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How many people wait daily in God in the place of prayer? Truly, if there is a man to pray, there is a God to answer. God answers prayers. Howbeit, only a few receive the testimony of answered prayers. How deep is the horror of unanswered prayers! 


Why do many pray without the testimony of answered prayers?


A lot of things could be the cause of unanswered prayers, but in most cases, men think "Prayer" is enough to grant us our requests since it is the medium of communicating our needs with our heavenly father. Prayer is a path to God's presence, He commanded us to pray and promised to always answer whenever we call on Him in prayers. 



However, the reality remains that, it is not enough to pray. In as much as you still remain in (the fullness of) yourself, God might not show up in answering your prayers. The first prerequisite of prayer is surrendering to His will alone.



For a jar to be filled, it has to be empty. Once it is filled up, anything poured into it will amount to wastage. Likewise, for a man to receive blessings from God, he must empty "Self" from "himself". Don't expect God's blessing when you are full of yourself because God's blessing is not for wastage.



 A lot of people are crying day and night unto God in prayers, expecting God to bless them while they are still holding on so tightly to themselves, what a futile effort!




If God must begin with you at all, you must get to the end of yourself. You must be ready to will everything to will to His will. When you are full of yourself, an overflow of Him in you amounts to wastage, but when it is Him and Him alone in you, an overflow is a blessing.
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