{"id":3751,"date":"2022-04-29T05:32:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T05:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2022-04-29T05:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T05:32:01","slug":"are-we-feeling-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=3751","title":{"rendered":"Are we Feeling Flat?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were down the street yesterday and when I got back to where my husband was patiently waiting, and he went to start the car, all it would do was give a flat sounding \u201cbrrrrrrr\u201d sound. So he said, \u201cWe\u2019ll have to get someone to come with jumper leads to start it and I\u2019ll have to get a new battery!\u201d And that is what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But it reminded me of how we can\u2019t function properly as far as God is concerned without a good battery either. &nbsp;We have to keep ourselves with a full battery by reading God\u2019s Word . &nbsp;Otherwise, we will go nowhere, and be good for nothing as far as He is concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It &nbsp;is &nbsp;like our prayer life too. There are many times when we feel as though God is far away and not hearing our prayers. But the trouble is that we have a flat battery or a loose connection between us and God, and it is not until we join the connection that the power of God flows back into our life. Let&#8217;s look at some of these things that can cut our fellowship with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One of these is having a right relationship with our spouse or other members of our families. This is one of the main causes of a flat battery, and we are told that husbands in particular, are to treat their wives right or their prayers will be hindered&nbsp; <em>(1 Peter 3:7)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another one is having a bad attitude towards others, and unconfessed sin\u2026.King David said, &#8220;If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me!&#8221; <em>(Psalm 66:18)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wrong attitude to our money\u2026.it is not our own, but only what God has given us, so it is only reasonable to give Him His share of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Habitual and continual disobedience will block our communion with God, as will a cherished sin in our hearts\u2026..are we doing &nbsp;something that we know displeases the Lord but we don&#8217;t want to give it up? This is a loose connection that causes a flat battery that will cut the communication between us and God, and we will go nowhere. The prophet Isaiah said, &#8220;Your sins have come between you and God like a thick cloud!&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>(Isaiah 52:1)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp; So after thinking about these things, let&#8217;s fix these loose connections in our life, get a new battery and have our communion with God restored again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were down the street yesterday and when I got back to where my husband was patiently waiting, and he went to start the car, all it would do was give a flat sounding \u201cbrrrrrrr\u201d sound. So he said, \u201cWe\u2019ll have to get someone to come with jumper leads to start it and I\u2019ll have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=3751\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are we Feeling Flat?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508],"tags":[775,777,778],"class_list":["post-3751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-lessons","tag-going-nowhere","tag-hindrances-to-prayer","tag-unconfessed-sin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Fixing-Car.jpg?fit=894%2C563&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69z0J-Yv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3753,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3751\/revisions\/3753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}