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1 Peter
3:7 – Husbands, in the same way be considerate as
you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and
as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder
your prayers.
o
How you treat your spouse
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Psalm
84:11 – For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
o
Disobedience
·
Ephesians
3:20 – Now to him who is able to
do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is
at work within us
o
God has something more
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Isaiah
55:8 – “For my thoughts are not
your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
o
Wants you to wait…not right time (God’s timing)
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James 4:3
– When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask
with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
o
Wrong motives
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Micah 3:4
– Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer
them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they
have done.
o
Sin/evil
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1 John
5:14-15 – This is the confidence we have in approaching
God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have
what we asked of him.
o
Not according to God’s will
·
Isaiah
59:2 – But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your
sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
o
Unconfessed sin
·
Proverbs
28:9 – If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are
detestable.
o
Rebellion/Continuous life of sin
·
Proverbs
21:13 – Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will
also cry out and not be answered.
o
Close ears to needy
·
John 15:7
– If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever
you wish, and it will be done for you.
o
Out of fellowship with God
·
Psalm
121:7 – The Lord will keep
you from all harm—he will watch over your life;
o
God could be protecting you from danger
·
Matthew
21:22 – If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
o
Doubt ability of God
·
James 4:6
– But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposed the
proud but gives grace to the humble.”
o
Pride
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Matthew
6:5 – And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for
they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be
seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
o
Hypocritical prayer for attention
·
Mark
11:25 – And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,
forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
o
You won’t forgive others
·
1
Corinthians 10:31 – So
whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
o
Sometimes God says no to bring Him glory
·
Proverbs
3:5-6 – Trust
in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your
own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and
he will make your paths straight.
o
God wants you to depend and trust in Him more
