What Prevent God From Hearing Our Prayers?

Scriptural Text:

Two Christian men lived near each other. The first was a farmer. Since there had not been any rain for several weeks, the farmer got up one morning and prayed for rain, but there was no rain that day.

His next-door neighbor was also up early, but he was praying that it would not rain, because he was taking an unsaved friend fishing that morning. There was no rain that day.

God hears both requests, but he can’t answer both. He will do that which glorifies him the most.

“What Prevent God From Hearing Our Prayers? “ is our sermon question.

() Cry out for the Lord’s help.

Overcome by pain, the psalmist cried out desperately for the Lord’s help. He poured out his complaint before the Lord, describing his suffering at length and relating how it had affected his life.

Ask Him to hear and to accept your prayer (vv. 1-2).

Feeling that God was oblivious to his suffering and not paying attention to his repeated requests, the ailing psalmist asked the Lord to hear and to accept his prayer (v. 1).

He pleaded with God not to ignore his distress (v. 2). His pain was slowly strangling the life out of him, so he called on God not to hide His face from him in his trouble any longer. Desperate for help, he begged God to listen and to answer him quickly by giving him relief.

b. Describe your anguish to Him (vv. 3-11).

God is not deaf to our prayer, one may think. In a figurative way the term “deaf” is saying that God does not always respond to requests as people might hope. Please note how answers come:

only after long delays

may come in an unrecognized form

or in a manner you would not have wanted

Also note that effective prayer requires the right attitudes: Reverence Humility proper motivation purity

ReverenceHumilityproper motivationpurity

Also note that ineffectual prayer results from:Irreverence ()Pride (humble in Spirit, )Self-seeking(selfish reasons, )Sin ()Unbelief (Spiritual instability, )Broken relationships( treading the spouse disrespectfully, 1 Perter 3:7)Hypocrisy and insincerity (; )Lack of faith (; )

Irreverence ()Pride (humble in Spirit, )Self-seeking(selfish reasons, )Sin ()Unbelief (Spiritual instability, )Broken relationships( treading the spouse disrespectfully, 1 Perter 3:7)Hypocrisy and insincerity (; )Lack of faith (; )

Cry out for the Lord’s help!!! ; ; ; ; Ps. 18:6)

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” ().

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” ().

“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared” ().

“And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression” ().

“In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears” ().

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” ().

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” ().

“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared” ().

“And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression” ().

“In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears” ().