Jeannie Fulbright Press — prayer

In an earlier post I shared that I believe unforgiveness is one reason our prayers are hindered. Here, I want to share a second reason. Though the Lord promises that whatever we ask for in prayer will be given us, this doesn’t always fit our reality. Why is that? Well in addition to unforgiveness, I have found another reason: failure to confess our sin. Confession. It’s actually an important element in God answering our prayers. It’s not a matter of being perfect before God in our flesh. It’s a matter of confessing our imperfection, our sin, and our heart before […]

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The third reason we may not see our prayers answered is probably the least popular, but might actually be the most common. I think the reason it has been given such a bad rap is because of the abuse and wrong doctrine that some have preached concerning this one requirement for answered prayer.   Let me drop a few hints about what it is—straight from the mouth of Jesus: “Will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.” He replied, “You […]

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Jesus says that whatever we ask for in prayer, we should have. Yet often that’s not our personal experience. We’ve discussed that sometimes prayers are not answered because we’ve not forgiven someone, or we harbor unconfessed sin, or even that we lack faith in a good God that would want to bless us with the desires of our hearts. Today, I want to address the fourth thing that I personally know of that can hinder our prayers: Lack of support. Sometimes, we just need more than one person praying. We need a few more voices raised in agreement with us. […]

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The last reason we may not see answers to our prayers is the reason most people give for all unanswered prayer: what you are praying for is not God’s best for you. There was a time when I suffered horribly in my marriage. Some of it was due to my selfishness, and some due to my husband’s. At the time, I thought it was ALL due to his selfishness and if he would shape up then I would be the most godly woman on earth—or pretty close to it. I prayed and prayed for God to restore my marriage. I […]

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Have you ever heard that God has an incredible sense of humor? It never fails that when I’m considering some spiritual concept, have some spiritual revelation, or especially if I’m supposed to teach or write something about a spiritual principal—I’m tested on it. Hence, paper jams and patience. I remember the day I was finishing up my Botany Co-op Manual. With every lesson, I included a short devotion the co-op teacher could read to the kids. I was writing on suffering and how Christians grow through it. I included Bible verses about thanking God for our trials. You know, they […]

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