Hindrances to Prayer

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Hindrances to Prayer

• July 16, 2016

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Doubt

• But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt,
  because he who doubts is like a wave blown and
  tossed by the wind. That man should not think he
  will receive anything from the Lord.
• (James 16-7)

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Unforgiveness

• And when you stand praying, if you hold anything
  against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father
  in heaven may forgive you your sins.
• (Mark 1125)

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Not Praying According to Gods Will

• This is the confidence we have in approaching
  God that if we ask anything according to his
  will, he hears us.
• (1 John 514)

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Unconfessed Sin

• If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord
  would not have listened.
• (Psalm 6618)

Confess Repent!
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Selfishness

• When you ask, you do not receive, because you
  ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what
  you get on your pleasures.
• (James 43)

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disobedience

• If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
  even their prayers are detestable.
• (Proverbs 289)

Obedience brings blessings!
Deuteronomy 28
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Not seeking to please god

• And receive from him anything we ask, because we
  obey his commands and do what pleases him.
• (1 John 322)

• 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters,
  in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as a
  living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this
  is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not
  conform to the pattern of this world, but be
  transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then
  you will be able to test and approve what Gods
  will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.
• (Romans 121-2)

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Thank you! ?