Prayer always works if you do it the way God told you to . In John 15:7 it says : If you abide in me , and my words abide in you , you shall ask what you will , and it shall be done unto you . And in James 1:6 it says : But let him ( or her ) ask in faith , nothing wavering . For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed .7. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord .