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It is normal that our prayers be answered.
The answer may be Yes or it may be No.
If uoiur prayers are not answered we need to locate what the problem is. There is a reason why your prayers are not getting through.
It could be some secret sin which you refuse to relinquish.
It could be some barrier, some obstacle, something held in the heart which you need to repent of or let go of.
Christ needs to come into that vacuum where something else is stored which hinders your prayers.
My wife keeps a log of prayers and their answers.
You have to also learn to pray according to God's will.
One of the best ways to do this is to USE words of the Bible as prayers, actually praying BACK to God His very words.
Prayers may not always change your CIRCUMSTANCES.
But they will cause YOU to be changed.
Prayers may not always change your situation.
But they will cause you to be transformed and gain more Christ likeness.
It is NORMAL that we should have clear communcation with the Heavenly Father. If you do not you need to ASK Him WHY not. And open your ears and your heart with a willingness to be changed by the Spirit of Christ.
Your attitude may be wrong -
"God, I STAY THE SAME. YOU change everything about my circumstances that I don't like. But I REMAIN just ME."
This is wrong. Come in prayer to God with the expectation that He wants to make you more and more and more like Jesus Christ in every way.
Always come in prayer to God with some THANKSGIVING and some PRAISE. Ask that things be according to His will.
Above all, learn not just to pray when you are in TROUBLE.
Instead build up a habit of spending SOME time in prayer every day, even when things seems to be going well.
Don't just come with
"GIMME, GIMME, GIMME" when you are living nothing but your own self centered life with no thought for His kingdom and His plan.
Take some of these points to God in prayer in the name of Jesus. And you'll do better.
Also you might learn from some great prayers like Hudson Taylor, Andrew Murray, George Muller, Watchman Nee, William Wigglesworth, Margaret Barber. Spend some time on biographies of people who really knew how to pray.
I think George Muller is probably one of history's most powerfully successfully prayer warrior.