TO APPROACH GOD IN PRAYER WITH UNREPENTANT SIN IN OUR LIVES... IS A WASTE OF TIME.
TO PRAY TO GOD WITHOUT BEING KNOWN BY HIM OR OBEYING HIM IS A WASTE OF TIME.
BE KNOWN BY HIM, THEN OBEY HIM, AND TO OBEY HIM IS TO LOVE HIM.
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"But if anyone loves God, he is known by God" - 1 Corinthians 8:3
"Jesus replied, "Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them". - John 14:23
But for those who do not know Him who The Father has sent, they are NOT known by Him, and neither obey Him...
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"When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood".
- Isaiah 1:15
"If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination".
- Proverbs 28:9
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me". - Psalm 66:18
"Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it". - Job 35:13
"But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!' - Luke 13:27
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