October 28, 2021 … Yes, … He Hears! …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 301 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Mandy Lining singing her song … God Hears Our Prayers … poignantly singing of how God hears our prayers even when we cannot sense Him hearing our pleas  

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Reference Passage: … 1John 5:14  [NLT] …  

14 And we are confident that He hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases Him.   

… God shows anger to those who had misled Job with their lack of faith in God’s intent.  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  1John 5:13-15 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God gives us His promise, thru John, that He hears us when we bring anything to Him that is in His will,   

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 116:1-2 [NLT] …   USE THIS LINK ... 

… The Psalmist sings of his confidence that his God bends His ear to hear the prayers of believers.

Reference Passage: … Micah 7:7 [NLT] …  

7  As for me, I look to the Lord for help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me. 

… God, thru Solomon, shows us that we must trust in the Lord even thru the tears of suffering.       

Reference Passage: … John 15:7 [NLT] …   

7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!  

… Jesus promises that our prayers will be granted when we abide in His will and His ways thru His word.  

Reference Passage: … James 4:3 [NLT] …   

3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. 

… James shows Christians that we often don’t get what we desire when praying to God because our motives are selfish.  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Elisa Morgan, AT THIS LINK   … writes of a time when she was on her church’s care (i.e., prayer) team; and often when she was praying for anonymous prayer requests from her congregation she wondered whether God heard her prayers.   

But that’s the wrong question, isn’t it?  The right question is … do we believe God’s word to be true?   Because if we’ve meditated on - and we believe - the scriptures above, … clearly we must believe that God hears our prayers.  And furthermore we read above, … from God’s truth and His promises, … that when we pray with a right heart and within God’s will, He will answer and give us the desires of our hearts. 

So, the question is not WHETHER God hears us; but rather whether our prayers are in tune with God’s character and His good will.  So, as we pray to our Lord today, … KNOWING that He hears, … we must pray that our prayers are going up in tune with God’s will.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for ALWAYS hearing my prayers. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to do all we can to pray to You, Lord, with a melody of thoughts in tune with Your will.  … Amen

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