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Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

The Power of Prayer - Removing the Roadblocks to Answered Prayer, Part 2

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this program, Chip explains that there are actually spiritual roadblocks that prevent our prayers from getting to God. He opens God’s Word and clearly lays out how to overcome these roadblocks. If you long to hear from God, and you want His power in your prayers, don't miss this message from Chip.

Main Points

"Roadblocks" are anything (known or unknown) that hinder our prayers from being answered.

Roadblock #1: Prayerlessness – we fail to ask. -James 4:2

Roadblock #2: Wrong motives – we ask selfishly. - James 4:3; John 14:13

Roadblock #3: Sin in the heart or life. - Isaiah 59:1-3; Psalm 66:18

Roadblock #4: An unforgiving spirit. -Mark 11:24-25

Roadblock #5: A wrong treatment of our mate. -1 Peter 3:7-9

Roadblock #6: Stinginess in our giving. -Proverbs 21:13; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

Broadcast Resource Additional Resource Mentions About Chip Ingram

Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

About Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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Have you ever felt like there's something blocking your prayers?

0:05.0

Like they're not getting past the ceiling?

0:07.0

In our last broadcast, I begin to talk about roadblocks that hinder our prayers.

0:11.0

In this broadcast, I'll share a specific roadblocks. blocks that

0:13.3

hinder our prayers. In this broadcast, I'll share specific roadblocks that I have struggled with personally

0:16.6

and I think will help you stay with me.

0:22.0

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

0:26.0

We are a discipleship-driven ministry on a mission to encourage Christians everywhere to live like Christians.

0:32.0

Today we're picking up in Chip series The Power of Prayer

0:35.2

with the second half of his talk removing roadblocks to answered prayer. We hope

0:40.0

you've been learning a lot from Chip's teaching on this so far, and to help others learn as you have,

0:45.5

take a minute after this message and share it with a friend or loved one.

0:49.2

They can do that through the Chippinggram app or by sending them the free MP3s at living on the edge.org.

0:55.4

Thanks for spreading the word about how broadcasts like this are impacting you.

1:00.3

Last time, Chip explained how prayerlessness and selfishness disrupt our connection to God.

1:06.0

And right now he'll continue identifying the roadblocks that hinder our prayer life,

1:10.0

and what we can do to bus through him.

1:12.0

So with that, peers Chip.

1:14.0

Roadblock number three is sin in the heart or the life.

1:22.0

The context of this passage, Isaiah 59 versus one through three, is the nation of

1:28.0

Israel was very religious, very religious, going to the temple, doing all the right stuff offering the sacrifices

1:34.4

and but they weren't getting the answers to their prayers and so they come to Isaiah and they say

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