HINDRANCES TO PRAYER
James 4:3
1. _Rebelling against God________________ Deut. 1:45; I Sam. 14:37; 28:6
1Sa 14:37 Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But He did not answer him on that day.
28:6 When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.
Psa 66:18 If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear;
Pro 1:28-29
“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me. For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
Pro 21:13 He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be answered.
Zec 7:12
They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had sent them by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD of Heaven’s Armies was so angry with them. Zec 7:13
“Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to Me, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
1Pe 3:7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Jas 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
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