Do you think God really hears you?

John 11:40-44(NKJV)

40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 

41Then they took away the stone £from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 

42And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 

43Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 

44And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

Here's a simple question for you.  Do you have that kind of confidence that God really hears you?  If so, how can you be so sure?  If not, would you like to?

First for those that are sure.  That part is easy for all of us that have experienced it.  When we accept Jesus we are given the Holy Spirit. 

Ephesians 1:13(NKJV)

13In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 

 

Jesus promised that God would provide the Holy Spirit as our comforter and counselor and that the Holy Spirit would live in us.

 John 14:16-18(NKJV)

16And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—

17the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 

18I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

Before you have Jesus you are praying to God who is out there "somewhere" "hopefully".  You want Him to be there but you're just not sure.  Once you've accepted Jesus you now have the Holy Spirit living in you.  You now have a direct line of communication to God.  It's that direct line of communication through the Holy Spirit that gives you the confidence to know that you know that God hears you.  I know that this will sound weird but you can just feel the difference.

Does that mean that now all of your prayers get answered?  Absolutely!  Does it mean that they all get answered the way we want?  Oh please, we're talking God here, not Santa Claus!  God answers the prayers in the way that He deems best in order to fulfill His will for our lives, but we'll save that for another discussion.

So how do we get the Holy Spirit?  We ask!

Luke 11:13(NKJV)

13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

That's right!  You simply ask Jesus to be the Lord and Savior of your life.  If you'd like some guidance with how to do that then just click here.

http://4laws.com/laws/english/flash/

It's such a comfort to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God hears our prayers.  Ask Jesus into your life and find out what it is like!