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Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • The White Hall Journal • www.whitehalljournal.com
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A Hindered Prayer Life By Stephen Harrison Family Church
How effective are your prayers? Are there certain things that can harm the prayers you pray? All of us want prayers to be answered. Why else would we pray them? Truth is God always answers. We just get troubled when His answer is contrary to our request. His answer is sometimes no. One of my favorite scriptures is, “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him” (1 John 5:14, 15). God definitely answers prayers. The key here is “according to His will”. That’s when He hears and answers in the affirmative. The Bible says your prayers can be hindered by several things. So what are these prayer blockers? The first prayer blocker is unforgiveness. When you harbor resentment, offense, bitterness,
or anger towards another person it blocks your prayers. This isn’t my opinion. Jesus says in Mark 11:25, “And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” Did you catch the “forgive…so that you may be forgiven” phrase? Christians have been forgiven from so much by God so why do we withhold forgiveness from others? What irony! Unforgiveness guarantees hindered prayers. Another prayer blocker is unconfessed sin. Asking God to move on your behalf when you knowingly continue in sin leads to your prayers going unanswered. Psalm 66:18 says, “If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened”. Doing bad things never earn you good things. Sin is a barrier that always separates us from God (Romans 6:23). The irony, again, here is He immediately forgives yet we are hesitant to ask. You can’t love sin and expect answered prayers at the same time.
Prayer blocker number three is selfishness. Bet you wish I had left that one out? James 4:3 says, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions”. We don’t get our prayers answered because our motives are impure and wrong. God answers prayers according to His will and desires. If it isn’t His will (or goes against His will) you can be sure it won’t get answered. Now, it isn’t wrong to pray for yourself. You should! You can be unselfish in personal prayers. Jesus prayed, “Not my will but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42). Instead of asking God to bless our prayers maybe we should ask Him what He wants us to pray? Another prayer blocker is ignoring Scripture. Why would any good parent bless disobedience and defiance? Knowing what to do and not doing it is sin (James 4:17). Proverbs 28:9 says, “If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination”. How can we call Him Lord if we don’t do what He says (Luke 6:36)? How can we pray something
contrary to Scripture and expect God to answer it favorably? I’ve found one of the best ways to get my prayers answered it to pray the Scripture itself. “For the word of the LORD is right and true. He is faithful in all he does” (Psalm 33:4). Husbands, listen up. 1 Peter 3:7 says your prayers are answered according to how you treat your wife. If you dishonor her and fail to treat her with great worth as an heir (partner) in this life your prayers will be hindered. Want your prayers to be answered? Then be a Godly husband and love her as Christ loves the Church (Ephesians 5:25). I believe this principle applies to the wife as well. But Peter calls the husband out specifically on this one. It’s foolish to pray for your marriage to improve while your actions toward each other are absurd. Psalm 37:4 is true. When you delight yourself in the Lord He will give you the desires of your heart. We really do need the Lord to “teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1).
LC LCS of AR, Inc. S
Lord Construction Services
General Construction Metal Building Sales Industrial Maintenance
247-2341
All Certifications MBMA AISC
5210 Industrial Drive South
“Dedicated to Your Health, Happiness, and Well-Being”
White Hall
Nursing & Rehab Center
9209 Dollarway Rd. White Hall, AR 71602 870-247-0800 Fax 870-247-0802
EVENT NOTICES: • WH United Methodist Church | 300 Church Drive • Day By Day Support Group for Parents who’ve suffered the death of a child. It meets the first Thursday of every month and begins at 6:30 p.m. in the parlor. All meetings are private.
