“Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

Mark 11:24-26 KJV

Jesus teaches us to pray in faith, believing that we are receiving. We need not pray if we are going to doubt it’s going to happen. Believe that all things are possible with God. Jesus also goes on to talk about hindrance to prayers being answered. We are told that if we do not forgive others, we will not be forgiven either. To harbor hate or to resent is sin. Sin can and will hinder God from answering our prayers.

Isaiah 59:1,2 says: Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear; But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have his His face from you, that He will not hear.

It is clear that our sins hinder our prayer life with the Lord. Don’t harbor unforgiveness. Forgive and move on. After all, there’s not one of us who doesn’t need to be forgiven ourselves.

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Will you forgive and be forgiven today?