Prayer: Success and Failure

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PrayerSuccess and Failure

• Isaiah 591-8

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Successful Prayer

• Most say if prayer is not answered yes it is
  not successful
• God only hears the righteous, 1 Peter 312
  Proverbs 1529
• Righteous men were answered no
• Jesus, Matt. 2639 Paul, 2 Cor. 128-9
• Honors God, waits for, trusts and accepts his
  answer

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To be heard by God

• Contrite heart, Psa. 5114-17
• Humble and turn from sin, 2 Chrn. 712-15
  Luke 189-14
• Godly fear, Heb. 57
• Whole heart, Jer. 2911-14
• Set heart and soul to seek God, 1 Ths. 517 1
  Peter 310-12
• Do not lose heart, Luke 181

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To be heard by God

• Faith in God and his power, Mark 1124
• Come to God with complete trust and put our
  life in his hands, Mark 1436
• Not double-minded a focused faith, Jas. 15-8
• Confident God hears us, 1 John 514-15
  (Heb. 416)

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To be heard by God

• Be a righteous person, James 516
• God does not attend to the prayers of sinners,
  John 931 Psalm 6618-20
• God is not in communion with sinners
• Prayer is a blessing enjoyed in Christ
• Be obedient, 1 John 322-23
• Jesus was heard because of his godly fear,
  Hebrews 57-8

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God will not hear prayers

• In disobedience, Deut. 143-45
• In rejection of his law, Prov. 289
• In vain worship and sinful treatment of others,
  Isaiah 112-15 591-8 Micah 34 Ezekiel
  817-18
• In self-indulgence, James 43-4 (8-10)

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Prayer is Gods BlessingPhilippians 46-7, 19

• Secures us
• Assures us
• Convinces us
• God loves us and hears us
• God supplies us