WElCH Nissan New & Previously Owned Cars & Trucks
First United Methodist 200 W6th Pine Bluff 535-0935
• WH First Baptist • Vacation Bible School (VBS) - June 22 - 26 - 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. nightly Ages 4 - 5th grade - Call 247-3124
Moore
Holcomb Family In Concert - June 29th at 6:00 p.m. Hwy 270 & Todd Lynn Drive in White Hall • Fellowship to follow singing
Area Church Directory APOSTOLIC CoRNeRSToNe APoSTolIC CHuRCH 9500 Dollarway Road
ASSEMBLY OF GOD FIRST ASSeMBlY oF GoD 801 W. Hoadley Rd.
PINe GRove BAPTIST 110 S. Bryant St. SHIloH BAPTIST 13701 Hwy. 270 uNITeD BAPTIST CHuRCH 411 S. Oleander St.
BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST Calvary Baptist Church 1214 Robin Rd CANAAN BAPTIST 5510 W. Malcomb St. CeNTRAl BAPTIST 6107 Dollarway Rd. ClAuD RoAD BAPTIST CHuRCH 1821 Claud Rd. FIRST BAPTIST WHITe HAll 8708 Dollarway Rd. FIRST BAPTIST DeWDRoP 1707 N. Bryant St. HAPPY HoMe BAPTIST 4312 Hwy. 365 South Jefferson HARDIN BAPTIST 300 Todd Lynn Dr. KeARNeY BAPTIST 1900 S. Hwy. 365 Redfield MARANATHA BAPTIST 5820 W. Holsey Ave. MT. olIve BAPTIST 8523 Princeton Pike NoRTHSIDe BAPTIST 7743 Sheridan Rd. oAK GRove
CHuRCH oF CHRIST 102 Sheridan Rd. Redfield
METHODIST ReDFIelD uNITeD Redfield ST. luKe AMe 9908 Princeton Pike ST. luKe uNITeD 32 School Street (behind Dollarway School) ST. luKe AMe Redfield WHITe HAll uNITeD 300 Church Dr. White Hall, AR 71602
WHITe HAll CHuRCH oF CHRIST 304 White Hall Ave.
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH OF GOD
BeTHANY 7122 Sheridan Rd.
BARNeS TeMPle CHuRCH oF GoD Princeton Pike Loop
leMoNWooD 920 Shephard Dr.
eTeRNAl lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 503 S. Pryce St. FIRST PeNTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 5400 Windham St. NeW HARveST CHuRCH oF GoD 9016 Hwy. 270 PeNTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 1012 Jo Ann Dr. Redfield RIveR RoAD RIveR oF lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 1209 River Rd. Redfield
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS JeHovAH’S WITNeSSeS 5601 Cheatham St.
MouNT PleASANT 3211 Barlett Rd. Redfield NeW BeTHel 2522 N. Pryce St. oAKlAND HeIGHTS 9620 Sheridan Rd. oRIoN 3826 Stagecoach Rd. Redfield PINeCReST 5910 Carbon St. ReDFIelD 500 Davis St. Redfield
SOUTHERN BAPTIST FAMIlY CHuRCH 2500 Highway 104
OTHER CeNTeNNIAl FelloWSHIP 1400 Centennial Ln.
www.welchnissan.com
Outdoors and more
THE COUNTRY KITCHEN 4322 Dollarway Road • 535-4767 •BREAKFAST • PLATE LUNCH & DINNER
Pine Bluff Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
It’s Hard To Stop A Trane 536-3998 800-235-1342
605 E. 6th Pine Bluff
CHuRCH oF THe lIvING GoD 3120 Gravel Pit Rd. HARDIN NeW lIFe APoSTolIC CHuRCH 10608 Hwy. 270 RIveR RoAD CHuRCH Route 1, River Rd. Redfield TRuTH TeMPle HolINeSS 9711 Dollarway Rd.
