UNFORGIVENESS AND PRAYER !

UNFORGIVENESS AND PRAYER ! : Many times we stopped at verse 24 in (Mark 11), but let's go on to verse 25 and 26. Have you ever noticed that every time Jesus taught on prayer, He mentioned forgiveness ? If my prayers were not being answered, the first question I would ask myself would be, "Am I holding something against someone ?" Or "have That I forgiven those who have done me wrong ?" Jesus said, "And when you stand praying, forgive, notice the position in which he is talking about prayer ; if you 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." I was meditating on this verse one day and decided that this may be the reason so many people kneel to pray. Jesus said, when you stand praying, forgive. Maybe they think if they kneel, they don't have to forgive ! If I was having trouble with my prayer life, I will check to be sure I was walking in forgiveness. Unforgiveness will stop your faith from working. Unforgiveness is a thief of life and a thief of faith. GOD'S WILL FOR THE EARTH: knowing God's will is a key to answered prayer. So often people spend a lot of time trying to figure out if it is God's will for them to be healed are if it is God's will for them to be prosperous. Jesus said, when he was teaching the disciples under the old covenant to pray ! "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:9-10). Let's ask ourselves what it is like in heaven: is there any poverty in heaven ? No. Is there any disease in heaven ? No. Is there any sickness in heaven ? No. Jesus told His disciples to pray that the will of God be done in earth as it is in heaven. Then He must be saying to pray that there be no disease on this earth and that there be no poverty here, and that there be no sickness. Now if Jesus is teaching him His disciples to pray this way, under the old covenant; don't you know that is the will of God ? His will is that it be on this earth as it is in heaven. When Satan is put in the bottomless pit and set up for a thousand years, there will be no sickness or disease. Now that are to tell us where it comes from. Sometimes people get the idea that God is testing and perfecting us with sickness and disease. They say that the trial of your faith perfects it. But that is not what the Word says. James says that the trying of your faith works patience. (James 1:3).