Dead Prayer

Dead Prayer

When I was 10 years old I had my first encounter with a YHVH fearing woman. She taught me something about faith that stuck with me from that day forward though I had no idea of how to find it for myself. She had a real sense of peace. Even through hard times her Savior granted her that. I wanted peace so bad that day that I tried to become a christian. But there was much to learn and no one to teach it. I got in more trouble than I had ever been in before and I hadn't even gotten the pleasure of doing anything fun. So with no one to encourage my young faith it fell away. Or so I thought. My Heavenly Father foreknew what he wanted of me. So first He turned me to Him and then let me find my own way to who and what He really is.

When I was 23 I decided to commit my life as seriously as I knew how at the time to YHVH. I did so out of bitterness and anger. Again no one was overly their to teach me what was right. But because of a fierce desire for revenge against Him who I believed ruined my life I was not willing to let things go. Sometime later I found myself in a video lending library full of R.C. Sproul.
This started the beginning of a change in understanding.

For most of my christian life I was confused about prayer. People claim they believe that YHVH answers prayer. But their actions really did not reflect that claim. Me I struggled with it hard. What little I knew of the bible said that prayer is answered. But my prayer always came up empty. I look to all the people who I used to attend church with and all they have is a empty claim that they believe He answers prayer. But they don't live like it.
I began to pray and ask what was wrong why are prayers no longer answered the way they used to be for the disciples. The answer came indirectly. In other words I started chasing the right thing for the right reasons. But had no clue that I had started down the right track. The answer of coarse is found in the bible. And I am going to tell you if you don't take this verse as boldly serious as it is state your prayer will not be answered ever. This verse is key to my life as well it should be yours.


Proverbs 28:9
9He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, Even his prayer is an abomination.


Abomination is a big word and not used but for special things. The fact that it is used here in this way is big and it tells us just why our prayers are like peeing in a a stif wind.