Nine Hindrances to Fruitful Intercessory Prayer:

Matt Waymeyer @ expositorythoughts provides a helpful list of Nine Hindrances to Fruitful Intercessory Prayer:

1. Cherishing unrepentant sin in your heart (Ps 66:18)
2. Asking with selfish motives (James 4:3)
3. Failing to ask in faith (James 1:5-7)
4. Failing to pray according to God’s will (1 John 5:14-15)
5. Failing to care for your wife (1 Peter 3:7)
6. Failing to ask in the name of Jesus (John 14:13-14)
7. Failing to abide in Christ (John 15:7)
8. Failing to let Christ’s words abide in you (John 15:7)
9. Failing to be persistent (Luke 11:5-10; 18:1-8)

If God has not been answering your prayers lately, could it be that one (or more) of these is the reason?