Rebelling Against The Purposes Of God. When the Lord’s people are rebellious concerning God’s aspirations for their lives He will not listen to us. The Lord has a reason for every person. When we refuse to do it, He sometimes will not answer our prayers.
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Luke 11:1 It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”
Luke 11:9 – 11:11
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10 “For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
11 “Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
Deuteronomy 1:21 ‘See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’
Deuteronomy 1:26 – 1:28
26 “Yet you were not willing to go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;
27 and you grumbled in your tents and said, ‘Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.
28 ‘Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.” ’
Deuteronomy 1:41 – 1:46
41 “Then you said to me, ‘We have sinned against the LORD; we will indeed go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.’ And every man of you girded on his weapons of war, and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country.
42 “And the LORD said to me, ‘Say to them, “Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be defeated before your enemies.” ’
43 “So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead you rebelled against the command of the LORD, and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country.
44 “The Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.
45 “Then you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.
46 “So you remained in Kadesh many days, the days that you spent there.
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