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Four Hindrances To Answered Prayer
What are some of the causes of unanswered prayer and the reasons why God's people fail to enter into the fullness of blessing they seek?
Selfishness and earthly desire hinder prayer. "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures" (James 4:3). God cannot give us all the things that our carnal nature clamors for anymore than we would give our child the gleaming knife he or she sees on the kitchen counter. These things would often be more dangerous to us than the keen edge of the knife would be to the child . . .
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A.B. Simpson
PreacherA.B. Simpson, (1843 – 1919) was a Canadian preacher, theologian, author, and founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), an evangelical protestant denomination with an emphasis on global evangelism. He was one of the most respected Christian figures in American evangelicalism. He published over 70 books, edited a weekly magazine for nearly 40 years, and wrote many gospel songs and poems. After graduating from Knox College in Toronto in 1865, Simpson accepted his first pastorate at Knox Church in Hamilton, one of Canada’s largest and most influential congregations. Some of his works include, A Larger Christian Life, The Life of Prayer and Christ in the Tabernacle.
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A.B. Simpson
PreacherA.B. Simpson, (1843 – 1919) was a Canadian preacher, theologian, author, and founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), an evangelical protestant denomination with an emphasis on global evangelism. He was one of the most respected Christian figures in American evangelicalism. He published over 70 books, edited a weekly magazine for nearly 40 years, and wrote many gospel songs and poems. After graduating from Knox College in Toronto in 1865, Simpson accepted his first pastorate at Knox Church in Hamilton, one of Canada’s largest and most influential congregations. Some of his works include, A Larger Christian Life, The Life of Prayer and Christ in the Tabernacle.
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