Doesn't God Hear My Prayers? — Basilea Schlink
In this sermon, Basilia Schlink addresses the common question of why God seems silent and unresponsive to our prayers. She shares her own experience of realizing that there was a sin in her life, specifically judging and bitterness, that was hindering her prayers from being answered. She references Isaiah 59:1-2, which states that our iniquities create a separation between us and God, causing Him not to hear our prayers. Schlink emphasizes the importance of identifying and confessing our sins as prayer obstacles, such as unforgiveness, anger, quarreling, sensuality, occultism, and disobedience. However, she also offers comfort by reminding listeners that our entire sinful nature does not prevent God from answering our prayers. Instead, if we come to Jesus at the cross and confess our guilt, God can be gracious to us and answer our prayers. Schlink shares an example from her own sisterhood where a broken printing press was miraculously fixed after the sisters prayed and reconciled with each other. She encourages believers to persevere in prayer as reconciled sinners, trusting that God will hear and answer their prayers in His own timing and way.
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