2. WHILE ON THE ROAD TO
SEEING ANSWERS TO
LONG-STANDING
PRAYERS, IT IS CRITICAL
TO UNDERSTAND THE
TYPES OF BLOCKAGES
THAT CAN THREATEN
YOUR PROGRESS
3. Blockage# 1:
A DEEP EMOTIONAL
WOUND
• Deep emotional wounds are
some of the most common
blockages that can keep
people from responding to the
Lord’s voice of love.
4. • 1 Timothy 1:19 NIV
holding on to faith and a good
conscience, which some have rejected
and so have suffered shipwreck with
regard to the faith.
1Timothy 1:19-20 TAB
V19. Na ingatan mo ang pananampalataya at ang
mabuting budhi; na nang ito'y itakwil ng iba sa
kanila ay nangabagbag tungkol sa
pananampalataya:
V20. Na sa mga ito'y si Himeneo at si Alejandro; na
sila'y aking ibinigay kay Satanas, upang sila'y
maturuang huwag mamusong.
5. Various ways to discover the
particular root to a person’s problem
• A.) Listen to the person’s conversation.
• B.) Believe that the Lord will reveal to the
person, or to others, their pain through a
dream or vision.
• C.) Hurt and trauma can cause us to be
shipwrecked in our faith and in our prayers.
6. If you know of someone
who has been shipwrecked
by life’s storms, don’t give
up praying for them. God
is able to heal them and
bring deliverance in ways
beyond your imagination.
7. Blockage# 2:
UNFORGIVENESS
• Unforgiveness is probably the
most common blockage or
hindrance to answered prayer.
Not only is it a blockage, but it
often keeps us from the place
of prayer and private devotion.
8. •Mark 11:25-26 (NKJV)
v25 “And whenever you
stand praying, if you have
anything against anyone,
forgive him, that your
Father in heaven may also
forgive you your trespasses.
v26 But if you do not
forgive, neither will your
Father in heaven forgive
9. •IF WE HOLD ON
TO
UNFORGIVENESS
IT HAS ITS
CONSEQUENCES
11. • Isaiah 59:1-2 (NIV)
v1Surely the arm of the
Lord is not too short to
save,
nor his ear too dull to
hear.
v2 But your iniquities have
separated you from your
God;
12. • Isaiah 59:1-2
V1. Narito, ang kamay ng Panginoon ay
hindi umiksi, na di makapagligtas; ni
hindi man mahina ang kaniyang pakinig,
na di makarinig.
V2. Kundi pinapaghiwalay ng inyong mga
kasamaan kayo at ang inyong Dios, at
ang inyong mga kasalanan ay siyang
nagpakubli ng kaniyang mukha sa inyo,
upang siya'y huwag makinig.
13. •Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV)
v14 For if you forgive
other people when they
sin against you, your
heavenly Father will also
forgive you. v15 But if
you do not forgive
others their sins, your
Father will not forgive
14. Blockage# 3:
BITTER ROOTS
• Roots of bitterness damage
our ability to properly hear the
voice of God; they also make it
difficult to discern how and
when He wants us to intercede
for a person or situation.
15. •Hebrews 12:15 (NLT)
Look after each other so
that none of you fails to
receive the grace of God.
Watch out that no
poisonous root of
bitterness grows up to
trouble you, corrupting
many.
16. •Matthew 5:43-48 (MSG)
“You’re familiar with the old written
law, ‘Love your friend,’ and its
unwritten companion, ‘Hate your
enemy.’ I’m challenging that. I’m
telling you to love your enemies. Let
them bring out the best in you, not
the worst. When someone gives you
a hard time, respond with the
energies of prayer, for then you are
working out of your true selves, your
God-created selves. This is what God
17. He gives his best—the sun to warm and
the rain to nourish—to everyone,
regardless: the good and bad, the nice
and nasty. If all you do is love the
lovable, do you expect a bonus?
Anybody can do that. If you simply say
hello to those who greet you, do you
expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill
sinner does that.
“In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow
up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live
like it. Live out your God-created
identity. Live generously and
18. BITTERNESS KEEPS US
FROM PRAYING
UNDEFILED (PURE)
PRAYERS THAT
PRODUCE THE
ANSWERS AND
RESULTS WE ARE
SEEKING FROM GOD
THROUGH OUR
19. Blockage# 4:
UNCONFESSED SINS AND
SECRETS SINS
• Unconfessed sin often keeps us
from spending time in prayer, and
much of the time we are unaware
that it is the problem. There are
times when we are upset with
God and would rather not talk
with Him in prayer.
20. •1 John 1:9 (NIV)
If we confess our
sins, he is faithful
and just and will
forgive us our sins
and purify us from all
unrighteousness.
21. •James 5:16 (NLT)
Confess your sins to
each other and pray for
each other so that you
may be healed. The
earnest prayer of a
righteous person has
great power and
produces wonderful
22. •1 John 1:9 (ESV)
Therefore, confess your
sins to one another and
pray for one another,
that you may be healed.
The prayer of a
righteous person has
great power as it is
23. Blockage# 5:
STRONGHOLDS OF
THE MIND
•Stronghold is anything that
resists the will of God from
being done on the earth as
it is in heaven.
24. • “A stronghold is a mindset
filled with hopelessness that
accepts as unchangeable
something that he or she
knows is contrary to the will
of God.”
- Ed Silvoso
25. SOME STRONGHOLDS OF THE MIND
• A.) MISTRUST IN THE
GOODNESS OF GOD
• - Mistrust in intercession is when we do not
really believe that God wants to answer our
prayers.
• - It’s critical when we are struggling in such a
way that we stop and allow the Holy Spirit to
illuminate any faulty or negative thinking, and
surrender emotions that might keep us from
praying in faith.
26. SOME STRONGHOLDS OF THE MIND
• B.) STRONGHOLDS OF WRONG
BELIEFS
• - What we believe makes up our
worldview: how we see the world
around us, how we think it should
operate, and how we think people
should act and believe, And how we
view the world has a great deal to
do with the way we were educated.
27. • - Sadly, many Christians, and
intercessors, are ignorant of how to
deal with the schemes of Satan has
set up in people’s minds.
• 2 Corinthians 2:11 (NASB)
so that no advantage would be
taken of us by Satan, for we are
not ignorant of his schemes.
28. OUR SOLUTION
•THE WEAPONS OF
BINDING AND LOOSING
• Matthew 18:18-19 (NKJV)
v18 “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you
bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and
whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in
heaven.
v19 “Again I say[a] to you that if two of you
agree on earth concerning anything that they
ask, it will be done for them by My Father in
heaven.
29. • In essence, “binding” is
warfare prayer that comes
against something that is not
of God, and “loosing” is
praying for the full fruit and
flow of the Holy Spirit into a
situation.
30. • Realize that there are
strongholds of
AGNOSTICISM that must be
bound in order to restore the
person’s ability to hear the
voice of God wooing them and
revealing His truth.
32. •2 Corinthians 4:4 (NIV)
v4 The god of this age
has blinded the minds of
unbelievers, so that they
cannot see the light of
the gospel that displays
the glory of Christ, who
is the image of God.
33. • We all have friends and loved
ones who struggle with agnostic
thoughts –
As you pray for these loved ones,
I encourage you in the path of
persistence, that they will see the
truth, even through what seems
to be a very long season.
34. CONCLUSION
• GET RID OFF THE BLOCKAGES TO
ANSWERED PRAYER THROUGH
STRONG PRAYER LIFE.
• BE PERSISTENT IN PRAYER;
NEVER GIVE UP UNTIL THE
ANSWER COMES.
DO NOT QUIT!
