Shall renew their strength.
Learn To Wait Upon The Lord. Learn To Hear The Voice Of God!
Hearing from God is something you learn to do. Years ago I had a church member who would phone me and start talking the first rattle out of the box. “Yakkety yak, yak, yak, yak, yak," breath "yakkety yak, yak, yak." When they finished, click went the phone. I never got a chance to get a word in. God spoke to my heart, “That’s just how you pray. You tell me everything you want me to hear and then you shut up and run off.” From that day on, whenever I go to pray, I take a legal pad. And when I get through telling God what’s on my mind, I listen to see what’s on God’s mind. What He tells me when I shut up is what gives birth to every sermon I preach and every book I write. If you want to hear from God—listen. God wants to talk to you.
There are some things that will hinder prayer. Unbelief hinders prayer. The Bible says, “He that cometh to God must believe that He is” Hebrews 11:6. Another thing that hinders prayer is sin in your life. David recognized that. He said, “If I behold iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me” Psalm 66:18. God will hear your prayer of confession, but if there’s sin in your life, he doesn’t answer your prayer. When there’s discord between a husband and wife, Peter said, your prayers are hindered 1 Peter 3:7. Unforgiveness hinders your prayers. The Lord’s Prayer says, “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” Matthew 6:12. It’s very clear. If you will not forgive another, God cannot forgive you.
Source: Twelve Sunday Morning Part 3
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