The bible says we can build barriers between us and God so that He cannot hear us.
John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have made Him hide His face from you so that He does not listen.
Isa 59:20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression." This is the LORD's declaration.
This would say that our sins act as a barrier between us and the Lord, it is only those who, through the redeemer, turn from them in humility and repentance that the Lord hears.
John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have made Him hide His face from you so that He does not listen.
Isa 59:20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression." This is the LORD's declaration.
This would say that our sins act as a barrier between us and the Lord, it is only those who, through the redeemer, turn from them in humility and repentance that the Lord hears.