Unanswered Prayers • House of Prayer Week 4

Unanswered Prayers 
House of Prayer | Week 4
January 24, 2021 | Adam Barnett

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Philippians 4:6 NIV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, present your requests to God.

Matthew 21:22 ESV
Whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

John 14:13 ESV
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Our prayers are hindered when we neglect the poor.

Proverbs 21:13 NIV
If a man shuts his ears to the cries of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.

Our prayers are hindered when we have selfish motives.

James 4:3 NIV
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your own pleasures.

Our prayers are hindered when we hold grudges.

Mark 11:25 NIV
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive your sins.

Our prayers are hindered when we are unkind to our wives.

1 Peter 3:7 NIV
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect...so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Our prayers are hindered when we are disobedient.

1 John 3:21-22 NIV
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

Our prayers are hindered when we don’t seek God’s will over our own.

1 John 5:14 NIV
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, he hears us.

If you have prayed for ____ and it hasn’t happened, God is not punishing you.

Philippians 4:6 NIV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, present your requests to God.

Philippians 4:7 NIV
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts & your minds in Christ Jesus.