why does God not answer some prayers

this dilemma is not unknown

as for my own prayers since the day i became born again believer i have had prayers to almost all of my prayers.
the best answer was seeing an angel appear in my room at the beginning the greatest answer to prayer was seeing the glory of the lord Jesus.

but the most instantaneous example was asking how to pray, then standing up and hearing the "still small voice" say: turn on the tv, (or something like that) i walked across the room, turned on the tv and the minister on tv was talking about the lords prayer in LUKE ch. 11 in answering the same question of the disciples of christ.

there might not be any need for you to be given ANY answers
you might have to show daily diligence in prayiing, knocking, seeking, and asking.

you might be trying to lie the Holy Ghost but that is usually reserved for those that call themselves atheists.

prayer can be a soul searching experience, and is always not lip service.

# there might also be something that happened in the pre existence of your life. i am not sure of this answer, but lets suppose you made an agreement not to get your prayers answered as a type of a challenge to your faith which is already good enough. or the same thing can be said that you chose not to have prayers answered so you can have a normal life!
believe me having prayers answered is not easy, thousands of atheist will put you in a straightjacket seeing that i am experienced with the ridicule of mass mockery from unbelievers. So not getting a prayer answered miraculously can save you from persecution as well as having some peace of mind.
there is another possible reason too.
some people are given gifts, and some people are born that have to rely on the gifts of others in order to have their own gifts mean something. spiritual gifts are given for the edification of the members of the church. maybe you dont need to have a gift for the church, maybe your personal gift is only for a few and thats all you have to worry about ?

God bless, i hope one of these answers fits your particular life experience.
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