OBSTACLES TO ANSWERED PRAYERS



By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi
Dan 9:2 “ in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.”
NKJV
    Prophet Daniel was one of the Jews taken into captivity by the king of Babylon as a consequence of their rebellion against God’s word. This was in fulfillment of the prophecy in   Jer 25:8,11-13.  Three years had gone by after the expiration of the 70 years trial period, and yet the Jews were still in bondage just like a lot of Christians experience unnecessary delays in many areas of life. Did God lie about their deliverance or was prophet Jeremiah a false prophet? Does the holy scriptures contradict itself ? God forbid.     
            The scripture says it is the lack of knowledge and understanding that leads to bondage .. To understand scriptures, we interpret contexts with other context (Isaiah 28:10,13) therefore, premium time should be allotted  to the study of God’s word. The key to our freedom lies in the pages of the Holy Scriptures. Unfortunately, most Christians have been misled by end time prophets into believing that their problems are always as a result of a witch or a curse. This is far from true (Col.1:12-13). No witch or wizard has the capacity to prevent the spoken word of God from being fulfilled in the life of a Christian (John1:4-5). Witches can’t oppose a Christian that is full of God’s word, it is tantamount to a suicide mission and they know it.  Witches are tormented whenever God’s word is spoken and they literarily flee at the presence of a Christians loaded with God’s word (luke 8:28).  
     Therefore, it was the neglect of the word of God by  these Jews that led to their bondage just as a lot of Christians are in bondage for want of God’s word, Isa 5:13 NKJV says “Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.” Every problem has a solution in the word of God. 
   Through the word we discover hindrances to prayers being answered and they include: fighting for what we want instead of asking for it (Jas. 4:2) whatever we have to fight to acquire cannot be enjoyed, therefore, dialogue remains the most effective form of negotiation to achieve meaningful development: this requires respect for each other’s constitutional rights and the humility to ask. Some of the things we pray so hard for can easily be gotten through good neighborliness that’s why we should avoid teachings that suggest every neighbour or relation is a potential witch or wizard. Let love guide you through your dealings and our breakthroughs will become a reality especially if we are not asking with selfish motives ( Jas. 4:3) .People easily give to  us when they find out that it is for a mutually beneficial  purpose .
              The misconception of grace as taught by many preachers which says God overlooks our sins and prospers us regardless of whether we are in obedience to His commandments or not has done so much damage to many. It’s like saying that a marriage will remain blissful regardless of the infidelity and physical abuse of an unrepentant husband against his wife. The grace of God doesn’t give us the license to defraud one another and it seeks for improvement in character (Rom.5:1-3, 1Cor:6:8.1Cor:7:5). Grace destroys sin wherever it is found, that’s why God created the legal system (Rom.13:1-7) or else terrorists would be celebrated as role models. Therefore, asking God for a miracle while making a practice of  a known sin hinders prayers from being answered Ps,28:5, 66:18, Isa. 59:1-2. This happens when we have idols in our hearts such as persons we depend solely on for survival (Eze. 8:5-18,14:1-3).
               Something as casual as turning a deaf ear to the cry of the poor beggar (Pr. 21:13) and casting aspersions against preachers of the gospel  hinders prayers from being answered, all preachers aren’t criminals  (Mica 3:2-4,) the scriptures says in Rom 14:4KJV  “ Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.”  Bitterness against others hinders our faith for miracles (Heb.11:6,James 1:6) , therefore keeping malice with a spouse or a relation can hinder prayers from being answered (Mk11: 22-24, 6:12-15,1 Pet.3:7).May your hearts be filled with grace for answers to prayers as you read this now in Jesus name.
Prayer /counseling. +234 8035536911,+2348098536911
email: michaelbensonajayi@gmail.com       

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

BREAK EVIL FAMILY PATTERNS

Image
 By Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi  Titus 1:12 -14 "One of themselves,   even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians   are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.  This  witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply,  that they may be sound in the faith;  Not giving  heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of  men, that turn from the truth."       The church in Crete was in disarray and the apostle assigned Titus to go and put things in order . On investigation it was discovered the church suffered from a vicious cycle of evil family  patterns. They were not enjoying the fruits of the salvation experience . An example of evil family patterns is that of King David who defiled Uriah's wife ,murdered him and his son Absalom murdered his brother Amnon (2Sam13) dethroned him and defiled his concubines openly (2Samuel16). His son Amnon defiled his sister Tamar (2Sam.13) and so on yet David was the anointed of the Lord....
Read more

COMMON CAUSES OF DISUNITY.

Image
 By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi "Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following."Acts 20:30 NLT   "An angry person starts fights; a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin." Proverbs 29:22 NLTBible        Disunity is defined as : disagreement and conflict within a group. It is the greatest hindrance to the promotion of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Disunity creates an avenue for Satan to promote sin.       The causes of disunity are not farfetched ,they include : Unhealthy Crave for power or self- promotion. Whenever there is an unhealthy pursuit of influence in a family or group it results in resistance. Self-promotion gives birth to unfair practices and injustices. In Numbers 12: 1-15  Moses' sister Miriam and Aaron rebelled against him desiring to rule by force and in Numbers 16 :1-35 Korah led an insurrection against Moses desiring to be part of leadership. In both cases ,God wa...
Read more

CONSEQUENCES OF LACK OF FAITH

Image
By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi " Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God." Hebrews 3:12 NLTBible  ' Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!”John 20:27 NLTBible     Faith is the guarantee of the manifestation an unseen reality . It is the reason behind the hope we have in God and the fulfilment of his promises. It is the substance ( title deed) of things hoped for ,the evidence of things not seen (Hebrew 11:1) .The Bible warns against not having faith in God. Lack of faith is equal to calling God a liar and untrustworthy. This type of reasoning turns us into enemy's of God.    The gospel is so much under attack by the activities of faithless religionists . They plan to replace the holy scripture with humanistic dogma. The danger in this is the relative...
Read more