When you come before God, it is important to approach with a pure heart.
Remember, prayer is actually speaking to the living God and being in His presence.
Prayer is hindered by sin. God wants us to confess and repent of our sins so He do what He has promised, and that is to forgive us and cleanse us. The Heavenly father we pray to knows what is in our hearts, we can not hide it from him. but we can confess and repent.
Psalm 139:23-24 Search me oh God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting
Hebrews 4:13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from Gods sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Psalm 66:18 plainly tells us God does not listen to us if we are cherishing sin in our hearts. If we are not confessing our sin and repenting of it, we are cherishing it.
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened
Are you just praying for your want without confessing the sin in your life? Could that be why you feel God is not answering your prayer?
So, now we know. In order for us to receive answered prayer we must
1. Praise Him and give thanksgiving
2. Confess and repent
3. and finally, we must be praying for what God wants, which may not always be what we want.
1 John 5: 14-15 This is the confidence that we have in approaching God, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us
Will you change how you pray to our loving Father?
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