Is Father God Listening?
Author: Pat Pat AH Aman
Prayer is the means by which we take our perplexities to the Father God. But do you get the feeling that some people have Father God\u2019s listening ear better than you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love the letter the little boy wrote to God in which he admitted he knew God heard prayers, but he wanted to know when God would be listening especially hard to prayers. In other words he was asking God is there a certain day that you handle prayer for different situations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think one of the problems we encounter in praying is that we are inclined to dictate to Father God what our preferences are. If we have already made up our minds, we may not hear Him when He speak!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Mark 4: 23 -24 says, \u201cIf any man have ears to hear, let him hear\u2026Take heed what ye hear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cListen to what you hear,\u201d He is saying, \u201cYou think there is a shortage of my messages, my answers to your prayers? Unplug your ears!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps our biggest problem is not that we haven\u2019t and don\u2019t hear; if we will be honest we might have to confess that we aren\u2019t always ready to listen! We may have heard but we just do not want to obey. We think Father God may have made a mistake. In other words we are saying, \u201cFather God are you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Catherine Marshall in her classic Adventures in Prayer speaks of \u201cThe Prayer of Relinquishment.\u201d She say, \u201d A demanding spirit, with self-will as its rudder, blocks prayer\u2026.Jesus\u2019 prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, I come to see, is the pattern for us. Christ could have avoided the cross\u2026. Christ used His free will to turn the decision over to His Father. He said, \u201cDear Father\u2026all things are possible to you. Let me not have to drink this cup! Yet it is not what I want but what you want.\u2019 She emphasizes that there is no resignation in Prayer of Relinquishment. This kind of praying doesn\u2019t slam the door on hope. It\u2019s called \u201cthe pliability of an obedient heart.\u201d<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes you as I also maybe faced with the problem, Lord, I just do not know how to pray about this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Praise Father God, that is not a problem to Him. Thanks to the Holy Spirit everybody is equal before our Father God in prayer. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, in our improper understanding, and conveys from our hearts to Father God\u2019s heart what is really there, that which is impossible for us to put into words anyway!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friends, Father God knows our needs before we ever bring them to Him. He is just waiting for us to see if we are ready to turn our life situations over to Him completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other words, \u201cLord, here I am, I am yours, and I am willing to follow your ways for my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTrain up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.\u201d Proverbs\u202c 22:6<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.\u201d 1 Timothy\u202c 5:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n A little extra:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been so good to hear people of all colors, races and creed say yes, ma\u2019am, no ma\u2019am, bless you and thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I maybe old fashion, but, I require it of our girls, even today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You never get to old to show respect to your elders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a matter of fact, I said thank you sir, to a guy who was in in teens that held a door open for me. You would have thought I had given him a bag of gold with the big smile on his face.Respect is respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Age does not matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Respect is a expression of love and honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If we show respect, we will receive respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We must not only teach our children manners, but, they must see us showing good manners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children will do as they see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, do your children see are hear you calling out to God in Prayer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I thank Father God every day for all my life, but the last five months before mama had her HomeGoing, my sister Ruby and I had the privilege to hear our mama praying after we got her to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We would hear her praying over the monitor we had in her room. She continually called out to Father God for hear children, grandchildren, friends, church and so many more times ending in a prayer of thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What a glorious memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book \u00a9 1996\/2021 \u201cCoffee With Pat Daily Devotionals\u201d \u201cCoffee With A Little Spice Of Life\u201d and Westbow Press a division of Is Father God Listening?Author: Pat Pat AH Aman Prayer is the means by which we take our perplexities to the Father God. But do you get the feeling that some people have Father God\u2019s listening ear better than you do? 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\u00a9 Thomas Nelson and Library of Congress Control Number: 2018910976\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"