Many times, it seems that there are thousands of prayers that go up, but there are precious few answers that come down. Why is that? There's a deeper question that relates to this. Does God promise to answer everyone' prayers? I think it's clear in Scripture that God ignores some people's prayers. In fact, God has laid out some conditions to answered prayer. I want us to look at those conditions, because until you meet the conditions for effective prayer, you have prayer impediments that are short-circuiting your connection to God.