Remember it has to be in the name of the Lord. It is a way to say, I am offering this prayer through Jesus who makes me righteous. So many people will say though that God doesn't answer prayers. If you fall, get up and run harder and faster. Persistance pays off.
Persistence pays off.
That means that if you keep trying, having no success, you will eventually see success. You may not see the success you initially though you would see but you will see it. Paul writes to the Ephesians pray always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. In other words, pray for one another and when you see someone suffering, pray for that person. Because God has the time to hear those prayers and he stores them in bowls because they are pleasing to him.