God will not be manipulated by our prayers. Repeated prayer for the wrong thing will go unanswered. The Apostle Paul learned this in 2 Cor.12:8-9. His unanswered prayer was a reminder that his problem would be solved by God’s grace provisions and not his repeated prayers. Prayer was not designed to solve our problems.
We have wonderful problem solving devices such as the filling of the Holy Spirit and the completed Bible as well as the opportunity to exploit our faith (Hebrews 11:6).