REASONS YOUR PRAYERS ARE NOT ANSWERED BY GOD.

Prayer is the soul of man talking to God. It is the most standard and acceptable way of entering into spiritual realm.

Jesus understood the real construction of man and he said that man ought to pray and not to faint ( luke 18 vs 1). Prayer moves the land that moves the world. The only instrument that change the face of every work that is done on earth is prayer . Take time to pray for it is the greatest power on earth.

The store house of heaven are continually overflowing with bounteous blessing and benefits much more than anyone can ever imagine or exhaust. All that we need for happiness in life and in eternity are available in inestimable quantity. This is believable because heaven is the abode of God, the soul creator and controller of the universe and everything that makes it habitable and enjoyable. The secret of unlocking heaven where wealth abound is prayer.

The place of prayer can never be overlooked since no other activity can get the attention and favour of heaven. For example, Jabez wouldn't have achieved anything if he had not prayed to God who turned his life around for better and enlarged his coast. Prayer draws the hand of God, and when the hand of God is up on a small thing, it becomes big.

Prayer is an immeasurable privileged granted to mortal men to commune with the immortal God. Prayer is talking to God, pouring out our heart desire to him in recognition of his power and might to intervene favourably in our situation.

TYPES OF PRAYER
A. ADORATION / PRAISE : IT is the act of worshipping God declaring his majesty, power and glory, recognising that he is sovereign creator and merciful redeemer and praising him for his incomparable attributes ( psalm 103:1-5)

B. THANKSGIVING : IT is the act of appreciating God and giving him thanks for every thing in our lives. We are commanded to give thanks to God in all circumstances ( 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18)

C. PETITION / SUPPLICATION : petition is asking God to do or change something while supplication is earnestly asking God for assistance. This prayer is for special needs such as cleansing from sin, daily bread, accommodation etc, ( 1 Sam 1:9-20).

D. INTERCESSION : this is a prayer for other people, here, one stands in the gap for someone else, to plead on their behalf for forgiveness of sin, restoration from backsliding, spiritual strength etc ( Luke 22: 31,32).

E. AUTHORITATIVE PRAYER : This is the type of prayer in which we exercise our spiritual authority as given to us by God in his word ( Mathew 18:18). A way of doing it is using God - given Power to bind the forces of darkness and set their captive free.

F. PRAYER OF AGREEMENT : this is the prayer of two or more people coming together to agree with one another and with the word of God that something definite should be done. ( Mathew 17:8-13)

G. PRAYER OF FAITH : this involves praying fervently, consistently and perseveringly - according to the will of God until there is break through. Prayer of faith is rooted in our confidence in God's promise, power and faithfulness. Elijah prayed this prayer ( 1 king 18:1,41-44).

FACTORS THAT HINDER PRAYER
1. SIN: ( PSALM 66:18; Isaiah 59:1,2)
2. NEGLECT OF MERCY ( JAMES
2:13-17,MATHEW 7:2)
3. DISOBEDIENCE AND SELF WILL (
proverb 1:24-30,1 John 3:21-22.)
4. BEING UNTHANKFUL TO GOD ( 1 thess 5:8)
5. UNFORGIVING SPIRIT ( MATHEW 5:43-48,6:12,18:23-35)
6. DOUBT / LACK OF FAITH ( MATHEW 17:19,20.)
Break through Is only obtain through prayers.... Pray everyday.

POWER BEHIND TALENT 1

Talent is a particular kind of natural power to do something very well. So, if you are talented, you are a professional, what I mean is that you have been employed. You have an occupation. Potentiality is better than credentiality, so even without a certificate, you have a career. The gift and calling of God is without repentance. Even before you were conceived, God has given you powers and capabilities - the ability to function very well in some works. Talent is gift.
You don't need certificate / credentials to go to work because there are those who have certificate / credentials but lack the technical know -how.
Far be it that you will carry certificate you will not be able to defend. Find out what you have particular kind of natural power to do very well and begin to do it - that is your work, that's your calling, it is your profession. What you need to do is to submit him who has given the talent ( gifts ) and has called you to function ( duty)
People tends to look down on their talents because God gives it to them without them laboring much to obtain training on it. The truth of the matter is that the energy spent outside one's talents is a wasted energy. Psychologically there is what you derive joy in doing, not just that it makes you feel fulfilled but it makes you highly respected personnel. The things that makes people pay attention to you. That's your calling and what you are talented to do. For example, a talented musician derives joy in singing and doesn't find it difficult to remember what to sing and how to sing it. Each time he sings, he sees himself functioning in his original duty post.
A man who has a particular kind of natural power to do something well doesn't run from any kind of challenge his work poses. He sees every challenge that his work poses as one of those problems he is there to solve. Responsibility is better than reputation. Imitation is limitation. Don't join others to where they are making it, rather go to where you will make it.
Don't do what others are doing because there is what your fingers, brain and other sense organs have been crafted to do very well. The Bible says, the gift of a man makes a way for him and takes him to stand before kings and not mean men.
Be yourself and do your own no matter how small - the Bible says, despise not the days of your little beginning. You will be great. In that field of human endeavors, nobody is greater or better qualified than you, why? Because, you are talented ( gifted ) and called - that's the best qualifications.
At times, the beginning might be too small or you are afraid of how to start and stand properly. Fear not, God is with you. He has made the promise to be with those who are already to take off and remain in their tracks .maybe, you rise and fall, no problem, don't allow your heart to fail you, for it is by standing and falling a child learns to stand. The book of Jeremiah 8 : 4 says, when men fall down, don't they rise up again? Rise up, take a different approach, change pattern. It is not yet over until it is finally over. Isaiah in his word says, Arise and shine for your light is come and the glory of the lord is risen upon you. He went on to saying that nation will come to see your light because darkness as thick as nights will cover the earth but your light will soon shine ( Isaiah 60)
I believe that what prophet Isaiah is saying is that our talents will proffer solution to the big problems of this world. Yes, because when people hear that you have solutions to their problems, they will come from far and wide to see you and hear you. Your special ability at work in any field of human endeavors fight even witches and wizard very. The quality of work one does is determined by the natural endowment cum special ability present in him.
FEATURES OF TALENT
1. Talent doesn't believe in failure - that's why a talented personnel doesn't believe that something can't be done that need to be done. Talent has power and strength over failure and rules over it convincingly.
2. It doesn't permit cultural, religious limitations.
3. You can't stop talent because no man can stop God.
4. You can't discourage talent.
5. A talented person believes in changes and doesn't fear to initiate it 6. He believes that there is still a better way of doing a thing.
7. He doesn't fear mistakes and is ready to correct himself.
8. God's talent is irreversible and irrevocable unless the man that has the talent has just decided to trade it.

