1° When the prayer sins because of the selfishness - "The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector." Luke 18:11
2° When we pray without faith - " And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to himmust believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6
3° When we pray but don´t take an attitude - " Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on." Exodus 14:15
4° When we to change God´s will - " Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon. But because of you the Lord was angry with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” theLord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan." Deuteronomy 3:25-27
5° When we try to put aside God´s will - “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” Luke 22:42
6° When there are doubts - "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. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord." James 1:6-7
7° When we try to avoid the consequences of our actions - "David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground. The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them. On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate." 2 Samuel 12:16-18
8° When the prayer is not honest - “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words." Matthew 6:5-7
9° When the motives of your prayers are fleshy - " You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive,because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." James 4:2-3
10° When you want to go back in time to take the opportunities that you missed - "Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’" Luke 13: 25-27
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