Why Are My Prayers Not Answered? – Part V

  In asking the question about why our prayers are not answered we must discus the topic of unbelief. Unbelief is a major hindrance to our prayer life. If you do not believe in the first place that God can hear you, or that He may not be able to even answer your prayer, your prayer was dead before it even began. This is because God requires faith when we approach Him.

Hebrews 11:6 – “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

  Unbelief is one of the most dangerous sins that a Christian can fall into. The reason for this is because unbelief will destroy, not only your prayer life, but your whole Christian life. You will be a weak and spiritually dead Christian if you are filled with unbelief in what God has said and proclaimed.

  God does not listen to prayers that have the attitude of, “God, if you are there…” or “God, if you can do anything about this…” He is a rewarder of only those who believe that He is there, that He does hear, and that He is able and willing to answer. Faith is a must in our relationship with God.

James 1:6-7 – “But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.”

  You will receive nothing from the Lord if you do not believe in Him and what He can do. You may not know exactly how God is going to answer, but you can have complete confidence and faith that He will answer, and that He will answer in the best way possible.

  When you pray to the Lord you cannot waver in your belief because God will not honor anything but faith. The reason for that is because faith is an attitude of trust, not in ourselves, but in the Almighty God with whom all things are possible.