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4 Things that can Keep you from Praying (3 min read)

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20121127-085653.jpgThe prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. (James 5:16, MSG)

Prayer is your powerful weapon in this world. Remember when the Church prayed for Peter in Acts 12, God sent an angel to release him from prison. And throughout the history of the earth, there are stories about how prayer made impossible things and/or situations possible. 

Your prayer is something powerful to be reckoned with that is why you should never allow the enemy to keep your mouth shut in any day.

When we take a close look at Jesus’ life, Mark 1:35 says that “Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left [the house], and went out to a secluded place, and was praying there.” emphasis added.  In Luke 5:16, “Jesus often went away to other places to be alone so that he could pray.” (emphasis added) and in Luke 6:12, “A few days later, Jesus went out to a mountain to pray. He stayed there all night praying to God” (emphasis added)

In sum, Jesus would go to pray, away from home, early morning, and he would often go away to other places to be alone so that he could pray, and sometimes he went to the mountain to pray all night to God. This was His lifestyle and as His chosen ones, we are to emulate Him because Prayer connects us to God the Father. It enriches our relationship with the Holy Spirit and it also connects us to the realm of the Supernatural.

I have identified four things that the enemy can use to keep you  from praying. Sometimes we do not take note of them but they can affect your prayer life and gradually draw you away from God.

  1. Condemnation
  2. Worry and Anxiety
  3. Your Schedule
  4. Unforgivingness
  • condemnation

dsc00627The enemy will condemn you when you go wrong to make you feel like you don’t qualify to come to God. His interest is to keep your mouth shut because he knows that whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe that you have received it, it will be yours. He knows that your earnest prayer has great power and produces wonderful results.

Friend, don’t let the devil keep your mouth shut. Take note of this; I am not encouraging you to sin but if you go wrong or sin, don’t let guilt hinder you from praying. Instead, prayer for forgiveness and ask for grace to continue your race. Remember “a prayerless Christian is powerless Christian”

  • worry and anxiety

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Worrying about your situation will shift your focus from God. In effect, It will make your problem(s) look bigger and you wouldn’t see the importance of praying to God. Its amazing how some people spend hours worrying about something beyond their control when in actual fact they could have prayed for supernatural turnaround. The enemy will make you worry as he knows it will keep your mouth shut.

Paul said in Philippians 4:6 that don’t worry about anything. Pray to God about everything.

  • Your schedule

In a fast pace world, the enemy will give you perfect excuse(s) for not praying; your schedule. Why don’t you pray? “I am occupied”, “I don’t have time”, “my work takes all my time”, “I have to prepare breakfast, take my kids to school, and get to the office before 8am”, “I am always tired when I get home in the evening”, etc. Don’t let anything come between your Father and you. What shall separate you from the love of God?

Note that when you present your schedule before God, He will give you wisdom to execute your plans and show you how to have a fruitful day.

Proverbs 16:3 (ERV)says “Turn to the Lord for help in everything you do, and you will be successful”

  • Unforgivingness

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The enemy is happy when you don’t forgive people who offend you because it hinders you from receiving from God. Make a decision to let go and live in harmony with everyone. Always remember the 70 times 7 rule in your endeavours.

Conclusion:

The enemy’s plan is to keep your mouth shut so that he can cause havoc in your life. Although the enemies may use any of the above to distract you, there are remedies; Don’t stay in sin, don’t worry, turn to God for help in everything you do, and always remember the 70 times 7 rule when people offend you. Have a blissful prayer life

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The Power of Prayer

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HOPE1The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

James 5:16, NLT

Prayer is the means through which we communicate with God our Father. First of all, God desires to have rich relationship with His children, where His children can talk to Him about everything. This has become possible because of the wondrous work Jesus did on Calvary.

Someone once said “a week without prayer makes a Christian weak”, and “a prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian”. This means that when you don’t spend time with God, you will become weak, powerless, and the enemy can attack and destroy you anytime. However, when you spend time with God, He directs your path with the help of His Spirit. He makes you stronger in Him as you put on His whole armor. Remember Jesus’ words that watch and pray so that you don’t enter into temptation.

In the lead passage, the scripture says that “the earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” Notice it says the earnest prayer of a righteous person, showing the kind of prayer you should pray.

Your earnest prayer will produce the wonderful results you seek in your life in Jesus’ Name.

In Luke 22:44 the Bible says “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly”. Jesus, the Son of God, prayed more earnestly. Finally, Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years! Then, when he prayed again, the sky send down rain and the earth began to yield its crops. (James 5:17, NLT)

Your enemy knows what your prayer can do so he will try to distract your attention from praying. Some tools he uses are;

  • condemnation

He will condemn you when you go wrong to make you feel that you don’t qualify to come to God. His interest is to keep your mouth shut because he knows that whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe that you have received it, it will be yours. He knows that your earnest prayer has great power and produces wonderful results.

Friend, don’t let the devil keep your mouth shut. Take note of this; I am not encouraging you to sin but if you go wrong or sin, don’t let the guilt of those mistakes hinder you from praying. You prayer for forgiveness and ask for grace to continue your race. Remember “a prayerless Christian is powerless Christian”

  • worry and anxiety

Worrying about your situation will shift your focus from God. It will make your problem(s) look bigger and you wouldn’t see the importance of praying to God. The enemy will make you worry as he knows it will keep your mouth shut.

Paul said in Philippians 4:6 that don’t worry about anything. Pray to God about everything.

  • Your schedule

The enemy will give you a perfect excuse for not praying; your schedule. Why don’t you pray? “I am occupied”, “I don’t have time”, “my work takes all my time”, “I have to prepare breakfast, take my kids to school, and get to the office before 8am”, “I am always tired when I get home in the evening”, etc. Don’t let anything come between your Father and you. What shall separate you from the love of God?

  • Unforgiveness

The enemy is happy when you don’t forgive people who sin against you because it hinders you from receiving from God. When you don’t get answers to your prayers, you become disappointed and stop praying.

 

In Acts chapter 12, when the church prayed earnestly for Peter, who was then arrested by Herod and had been kept under four quadrant of soldiers, God sent an angel to rescue Peter from the prison. This was the wonderful result the church had when they prayed effectively for Peter. The lesson here is that your prayer has Power to break every yoke in Jesus’ Name.

The devil can’t hold you, your family, your friends, or even your business captive anymore because you are going to pray effectively which will make tremendous power available to destroy all the powers he has, and take back what is yours in Jesus’ Name.

Be encouraged to pray continually. Jesus started with prayer and ended with prayer.

Friend, Prayer is the master-key you need to open every closed-door in your life. God bless you

 

 

 

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