Everything we do has some degree of personal requirements. With prayer these requirements are purity of heart, faith in Christ’s name, and praying according to God’s will. King David speaks of the great works of God and the importance of purity of heart. “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: but verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer” (Ps. 66:18-19). “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lust” (Jam. 4:3). The Christian whose drives are dictated from within by his own unregenerated nature, and from without by the pressures of a corrupt society, is out of touch with the Holy Spirit. If we allow within our hearts, minds, thought life, that which stands between us and God our prayer life will be hindered. King David cries out to the Lord and understands he must not have anything in his heart that hinders his prayer life. What iniquity is within your life today that might hinder your prayer life?
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