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October 25
THAT YOUR PRAYERS BE NOT HINDERED – PART 4

Scripture: Mark 11:25 “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

     Unforgiveness will hold back the answers to our prayers.  “An unforgiving spirit is one of the commonest hindrances to prayer. Prayer is answered on the basis that our sins are forgiven; but God cannot deal with us on the basis of forgiveness while we are harboring ill-will against those who have wronged us. Anyone who is nursing a grudge against another has fast closed the ear of God against his own petition.”
      We must constantly guard against an unforgiving spirit that would cause our prayers to be hindered.  When we fail to forgive our fellowman, God will fail to hear us when we pray.  We must forgive and have a spirit of forgiveness if we are to prevail in prayer.
    In Zechariah 7:13 we see another hindrance given.  The Bible says, “Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and I would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.”  This hindrance is disobedience to God.
   Dr. R. G. Lee says:  “If we are disobedient to God, we cannot pray.  For the spirit of disobedience is the spirit of disloyalty to God, and such a spirit can never find acceptance at the throne of grace.  Such prayer has no promise, no reward.  It is the prayer of the wicked.  And God says:  ‘He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.’ (Prov. 28.9)
   God always hears the obedient but never does God hear the rebellious.  ‘And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you:  yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear.’  (Isaiah 1:15). ‘If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:  for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.’ (Isaiah 1:19-20). How is your prayer life today?