Pine Bluff Cotton Belt Federal Credit Union 535-6305 888-249-1904
1703 River Pines Blvd., Pine Bluff
PENTECOSTAL ReDFIelD uNITeD PeNTeCoSTAl 515 Sheridan Road Redfield WHITe HAll uNITeD PeNTeCoSTAl 7745 Sheridan Rd. WHISPeRING PINeS CoWBoY CHuRCH Meeting at Hestand Stadium 420 Blake Street, Pine Bluff uNITeD CHRISTIAN 907 Dawson Rd.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
MISSIONARY NON-DENOMINATIONAL WoRD oF TRuTH MINISTRIeS Discipleship Training 1200 Dogwood Redfield
2505 Olive St., Pine Bluff
102 Clark Road White Hall 247-0707
• Hardin Baptist Church •
BAPTIST 13112 Dollarway Rd.
534-1551 1-800-WElCH99
NoRTHSIDe 5603 W. Holsey St.
I-530 Exit 39, North 1 Mile • Pine Bluff • 1-888-879-8940
Harold Pointer Car & Truck Accessories
Wheels, Tires and Custom Accessories For Your Car or Truck
Visit Our Showroom Home of the Camo Caddy
on Hwy. 79 at I-530 879-3766
Kellie Harris Neighborhood Exclusive Agent Weldon & Carolyn Wynne Sales Associates
Allstate Insurance Company 2007 W. 28th, Suite 3, Pine Bluff, AR (870) 534-4055 • Fax (870) 534-4062
SPLASH CAR WASH 2 Automatic Car Washes 7003 SHERIDAN RD.
Passion For GOD
Commercial Printing Promotional Products Screen Printing Embroidery
Column above courtesy of: Stephen Harrison Senior Pastor Family Church 2500 Hwy 104 870.247.3300 www.familychurch.ws
534-7202 888-530-7202 3004 Midland Dr. So
247-3300 2500 Hwy. 104 www.familychurch.ws
Compassion For People
let Us take Care of ALL Your Printing Needs!
247-4700 7400 Dollarway Rd. Suite E www.whitehalljournal.com
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • The White Hall Journal • www.whitehalljournal.com
RELIGION
EVENT SUBMISSIONS Email to: [email protected] or by fax to: 870-247-4755 limited to: • 20 words or less per event and • subject to content editing and space availability.
QUESTIONS? Contact Vicki Kelly at 870-247-4700 or [email protected]
Page Sponsors
A Hindered Prayer Life By Stephen Harrison Family Church
How effective are your prayers? Are there certain things that can harm the prayers you pray? All of us want prayers to be answered. Why else would we pray them? Truth is God always answers. We just get troubled when His answer is contrary to our request. His answer is sometimes no. One of my favorite scriptures is, “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him” (1 John 5:14, 15). God definitely answers prayers. The key here is “according to His will”. That’s when He hears and answers in the affirmative. The Bible says your prayers can be hindered by several things. So what are these prayer blockers? The first prayer blocker is unforgiveness. When you harbor resentment, offense, bitterness,
or anger towards another person it blocks your prayers. This isn’t my opinion. Jesus says in Mark 11:25, “And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” Did you catch the “forgive…so that you may be forgiven” phrase? Christians have been forgiven from so much by God so why do we withhold forgiveness from others? What irony! Unforgiveness guarantees hindered prayers. Another prayer blocker is unconfessed sin. Asking God to move on your behalf when you knowingly continue in sin leads to your prayers going unanswered. Psalm 66:18 says, “If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened”. Doing bad things never earn you good things. Sin is a barrier that always separates us from God (Romans 6:23). The irony, again, here is He immediately forgives yet we are hesitant to ask. You can’t love sin and expect answered prayers at the same time.
