Prevailing, Effective, Unhindered Prayer
February 27, 2022      |     By: Jonathan Brickley      |      Category: Sermons      |      Location: El Dorado
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Mark 11:20-25 (NIV)
20 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.
23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received (LAMBANO) it, and it will be yours.
25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Mark 12:2-3 (NIV)
2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect (LAMBANO) from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized (LAMBANO) him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

“Lambano”
- To take hold of, to claim
- To procure
- To pick up
- To carry away what is yours

Biblical Stipulations / Conditions For Effective Prayer
1) Forgiveness (Mark 11:25, Matthew 6:15)
2) No hidden / cherished sin (Psalm 66:18)
3) Honoring the Word (Proverbs 28:9)
4) Clean Hands (Isaiah 1:15)
5) Humility (Luke 18:14)
6) Abiding - Jesus & His words (John 15:7)
7) Belief/Faith & Not Doubt (James 1:6-8)
8) Godly Motives (James 4:3)
9) Considerate Respect for Spouse (1 Peter 3:7)
10) According to God’s Will (1 John 5:14-15)
11) Obedience (1 John 3:21-22)

ALL remedied by 1 John 1:9

Is perfection required to pray?
NO!

Just a heart “washed clean from all unrighteousness” (towards God & man) 

Mark 11:25 (NIV)
25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Matthew 6:15 (NIV)
15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Psalm 66:18 (NIV)
18 If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;

Proverbs 28:9 (NIV)
9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

Isaiah 1:15 (NIV)
15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!

Luke 18:14 (NIV)
14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

John 15:7 (NIV)
7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

James 1:6-8 (NIV)
6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

James 4:3 (NIV)
3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

1 John 5:14-15 (NIV)
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

1 John 3:21-22 (NIV)
21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.

1 John 1:9 (NIV)
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness