and trust in Him.

See, I believe that God doesn’t just hear our prayers, but that He answers them. I believe God is not just aware of us but that he is deeply concerned for us.

No matter how unanswered our prayers may be, or if we feel like the answer we got was “no,” God still loves us very much and feels our pain.

Writing about a common problem in prayer, Father Daniel Considine, S.J., noted, “We put little heart into our prayers because we have little real hope they will be granted.” ...

If we bring our requests to Him in purity of heart, He won’t give us a snake when we ask for a fish (see Luke 11:10-13). God loves us as His children and won’t answer our prayers in a way that ...