how should we pray and why are some
prayers unanswered it's time to unlearn
the lies hey welcome to unlearn my name
is Lex and I'd like to invite you to
join us each week as we unlearn the lies
and dig deeper into the truth of God's
Word now let's get started
prayer is one of the most important
things we can do to draw closer to God
when we pray we acknowledge God's power
and goodness as well as realizing our
own dependence upon him we become
thankful when we understand that every
blessing comes from God and prayer
causes us to look to him for everything
we need the disciples understood the
importance of prayer and they asked to
shew it to teach them how to pray now it
came to pass as he was praying in a
certain place when he ceased that one of
his disciples said to him Lord teach us
to pray as John also taught his
disciples they saw the way Yeshua prayed
and how often he prayed and they
realized how much he value prayer so
they asked him how they could do the
same so he said to them when you pray
say our Father in heaven Hallowed be
your name your kingdom come your will be
done on earth as it is in heaven give us
day by day our daily bread and forgive
us our sins for we also forgive everyone
who is indebted to us and do not lead us
into temptation but deliver us from the
evil one many people have memorized this
prayer and say it regularly which is
good however we need to remember that
Yeshua was teaching us how to pray not
what to pray this prayer shows us to
exalt God to speak to him in a loving
and familiar way to seek his kingdom and
his will to lean on him to provide for
our needs and to seek forgiveness and
protection from sin and evil you should
also explain there are wrong ways to
pray and when you pray you shall not be
like the hypocrites for they love to
pray standing in the synagogues and on
the corners of the streets that they may
be seen by men assuredly I say to you
they have their reward but you when you
pray go into your room and when you have
shut the door
pray to your father who is in the secret
place and your father who sees in secret
will reward you openly if you're praying
to impress other people your prayer is
offensive to God
our prayers should only be directed to
God which is why you're sure said to
pray in secret this is said in contrast
to the hypocrites who pray to be seen by
men lynnie said not to pray with vain
repetition and when you pray do not use
vain repetitions as the heathen do for
they think that they will be heard for
their many words therefore do not be
like them for your father knows the
things you have need of before you ask
him the pagans were known to use prayer
beads to count the repetitions of their
prayers they would chant specific
prayers over and over and use these
beats to count how many times they said
their prayer the Catholics also do this
when they prayed the Rosary Yeshua also
told a parable about two men praying to
explain the attitude we need to have
when we approach God in prayer two men
went up to the temple to pray one a
Pharisee and the other a tax collector
the Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
himself god I thank you that I am not
like other men extortioners unjust
adulterers or even this tax collector I
fast twice a week I give tithes of all
that I possess and the tax collector
standing afar off would not so much as
raise his eyes toward heaven but beat
his breast saying God be merciful to me
a sinner I tell you this man went down
to his house justified rather than the
other for everyone who exalts himself
will be humbled and He Who humbles
himself will be exalted
when we speak to God we need to remember
that we are not worthy to untie his
sandal yet for some reason he has
allowed us to make our requests known to
him we need to approach him with
humility and respect yet we're also told
to pray with confidence believing that
he will answer our prayers Yeshua said
and whatever things you ask in prayer
believing you will receive he even said
that anything we ask in his name we will
receive it most assuredly I say to you
he who believes in Me the works that I
do he will do also and greater works
than these he will do because I go to my
father and whatever you ask in my name
that I will do that the father may be
glorified in the son if you ask anything
in my name I
we'll do it in Hebrew thought a person's
name was linked to his character and
authority this prayer in Jesus name is a
prayer that is seeking his will and
submission to his authority that's why
John said it this way now this is the
confidence that we have in him that if
we ask anything according to his will he
hears us and if we know that he hears us
whatever we ask we know that we have the
petitions that we have asked of him some
people have turned this into a magic
formula saying if you had the phrase in
Jesus name to the end of your prayer
your prayer will be answered that's not
what it means to pray in his name asking
in his name means we are asking in his
character according to his will and with
his authority to do so so anything we
ask in this manner will be answered
prayer for healing is one of the most
common prayers we find in the Bible in
fact we are encouraged to pray for
healing is anyone among you suffering
let him pray
is anyone cheerful let him sing psalms
is anyone among you sick let him call
for the elders of the church and let
them pray over him anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord and the
prayer faith will save the sick and the
Lord will raise him up and if he has
committed sins he will be forgiven
confess your trespasses to one another
and pray for one another that you may be
healed the effective fervent prayer of a
righteous man avails much we are
encouraged to pray with faith believing
that God will heal us we're also
encouraged to have the elders of our
congregation anoint the sick with oil
and pray for them but what about
unanswered prayers why are some prayers
not answered there are a few things to
consider and the Bible gives some
specific reasons why some prayers are
not answered I want to start by looking
at what the Proverbs say about this
first the sacrifice of the wicked is an
abomination to the Lord but the prayer
of the upright is his delight the Lord
is far from the wicked but he hears the
prayer of the righteous one who turns
away his ear from hearing the law even
his prayer is an abomination so
according to the Bible God hears the
prayers of the righteous those who are
considered upright and those who do not
reject the law of God this actually
lines up with some things that are
written in the New Testament as well
John said that God answers the prayers
those who keep his Commandments and do
what is pleasing to God and whatever we
ask we receive from him because we keep
his Commandments and do those things
that are pleasing in his sight Peter
also said something similar but he added
that God is against those who do evil
for the eyes of the Lord are on the
righteous and his ears are open to their
