Revelation 8:4 And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints, out of the angel’s hand, before God. Praise is the most powerful form of prayer. Petitions without praise have no power to rise up to heaven. Praise is like the thrust to an aircraft during takeoff. Praise is the...
Tag: Unanswered Prayers
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15 December 2025 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 6
Luke 18:11-12 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ Vain words and repetitions are ‘empty and powerless prayers’. They are like clouds without rain; like...
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14 December 2025 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 5
1 Kings 19:4 He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” Unscriptural prayers will not be heard or answered. Elijah was a powerful man of God but when he was...
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13 December 2025 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 4
Mark 11;22-24 22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe...
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12 December 2025 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 3
Matthew 20:20-21 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. “What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.” Salome,...
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11 December 2025 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 2
Mark 11:25 “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Hoarding offense and unforgiveness forms a thick black cloud separating us from divine interaction and intervention. Prayers cannot penetrate through the canopy of unforgiveness and offense. Life is too...
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10 December 2025 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 1
Job 3:23 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. Faith and fervor in prayer die down when prayers are not answered. Waiting for a long time for petitions to be granted quenches the fire in many prayer warriors. The foundations of their faith are challenged and the belief...
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28 Jan 2021 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 7
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Prayer requests don’t get answered when praise slows down, anointing quenches, petitions cease or we give up too easily as we look for “instant answers”. When there is lack of...
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27 Jan 2021 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 6
Exodus 33:11 T he LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Prayer is a dialogue not a monologue. In modern theology, the conversations that the Lord had with the patriarchs, prophets and priests is termed as “prayer”. He spoke to Moses for 40 long days and shared His secrets,...
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26 Jan 2021 – Unanswered Prayers – Part 5
James 4: 16b-17 The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Elijah’s prayers could control the climatic conditions. At his word, like...
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