“They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web.” In Isaiah 59 a dark and depressing picture is presented to us of how badly things can go wrong when a nation or an individual builds a barrier of their own sins between themselves and God. During a period of nearly a thousand years, much of the Church passed through such a time. What can we do when we find that there is a barrier between us and the Lord, preventing Him from hearing and answering our prayers?