another
prerequisite for having your prayers answered is you must have a forgiving attitude toward other people.
mark 11.24-25
(niv), therefore i tell you, whatever you
ask in prayer, believe that you’ve received it and it will be yours. [condition:]
and when you stand praying, if you hold
anything against anyone, forgive him so that your FATHER in heaven may forgive
your sins.
more
than any other characteristic in the bible except maybe faith, the number one
thing related to prayer is forgiveness. over and over again, every time JESUS
talks about prayer HE talks about forgiveness.
why? because nothing will kill
your prayers faster than resentment.
when you hold a grudge, when you nurse an ill feeling, when you allow
bitterness to grow in your life, it knocks off your prayers. maybe you’re praying and not getting an
answer because you’re holding a grudge against somebody.
in
matthew 5, JESUS giving the sermon on the mount, says that when you go to
church and you’re going to offer a gift to the LORD and you remember that you’ve
got something against somebody or they’ve got something against you, stop,
leave the gift right there at the church, go out, find that person, get
forgiveness or offer forgiveness, make harmony in the relationship, then come back
and continue giving your gift to the LORD.
why? because GOD says you can’t
say you love GOD and hate your brother.
one of the primary reasons why people never see answers to prayer is
because they allow bitterness to spring up in their lives.
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