TOPIC: WHY UNANSWERED PRAYER? 6:
Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 36, Day 6:
Friday, 2nd September, 2022.
TOPIC: WHY UNANSWERED PRAYER? 6: Praying Without Listening.
MEMORY VERSE:
Philippians 4:6.
“6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”
BIBLE READING:
Habakkuk 2:1-2.
“1 I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. 2 Then the LORD answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.”
Christians of today likes to attack situation with “Fire Bridge Approach”, we want everything done sharp sharp but refuses to follow the right path. We pray consistently, fervently and wholeheartedly but we never give God the chance to speak to us. We rush into prayers and rush out of prayers, sometimes we start the prayer so well but ends it on our way out or in a hurry and refuses to hear from God.He has a lot of responses prepared for us but we are not attentive to hear Him. God is ready and willing to speak to us consistently but we already left where we prayed ( the place of encounter), we do not listen when we pray and this is one of the reasons for unanswered prayers.
Habakkuk poured out his mind to God. He asked questions and was ready to hear the response from God, He said, “I will wait to hear what He will say to me” and God did spoke to him because He was expecting God’s response, He was ready to hear Him. Until we develop the habit of listening to God after pouring out our mind to Him, our prayers might look like unanswered prayers. We need to be attentive to hear Him after speaking with Him. Our minds, eyes and ears needs to be alert during and after praying to God so we can reap the harvest of our prayers. Can we practice this from now on? We will hear Him speak to us daily and always, and the answers to our prayers will be swift. Listen while praying and after praying, God is speaking to you instantly.
God Bless you and Good Morning.
Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.
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