WHAT HINDERS MY PRAYER LIFE?

May 18, 2025 / Bob /

Prayer is simply— communicating with God—listening and talking to him..

John 10:27 “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”
DO YOU WANT TO CLEAR OUT ALL THINGS THAT HINDER PRAYER?

Unconfessed Sin
Just as unforgiveness can hinder our prayers, so can sin in our lives that we have refused to confess before God.
Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; 19 but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. 20 Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!
Before we conclude that God has simply not heard our prayers or that it is not His will to give us what we ask, we need to examine our hearts to see if unconfessed sin stands as a barrier between ourselves and God.
Psalms 139:23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

While we need to continually examine our hearts, we need also to ask God to reveal our sin to us.

God’s will is for us to be cleansed by the blood of Christ.

Let’s take this day and Ask for Christ’s cleansing of our sins and let Christ take all of those sins away as far as the East is form the West.

Let’s Thank God for the privilege of prayer and learn daily to “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7).
Again Let us Cast all our anxiety on him because he cares for me. Amen

Let us remember the 5 listed hindrances to Prayer:
1. Selfish Motives
2. Unforgiving Hearts
3. Doubt or Disbelief
4. Family Discord
5. Unconfessed Sin

But more then that let us focus on Jesus Christ and His answers to the 5 listed hindrances.

Lord, help us to be more vigilant prayer warriors. Help us to remember those that have asked us to pray for them and the ones You lay on our hearts daily.
Help us Lord to give up the hindrances  to our heart one at a time so we can experience more and more of Your love. Thank you Lord that You answer prayer and Your perfect will-will be done. Amen

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