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THE POWER OF OPTIMISM

Optimism is the tendency to look upon the bright side of things. It is the belief that in the end good will triumph over evil, it can also be described as having confidence in success.
Optimism is the elder brother of opulence. An optimist person is always expecting the best and is also confident. Be an optimist and stop believing in failure. Believe that all things happen for the best because the Bible says that both good and bad happens for the goods of them that loves God. ( Roman 8:28).
Every success oriented work is supposed to be carried out optimistically. An optimist has no dull moment in life, He has no regrets, he always believe that the best is yet to come, that's why he gives no room to regret and limitations.
Dear, success Is not in the University but in the student , you don't need to attend the best in the world neither do you need the highest grade to succeed, what you need is optimism. This is what gives you the capacity to rise again after a particular failure. The Bible says : Do not weary in doing good because in due season you shall reap, if you faint not ( Galatians 6:9) .
Our lord Jesus is an optimistic man, that was what gave him the capacity to despise shame. Shame is associated with death on the cross, it is not death that is befitting of a son of God, but he looked upon the joy that Is set before him ( Hebrew 12:2) .
The world is full of discouragement, frustration, hatred, discomfort, fear, and shame. It takes optimism to work in the midst of all these things and come out in flying colors. Forget about pre-mature enjoyment which is a fore runner to permanent poverty . Remember that it is your ability to endure today that gives you the capacity to enjoy tomorrow. Your ability to work today gives you the capacity to rest tomorrow. God rested on the seventh day after he has finished his work of creation. Each day after he has created a particular things, he will say to himself this things I have created is good? Stop doubting your potentials, stop listening to discouragement unless you want to be frustrated and waste your potential, stop complaining and go to work, the result will take care of itself. Who said you will not succeed? Man, God is saying about the works of your hand is good that's what should give you concern.
See success where others see failure. Expect something good to happen, that expectations will energize your dreams and give them momentum. How we position ourselves to see makes all the difference. You can never see the sunrise by looking to the west. If you look at life the wrong way there is always cause for alarm. The choice is up to you. One of the greatest and most comforting truth is that when one door opens, another closes, but often we look so long and regretfully upon the closed doors that we do not see the one that is open for us.
Don't accept defeat, don't take no for an answer. Rise up and go back to where you failed yesterday, you will succeed. That place where you were despised, go back there, you will be celebrated. Those have commonized you must surely come to identify with you. An optimist is never a common person. It doesn't matter what is happening now what matters is what is going to happen when you are through with your work. Some people complain because, roses have thorns. Instead be thankful that thorn have roses.
The question I want to ask you is: Are you an optimist? If u are not, kneel down now and ask God to give you the power and spirit of optimism. It is a great instrumentality of work..
FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR OPTIMISM.
1. VALUE : This simply describes worth of something when compared with something else or when transmuted to its monetary equivalent. It is the quality of being useful or desirable. The quality things possess gives a man the capacity of being optimistic about getting it.
2. RESPONSIBILITY : This means duty that one is accountable for. Every one is accountable for the job / work that is bestowed upon him / her.
3. HOPE : This is the factor that makes one to continue to believe that the best is yet to happen. It believes in the good things that future holds.
4 . PERSISTENCE : This has to do with refusals to fail or discontinued in spite of arguments or opposition. It is persistence that gives one the capacity to live and exist.

" OPTIMISM IS THE POWER TO ACHIEVING GREAT THINGS AND SUCCESS IN LIFE NEVER UNDERESTIMATE IT "