Believers often wonder why their prayers are not answered, when even Jesus said as I read
from John 15:7“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH,
AND IT WILL BE DONE FOR YOU. “ why is it then that our prayers are not answered? There
is a CONDITION, Jesus said:”If YOU ABIDE IN ME and My words abide in you.” If the
words of Jesus abide in us, THEN WE CAN ASK AND WE WILL RECEIVE.
I read further verse 8“My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove
to be My disciples.9“Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide
in My love. 10“If you KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, you will abide in My love; just as I have
kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11“These things I have spoken
to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.” If the words of Jesus
are not ALIVE in us then our prayers will not be answered. Many believers disregard
the words of Jesus (as also written in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). They
ignore Jesus. They say they believe in Him for salvation but they DISOBEY Him. If we
disregard Him, He disregards us and that is why our prayers are not answered. He wants
to answer our prayers. He wants us to have joy in our relationship with Him. He wants
to give us all things freely BUT we need to abide in His words, we need to LOVE HIM. If
we do not OBEY Him then we do not love Him. If we want Him for the sake of the benefits
then we are selfish, then we don't love Him. We must love Jesus more than anything and
we must OBEY Him. If we disregard Him and live in unrighteousness He will not answer
our prayers! God does not answer the prayers of sinners,
of people who refuse to repent. We read in Isaiah 59:1 “Behold, the LORD’S hand
is not so short that it cannot save; nor is His ear so dull that it cannot hear. 2But
YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE MADE A SEPARATION BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD, and your sins have hidden His face
from you so that He does not hear.” That is the problem!
If you are living in sin, if you are living in unrighteousness, God does not hear your
prayer. YOU ARE PRAYING IN VAIN! First repent, first turn away from your sin and then call
on God. First OBEY Jesus and then He will answer your prayer, and He will answer EVERY
PRAYER. If we do not abide IN Christ, INHIS WILL, if we do not truly love Him and obey
Him, we have nothing to do with Him and HE WILL NOT ANSWER OUR PRAYERS. We must draw
closer to Him and He will draw closer to us. We prove our love for Him, through our obedience
to Him. If you want your prayers answered, draw closer
to Jesus. Get rid of your sins. Go clean out your house. Go get rid of everything that
is more important to you than Jesus because it is either His way or it is NO WAY. Jesus
alone is the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE, there is no other. There is NO PEACE, NO FULFILMENT,
NO JOY without Jesus. Jesus Christ is ALL that you need. Abide in
Him. May Jesus bless you.