Prayer blocker number three is selfishness. Bet you wish I had left that one out? James 4:3 says, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions”. We don’t get our prayers answered because our motives are impure and wrong. God answers prayers according to His will and desires. If it isn’t His will (or goes against His will) you can be sure it won’t get answered. Now, it isn’t wrong to pray for yourself. You should! You can be unselfish in personal prayers. Jesus prayed, “Not my will but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42). Instead of asking God to bless our prayers maybe we should ask Him what He wants us to pray? Another prayer blocker is ignoring Scripture. Why would any good parent bless disobedience and defiance? Knowing what to do and not doing it is sin (James 4:17). Proverbs 28:9 says, “If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination”. How can we call Him Lord if we don’t do what He says (Luke 6:36)? How can we pray something
contrary to Scripture and expect God to answer it favorably? I’ve found one of the best ways to get my prayers answered it to pray the Scripture itself. “For the word of the LORD is right and true. He is faithful in all he does” (Psalm 33:4). Husbands, listen up. 1 Peter 3:7 says your prayers are answered according to how you treat your wife. If you dishonor her and fail to treat her with great worth as an heir (partner) in this life your prayers will be hindered. Want your prayers to be answered? Then be a Godly husband and love her as Christ loves the Church (Ephesians 5:25). I believe this principle applies to the wife as well. But Peter calls the husband out specifically on this one. It’s foolish to pray for your marriage to improve while your actions toward each other are absurd. Psalm 37:4 is true. When you delight yourself in the Lord He will give you the desires of your heart. We really do need the Lord to “teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1).
LC LCS of AR, Inc. S
Lord Construction Services
General Construction Metal Building Sales Industrial Maintenance
247-2341
All Certifications MBMA AISC
5210 Industrial Drive South
“Dedicated to Your Health, Happiness, and Well-Being”
White Hall
Nursing & Rehab Center
9209 Dollarway Rd. White Hall, AR 71602 870-247-0800 Fax 870-247-0802
EVENT NOTICES: • WH United Methodist Church | 300 Church Drive • Day By Day Support Group for Parents who’ve suffered the death of a child. It meets the first Thursday of every month and begins at 6:30 p.m. in the parlor. All meetings are private.
WElCH Nissan New & Previously Owned Cars & Trucks
First United Methodist 200 W6th Pine Bluff 535-0935
• WH First Baptist • Vacation Bible School (VBS) - June 22 - 26 - 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. nightly Ages 4 - 5th grade - Call 247-3124
Moore
Holcomb Family In Concert - June 29th at 6:00 p.m. Hwy 270 & Todd Lynn Drive in White Hall • Fellowship to follow singing
Area Church Directory APOSTOLIC CoRNeRSToNe APoSTolIC CHuRCH 9500 Dollarway Road
ASSEMBLY OF GOD FIRST ASSeMBlY oF GoD 801 W. Hoadley Rd.
PINe GRove BAPTIST 110 S. Bryant St. SHIloH BAPTIST 13701 Hwy. 270 uNITeD BAPTIST CHuRCH 411 S. Oleander St.
BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST Calvary Baptist Church 1214 Robin Rd CANAAN BAPTIST 5510 W. Malcomb St. CeNTRAl BAPTIST 6107 Dollarway Rd. ClAuD RoAD BAPTIST CHuRCH 1821 Claud Rd. FIRST BAPTIST WHITe HAll 8708 Dollarway Rd. FIRST BAPTIST DeWDRoP 1707 N. Bryant St. HAPPY HoMe BAPTIST 4312 Hwy. 365 South Jefferson HARDIN BAPTIST 300 Todd Lynn Dr. KeARNeY BAPTIST 1900 S. Hwy. 365 Redfield MARANATHA BAPTIST 5820 W. Holsey Ave. MT. olIve BAPTIST 8523 Princeton Pike NoRTHSIDe BAPTIST 7743 Sheridan Rd. oAK GRove
CHuRCH oF CHRIST 102 Sheridan Rd. Redfield
METHODIST ReDFIelD uNITeD Redfield ST. luKe AMe 9908 Princeton Pike ST. luKe uNITeD 32 School Street (behind Dollarway School) ST. luKe AMe Redfield WHITe HAll uNITeD 300 Church Dr. White Hall, AR 71602
WHITe HAll CHuRCH oF CHRIST 304 White Hall Ave.
