Fifthly, prayer is the means whereby and upon which God fulfills the desires of believers. If they do not pray, they will also not receive. If God does not stir them up to pray for a desired matter, this is generally a sign that God does not intend to give it. ―... Ye have not, because ye ask not‖ (James 4:2). If, however, it is God‘s intention to give something to His children, He generally first grants them prayer for this. The promises are for those who pray. When God promises to give a new heart, to cause men to walk in His ways, and to grant all manner of temporal and spiritual blessings, the Lord states as an additional blessing, ―I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them‖ (Ezek 36:37). The promises relative to prayer being answered are numerous: ―And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee‖ (Ps 50:15); ―Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it‖ (Ps 81:10); ―Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened‖ (Matt 7:7-8).