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Unanswered Prayer: Selfishness


What does it mean to be selfish? Is a prayer of a personal request selfish? What is the difference, and how do I guard against this?


1. Here is a challenging issue we see everyday. What do you observe? What hinders prayer?

One who shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will also call out himself, and not be answered. (Prov 21:13, NASB)




2. Carefully observe how selfishness is on display. What do you observe of sin? What does this reveal about one's character and why God may not answer a person's prayer? Study this passage in parts:

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is the source not your pleasures that wage war in your body's parts?



You lust and do not have, so you commit murder.



And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.



You do not have because you do not ask.



You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request on your pleasures. (Jas 4:1-3, NASB)





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