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What Hinders Your Prayers?

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This post is by no means a comprehensive guide to all the aspects of prayer. 
The intention is to look at scriptural reference to things that can hinder our prayer.
 
Why do we pray?  
It seems like a simple question and at it’s core it really should be simple.
I pray because I want to see my prayers answered. 

Please download the table below. It is a useful tool to keep in your Bible, bring to a prayer meeting, or laminate and post in your prayer closet. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effective Prayer is more than just words, it is a relationship with God
 
Here are some Scriptures to help us see how God views us and how He wants us to come to Him in relationship which includes prayer.
 
 

  • Our heavenly Father desires us to come visit with Him as His son & daughter Galatians 4:6- And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 
  • To love & have fellowship with Him while sitting at his feet                         Luke 10:39-42 Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.” But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.
  • He created us to love Him  Matthew 22:37  Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
  • He is hungry for our love and companionship                                                         1 Corinthians 1:9  God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • His love draws us to Him  John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.1John 3:16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
  • He instructed us to come as a child  Matthew 18:2-4 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  
 
What Prayer is NOT:
  • Repeating something over & over & over again                                                 Matthew 6:7  And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
  • Giving God a list of things to do  Matthew 6:8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 
  • One-Way communication  1Samuel 3:10  And the Lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
 Based on worldly wisdom or the mind of the flesh Ephesians 6:18  praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints
 



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