1. UNCONFESSED SIN: - " IF I REGARD WICKEDNESS IN MY HEART, THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR." - PSALM 66:18 2. LACK OF FAITH: - " BUT WHEN HE ASKS, HE MUST BELIEVE & NOT DOUBT, BECAUSE HE WHO DOUBTS IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA, BLOWN & TOSSED BY THE WIND. THAT MAN SHOULD NOT THINK HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD. - JAMES 1:6,7
3. DISOBEDIENCE: - " DEAR FRIENDS, IF OUR HEARTS DO NOT CONDEMN US, WE HAVE CONFI- DENCE BEFORE GOD & RECEIVE FROM HIM ANYTHING WE ASK, BE CAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS & DO WHAT PLEASES HIM." - I JOHN 3:21-23
4. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH GOD & OTHERS: - "THEREFORE, CONFESS YOUR SINS TO ONE ANOTHER AND PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER, SO THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED. THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE." - JAMES 5:16 5. UNFORGIVENESS: - "FOR IF YOU FORGIVE MEN WHEN THEY SIN AGAINST YOU, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL ALSO FORGIVE YOU. BUT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE MEN THEIR SINS, YOUR FATHER WILL NOT FORGIVE YOUR SINS." - MATTHEW 6:14,15 6. WRONG MOTIVES: - "WHEN YOU ASK, YOU DO NOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE YOU ASK WITH WRONG MOTIVES." - JAMES 4:3
7. IDOLS IN OUR LIVES:(DEUT. 5:7-9) (DEUT. 6:10-15) (JER. 3:6-14,20) - "SON OF MAN, THESE MEN HAVE SET UP IDOLS IN THEIR HEARTS AND PUT WICKED STUMBLING BLOCKS BEFORE THEIR FACES. SHOULD I LET THEM INQUIRE OF ME AT ALL ?" - EZEKIEL 14:3
8. DISREGARD FOR OTHERS: - "A NEW COMMAND I GIVE YOU: LOVE ONE ANOTHER. AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, SO YOU MUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER." - JOHN 13:34
9. DISREGARD FOR GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY: - "OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME, YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN." - MATTHEW 6:9-10
10. UNSURRENDERED WILL:(ISAIAH 1:19,20) - " IF YOU REMAIN IN ME AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHAT EVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. - JOHN 15:7