Hindrances to Prayer, Part 6 (The Prayer Motivator Devotional #417)

Our prayer motivator verse from the Word of God today is Mark 11:25-26 which reads: "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. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."

Our prayer motivator quote today is from David Smithers. He said: "A prayerless man is proud and independent, and any church that neglects corporate prayer is sadly no better. Only God's humble and needy children take the time to pray. Everyone else is just going through the motions and naively trusting in their own strength!"

Our prayer motivator devotional today is part 6 of our series titled "HINDRANCES TO PRAYER" from Dr. John R. Rice.

Often we are painfully conscious that our prayers are not heard. Last night a man said to me as we parted at the close of the service in a great rescue mission, "Preacher, before you sleep I wish you would pray for me. My prayers never get higher than my head. God won't hear me."

Is that your case? Do you feel, even as you call on God, that He is not pleased, that He will not hear, that there is no likelihood of your receiving the thing for which you ask? Then, oh, how important it is to clear the line between you and God so He will hear you. How important it is to confess and forsake everything that grieves the dear Holy Spirit and shuts up Heaven to your prayers and stops God's ears!

We should prayerfully examine the Word of God, and search our hearts to see why our prayers are hindered, and why God does not answer to give us what we ask.

+ Plus, listen to Andrae Crouch singing "Let the Church Say Amen"