Bible Questions Answered:
“Why doesn't god answer my
prayers?...”
Roxanne/ Brisbane, Australia
Queensland
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Biblical Answers Why Prayers May Be
Hindered:
Psalm 66:18 KJV
If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear me:
Proverbs 21:13 KJV
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry
of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Proverbs 28:13 KJV
He that covereth his sins shall not
prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Proverbs 28:9 KJV
He that turneth away his ear from
hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Isaiah 59:1,2 KJV
1 Behold, The Lord's hand is not
shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot
hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated
between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you,
that He will not hear.
Ezekiel 14:2-5 NLT
2 this message came to me from The
Lord:
3 “Son of man, these leaders have
set up idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that will
make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests?
4 Tell them, ‘This is what The
Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their
hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for
a message. So I, The Lord, will give them the kind of answer their
great idolatry deserves.
5 I will do this to capture the
minds and hearts of all My people who have turned from Me to worship
their detestable idols.’
Matthew 5:23,24 KJV
23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift
to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought
against thee;
24 Leave there thy gift before the
altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then
come and offer thy gift.
Matthew 6:15 KJV (Not a child of
God.)
But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 7:7,8 KJV
7 Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
Mark 11:24-26 KJV
24 Therefore I say unto you, What
things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.
25 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.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither
will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Philippians 2:5 NLT (Read verses
1-11.)
You must have the same attitude that
Christ Jesus had.
I Thessalonians 5:17,18 NLT
17 Never stop praying.
18 Be thankful in all circumstances,
for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 11:6 KJV
But without faith it is impossible
to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and
that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
James 1:5-8 KJV
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and
it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with
the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he
shall receive any thing of The Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in
all his ways.
James 4:2,3 NLT
2 "... Yet you don’t have
what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
3 And even when you ask, you don’t
get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will
give you pleasure.
I Peter 3:7,12 KJV
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with
them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the
weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that
your prayers be not hindered.
12 For the eyes of The Lord are over
the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers: but the face
of The Lord is against them that do evil.
I John 3:21-23 KJV
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us
not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive
of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that
are pleasing in His sight.
23 And this is his commandment, That
we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one
another, as He gave us commandment.
I John 5:14,15 KJV
14 And this is the confidence that
we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He
heareth us:
15 And if we know that He hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired
of Him.
