Why Can’t I Hear God? IS THERE INTERFERENCE? 8 Forms of interference in our communication from God:
1. Asking Amiss:
Psalm 46:10-11 NKJV – Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
2. Family Discord:
[1Pe 3:7 NKJV] 7 Husbands, likewise, dwell with [them] with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as [being] heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
3. Compassionless Living:
[Isa 58:4-7 NKJV] 4 Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as [you do] this day, To make your voice heard on high. 5 Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to afflict his
soul? [Is it] to bow down his head like a bulrush, And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the LORD? 6 “[Is] this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To
undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? 7 [Is it] not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh?
4. Lack of Stillness
Psalm 46:10-11 NKJV – Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
5. Turning Away from Scripture:
Proverbs 28:9 NKJV – One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
6. Lack of Forgiveness:
Mark 11:25 NKJV – “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your
Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
7. Enjoyed sin/unrepentant:
Psalm 66:18 ESV – If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
8. Doubt:
James 1:6-8 ESV – But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is
driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a
double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.