\u201cIs God Listening?\u201d<\/p>\n
Prayer is the means by which we take our perplexities to the Father. But do you get the feeling that some people have God\u2019s listening ear better than you do? 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
I think one of the problems we encounter in praying is that we are inclined to dictate to God what our preferences are. If we have already made up our minds, we may not hear Him when He speak!
\nAs Mark 4: 23 -24 says, \u201cIf any man have ears to hear, let him hear\u2026Take heed what ye hear.\u201d
\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
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. The think God may have made a mistake. In other words we are saying, \u201cGod are you sure?\u201d<\/p>\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<\/p>\n
Sometimes you as I also maybe faced with the problem, Lord, I just do not know how to pray about this problem.
\nPraise God, that is not a problem to God. Thanks to the Holy Spirit everybody is equal before God in prayer. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, in our improper understanding, and conveys from our hearts to God\u2019s heart what is really there, that which is impossible for us to put into words anyway!\u201d<\/p>\n
Friends, 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
In other words, \u201cLord, here I am, I am yours, and I am willing to follow your ways for my life.<\/p>\n
Sending to You and Your Family,
\nBlessings, Love and Prayers,
\nPastor Pat Aman<\/p>\n
Devotion Written March 30, 2011-\u00a0By: Pastor Pat Aman Book \u00a9 1996\/2015 Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals”
\nStudy Notes: The New King James Bible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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