Do you pray without ceasing?

Do you have a consistent prayer life?

Have you ever grown frustrated at unanswered prayer?

I certainly have.

In his booklet on Prayer, R. B. Thieme lists eight reasons for why your prayer may not be answered by God (see pp. 12-15):

1. Lack of faith (Phil 4:6).
2. Wrong motives (James 4:3)
3. Lack of compassion (Prov 21:13)
4. Lack of domestic tranquility (1 Pet 3:7)
5. Pride or self-righteousness (Job 35:12-13
6. Failure to comply with divine will (1 John 5:14)
7. Lack of obedience (1 John 3:22)
8. Lack of the filling of the spirit (Eph 6:18a)

Let us grow in our prayer life, by learning to pray in a manner that God delights to answer.