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH OF GOD
BeTHANY 7122 Sheridan Rd.
BARNeS TeMPle CHuRCH oF GoD Princeton Pike Loop
leMoNWooD 920 Shephard Dr.
eTeRNAl lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 503 S. Pryce St. FIRST PeNTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 5400 Windham St. NeW HARveST CHuRCH oF GoD 9016 Hwy. 270 PeNTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 1012 Jo Ann Dr. Redfield RIveR RoAD RIveR oF lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 1209 River Rd. Redfield
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS JeHovAH’S WITNeSSeS 5601 Cheatham St.
MouNT PleASANT 3211 Barlett Rd. Redfield NeW BeTHel 2522 N. Pryce St. oAKlAND HeIGHTS 9620 Sheridan Rd. oRIoN 3826 Stagecoach Rd. Redfield PINeCReST 5910 Carbon St. ReDFIelD 500 Davis St. Redfield
SOUTHERN BAPTIST FAMIlY CHuRCH 2500 Highway 104
OTHER CeNTeNNIAl FelloWSHIP 1400 Centennial Ln.
www.welchnissan.com
Outdoors and more
THE COUNTRY KITCHEN 4322 Dollarway Road • 535-4767 •BREAKFAST • PLATE LUNCH & DINNER
Pine Bluff Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
It’s Hard To Stop A Trane 536-3998 800-235-1342
605 E. 6th Pine Bluff
CHuRCH oF THe lIvING GoD 3120 Gravel Pit Rd. HARDIN NeW lIFe APoSTolIC CHuRCH 10608 Hwy. 270 RIveR RoAD CHuRCH Route 1, River Rd. Redfield TRuTH TeMPle HolINeSS 9711 Dollarway Rd.
Pine Bluff Cotton Belt Federal Credit Union 535-6305 888-249-1904
1703 River Pines Blvd., Pine Bluff
PENTECOSTAL ReDFIelD uNITeD PeNTeCoSTAl 515 Sheridan Road Redfield WHITe HAll uNITeD PeNTeCoSTAl 7745 Sheridan Rd. WHISPeRING PINeS CoWBoY CHuRCH Meeting at Hestand Stadium 420 Blake Street, Pine Bluff uNITeD CHRISTIAN 907 Dawson Rd.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
MISSIONARY NON-DENOMINATIONAL WoRD oF TRuTH MINISTRIeS Discipleship Training 1200 Dogwood Redfield
2505 Olive St., Pine Bluff
102 Clark Road White Hall 247-0707
• Hardin Baptist Church •
BAPTIST 13112 Dollarway Rd.
534-1551 1-800-WElCH99
NoRTHSIDe 5603 W. Holsey St.
I-530 Exit 39, North 1 Mile • Pine Bluff • 1-888-879-8940
Harold Pointer Car & Truck Accessories
Wheels, Tires and Custom Accessories For Your Car or Truck
Visit Our Showroom Home of the Camo Caddy
on Hwy. 79 at I-530 879-3766
Kellie Harris Neighborhood Exclusive Agent Weldon & Carolyn Wynne Sales Associates
Allstate Insurance Company 2007 W. 28th, Suite 3, Pine Bluff, AR (870) 534-4055 • Fax (870) 534-4062
SPLASH CAR WASH 2 Automatic Car Washes 7003 SHERIDAN RD.
Passion For GOD
Commercial Printing Promotional Products Screen Printing Embroidery
Column above courtesy of: Stephen Harrison Senior Pastor Family Church 2500 Hwy 104 870.247.3300 www.familychurch.ws
534-7202 888-530-7202 3004 Midland Dr. So
247-3300 2500 Hwy. 104 www.familychurch.ws
Compassion For People
let Us take Care of ALL Your Printing Needs!
247-4700 7400 Dollarway Rd. Suite E www.whitehalljournal.com
