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God Hears You

There are moments when heaven feels quiet. You pray once. Then again. Then again—adding more words, more urgency, more emotion. You whisper in the morning. You repeat it at noon. You kneel again at night. You wait for a sign, a shift, a signal that your request has reached its destination. When nothing changes, doubt begins to circle. Did He hear me? Should I pray louder? Should I fast longer? Should I repeat it one more time? We assume silence means absence. It does not. Our Father does not require volume. He is not persuaded by repetition or intensity. He knows the request before it forms on your lips. He understands the burden before you articulate it. He sees the ache behind the words. Most of all, He knows your heart. Sometimes what we ask for is sincere—but mistimed. Sometimes it is heartfelt—but incomplete. Sometimes it would harm us if granted immediately. And sometimes what we think is provision would actually derail His greater purpose. We pray from perspective. ...

Why Do You Pray

Taken from the series entitled, Lunch with Jesus Liza is a non-believer, yet curious. Kate is a Christian to the heart. She loves God with all her mind, heart, body and soul. On this particular day, Liza was reading a magazine and when she turned to the next page, the membership form fell out of it. So Liza reached down to the floor to pick it up. On her way up she glanced at Kate and noticed she was praying. She waited for her to finish, then politely walked over to her and said, "Hi Kate, may I ask you something?" "Sure," she replied. "Why do you pray?" Liza asked. "Prayer is my method of connecting with God. I thank him for continuing to allow me to breathe. I thank him for my family. I thank him for the day. And I thank him for my food. Then a scripture will come to mind, such as today, Psalm 118:24 , "This is the day, the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it." Then I dwell for a moment on that verse and s...