2-Way Communication: Prayer Blockers (February 25, 2018) | Judah Thomas

[James 4:2-4] You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. 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. [4] You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. Our prayers are hindered when our relationship with God is _________________. You can't have a dynamic _________________ life without a dynamic _________________ life. ______________ ______ will hinder our conversation with God. [Isaiah 59:1-2] Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. [2] It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore. If you are praying and God is not _________________, look for sin in your life. [1 John 1:9] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. God will not answer _________________ prayers. Often our prayers an unanswered because our _____________ are wrong. [James 4:6b] God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. A _________ ____ _________ will hinder our prayers. When we lack a _________________ with God, we resort to _____________________. [James 1:6-7] But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. [7] Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. [Hebrews 11:6] And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. The prayer of faith is full of _________________! 555 CHALLENGE (5 minutes each) ___________ – ___________ ___________ – ___________