prayers but the face of the Lord is
against those who do evil if you want to
know why your prayers aren't be answered
start by looking at yourself ask
yourself am i walking in obedience to
God am i doing the things that please
him however this is not the only reason
prayers are not answered consider Paul
he was a godly man he was an evangelist
he was walking in obedience to God but
he has three times for deliverance from
what he called a thorn in his flesh but
God simply told Paul that my grace is
sufficient for you unless I should be
exalted above measure by the abundance
of the revelations a thorn in the flesh
was given to me a messenger of Satan to
buff at me lest I be exalted above
measure concerning this thing I pleaded
with the Lord three times that it might
depart from me and he said to me my
grace is sufficient for you my strength
is made perfect in weakness therefore
most gladly I will rather boast in my
infirmities that the power of Christ may
rest upon me therefore I take pleasure
in infirmities in reproaches in needs in
persecutions in distresses for Christ's
sake for when I am weak then I am strong
God didn't remove this thorn from Paul
because it was being used to keep Paul
humble sometimes God allows things to
happen to us to accomplish his purposes
Paul was asking God to remove something
that God had placed there for a reason
which is why Paul's prayer was not
answered
likewise yushua prayed in the garden
that the cup of suffering might pass
from him but he also willingly submitted
to the will of the Father he went a
little further and fell on his face and
prayed saying O my father if it is
possible let this cup pass from me
nevertheless not as I will but as you
will again a second time he went away
and prayed saying O father if this cup
cannot pass away from me unless I drink
it your will be done so he left them and
went away again and prayed the
third time saying the same words we've
seen his prayer a petition to alter
God's will and the willing submission to
this hard path of suffering we need to
remember this when we are facing
difficult situations and we need to be
seeking God's will in the matter not our
own so how can we know and pray God's
will to be done this is why the Holy
Spirit is so vital in the life of a
believer Yeshua said if you love me keep
my Commandments and I will pray to the
Father and He will give you another
helper that he may abide with you
forever the indwelling Spirit enables us
to call God Abba and to address our
Heavenly Father with the confidence of
being his child we need the spirit to
intercede because our prayers are weak
and apart from the Holy Spirit we pray
without discernment likewise the spirit
also helps in our weakness for we do not
know what we should pray for as we ought
but the Spirit Himself makes
intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered now he who searches
the hearts knows what the mind of the
Spirit is because he makes intercession
for the Saints according to the will of
God since we're on the subject of
praying in the spirit I want to point
out something that Paul says concerning
speaking in tongues I know a lot of
people place high value on praying in
tongues but Paul gives us some very
important instructions concerning this
topic therefore let him who speaks in a
tongue pray that he may interpret for if
I pray in a tongue my spirit prays but
my understanding is unfruitful what is
the conclusion then I will pray with the
spirit and I will also pray with the
understanding I will sing with the
spirit and I will also sing with the
understanding otherwise if you bless
with the spirit
how will he who occupies the place of
the uninformed say Amen at your giving
of thanks since he does not understand
what you say for you indeed give thanks
well but the other is not edified Paul
is telling us the importance of
interpretation and having the
understanding of what is being said how
can someone say Amen to your prayer if
they don't know what you said they don't
know if your blessing God or cursing him
this is why interpretation is needed
when someone speaks in tongues honestly
this is my biggest critique to the
Pentecostal movement because they
encourage people to speak in tongues but
you rarely ever hear an interpretation
given another thing we need to examine
concerning prayer is what Paul said
about head
rings every man praying or prophesying
having his head covered dishonoureth
said but every woman who prays are
prophesized with her head uncovered
dishonours her head for that is one of
the same as if her head was shaved or if
a woman is not covered let her also be
shorn but if it is shameful for a woman
to be shorn or shaved let her be covered
judge among yourselves is it proper for
a woman to pray to God with her head
uncovered does not even nature itself
teach you that if a man has long hair it
is a dishonor to him but if a woman has
long hair it is a glory to her for her
hair is given to her for a covering but
if any one seems to be contentious we
have no such custom nor do the Churches
of God this is a subject of great debate
among many believers some say this is a
cultural thing others say it's speaking
about hair lengths and still others say
it's about wearing a man-made head
covering such as a head or a veil first
off I don't believe this is merely a
cultural thing I believe what Paul is
saying has universal applications to all
believers in every culture I used to
think he was talking about hats and
veils but the more I look at this
passage the more I'm convinced that Paul
is only talking about hair length he
says men should have short hair and
women should have long hair and the
woman's hair is given to her fur
covering he also says if she has short
hair she might as well have her head
shaved because her short hair is not
covering her properly he closes his
argument by saying if anyone seems to be
contentious which indicates that he
suspected some women would be
contentious about this let me simply say
if you want to argue about this topic
then you need to take it up with God
however I would encourage you to look up
what proverbs says about a contentious
woman prayer is vitally important to the
life of a believer and we don't want to
do anything that might hinder our
prayers Peter encourages men to honor
your wives so that your prayers are not
hindered husband's likewise dwell with
them with understanding giving honor to
the wife as the weaker vessel and as
being heirs together of the grace of
life that your prayers may not be
hindered how we treat each other is
extremely important so much that it
affects our prayers so is there any
reason situation problem or circumstance
that we shouldn't pray about be anxious
for nothing but in everything by prayer
and supplication with Thanksgiving let
your requests be made known to God
don't worry pray don't stress pray take
everything to the
Lord in prayer and trust in Him thanks
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