Elder Nelson's response:
"We've all had that experience. We've prayed for something to happen, and it didn't happen. Farmers pray for moisture, but moisture is parceled out so partially. I think we need to learn a lesson from the Lord Himself who taught us how to pray. In the Lord's Prayer He said: "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:9-10). If we can train ourselves to pray to God that we might conform to His will rather than have Him conform to our will, that problem will disappear. It's a matter of learning who is the Father and who is the son or the daughter. You pray to be consonant with the will of God and to let your life be consonant with His will and direction for you. Maybe that means you have to suffer through a death or an illness in the family in order to get the growth and the experience that will be to your eternal advantage. Remember who you are when you pray and to who you're praying. Blessings are always granted upon obedience to the law upon which those blessing are predicated. I learned in doing surgery that all the prayers in the world would be undone by a single mistake because blessing are predicated upon obedience to laws. Therefore, if you really want a certain blessing, you'd better find out what the laws are that govern that blessing and then work on becoming obedient to those laws (see D&C 130:20-21)
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