WHY DO MY PRAYERS GO UNANSWERED ?

There are some things that hinder
the answer to our prayers.
You ask and do not receive,
because you ask amiss, that you
may spend it on your
pleasures. James 4.3
When you ask selfishly, you’re
not using the Power of Asking
correctly. Many prayers are
selfish. You may ask for good
things, for things that are the will
of God to give, but the motive of
the prayer be entirely wrong. And
so the prayer falls powerless to
the ground. The true purpose in
prayer is that God may be
glorified in the answer. If we ask
for something just so we may use
in our pleasures or in our own
gratification, we “ask amiss” and
should not expect to receive what
we ask. This explains why many
prayers remain unanswered.
For example, a woman prays for
the conversion of her husband.
That certainly is an excellent
thing to ask; but some wives have
a selfish motive in that prayer.
She wants her husband to be
converted because then he would
be a much more pleasant husband
to live with. The prayer is purely
selfish. Why should a woman
desire the conversion of her
husband? First and above all, that
God may be glorified; because she
cannot bear the thought that he is
not honoring God with his life,
and so his soul is being wasted in
service to the world and the
devil.
Many pastors pray for crowds to
come to their church. That
certainly is a good thing to ask,
and in line with God ’s will. But
sometimes such prayers are
purely selfish. If the desire is that
the membership may be
increased, that his church may
enjoy prominence in society, that
the church may have more
offerings, or that he may impress
his church leaders, then he should
not expect God to answer that
prayer. Why should we pray for
people to come to the church?
For the glory of God, because we
cannot bear the thought of
millions of souls being lost;
because God ’s Word is being
made void by unbelief of people
in the world. That should be the
motive of our asking.
Many who pray for the Holy Spirit
are also praying selfishly. They
pray for the Holy Spirit so that
they may be happy, or so that
they may escape the state of
defeat in their lives, or that they
may have power as Christian
workers, or some other purely
selfish motive. Why should we
pray for the Holy Spirit? So that
God may no longer be dishonored
by the low level of our Christian
lives; that God may be seen by
everyone who looks at us; that
our service to Him may be
effective.
So before you ask God for
something, ask yourself: What
will God get from answering my
prayer? What ’s in it for Him?
Then adjust your motives
accordingly......


                                                                          God Bless You