Can You Hear Me Now?

“ if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

II Chronicles 7:14

What prayer does God hear?

What ‘prayer’ does God choose not to hear?

As we discussed last night, God hears the prayer of His people when they come to Him in humility, when they seek His face and when they repent of their wicked ways.

God does not hear the prayer of the proud.

As a matter of fact we are told He resists the proud.

 God does not hear the prayer of the rebellious:

Psalm 5:10 tells us:

“Declare them guilty, O God;
    Let their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,
    for they have rebelled against you,”

 The prayers of the unrepentant, unforgiving man or woman will not ascend to heaven.

God also does not hear the whiner when he prays; i.e. someone not seeking the face of God but instead crying crocodile tears.

When we approach the throne of grace as the righteousness of Christ and have been justified through His blood; we still can have our prayers hindered.

The attitudes listed above that have not brought to the cross hinder our prayers.

 Don’t let your attitudes of heart hinder your prayers before God!