Question:
I have been praying a long time for God to do something for me. I sometimes think God doesn't care. Can you tell me how to pray so God will hear me?

Answer:

   FIVE STEPS TO ANSWERED PRAYER: 2 Chronicles 7:14, Ephesians 6:18

1) Decide specifically what you want form God:
Philemon 6

2) Know God's will:
God's Word is His will
The Holy Spirit will reveal God's will

3) Ask what you want from God:
Luke 11:9
Philippians 4:6
I John 5:14-15
Ask with confidence
Ask in faith, believing

4) Refuse doubt:
2 Corinthians 10:15
Doubt is of the devil
Replace doubt with faith
Bind and loose Matthew 16:19

5) Begin to praise:
Hebrew 13:15

   WHAT IS PRAYER:
Communing and conversing with, and asking and receiving from God

Prayer involves:
Supplication, making a request of God. Declaration, informing principalities and powers in the spirit realm of two things in your life.
The Kingdom of God being accomplished.
The will of God being done.

   DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRAYER
Prayer of Authority or Prayer of Binding and Loosing
Matthew 16:19
Psalm 2:7

Prayer of Agreement
Matthew 18:19
Acts 4:31

Prayer of Petition or Faith
Mark 11:22-24
Matthew 21:21-22

Prayer of Worship, Thanksgiving or Praise
2 Chronicles 20:18-22
Luke 24:52-53

Prayer of Commitment
Philippians 4:6

Dedication and Consecration
Matthew 26:39

Prayer of Intercession, on Behalf of Another
Isaiah 59:16
Romans 8:26-27

Prayer in the Spirit or in other Tongues
1 Corinthians 14:2, 4, 14
Jude 20