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Some Major Causes of Unanswered
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If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. Psalm 66.18 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. Isa 59.1-2 Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. John 9.31 {God said...} When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil Isa 1.15-16 |
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| Willful disobedience to God's Holy Bible | One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is
an abomination. Prov 28.9 {Concerning disobedient people, God said...} "They refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts. Zech 7.11-13 |
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| Selfish motivation and/or hypocrisy | {Jesus said...} When
you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners
of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. Mt 6.5 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Jam 4.3 |
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Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like
a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from
the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. Jam
1.6-8 Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Heb 11.6 |
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{God said...}
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble
into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them? Ezek
14.3 The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 2 Tim 4.3-4 Thus says the LORD of hosts. "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the LORD. They continually say to those who despise Me, 'The LORD has said, "You shall have peace"'; And to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, 'No evil shall come upon you.' " Jer 23.16 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4.1 |
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| Grudges; unforgiveness | Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember
that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be
reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Mt
5.23-24 Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. Mk 11.25 |
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{God said...}
A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master,
where is My fear? says the LORD of hosts to you Mal
1.6a Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a flow, or having scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. Lev 22.22 Honor the LORD with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase Prov 3.9 |
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| Prideful attitude | There they cry out, but God does not answer because of the pride of
evil men. Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it. Job 35.12-13 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. Rom 12.16 |
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| Dishonoring your wife hinders prayers!!! | Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Pet 3.7 | |
| Turning a deaf ear to the cries of those needing help | Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself
and not be heard. Prov 21.13 Whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 1 John 3.17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow. Isa 1.17 |
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| Rejecting sound, Bible-based counsel from the Spiritual Leaders in your local church | "Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. Therefore it happened, that just as {God's prophets} proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts. Zech 7.12-13 | |