{"id":16185,"date":"2017-05-22T01:42:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T08:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=16185"},"modified":"2017-05-22T01:42:36","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T08:42:36","slug":"he-listens-to-those-who-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/22\/he-listens-to-those-who-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"He listens to those who listen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Psalms 66:18<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.\u00a0But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.\u00a0Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!<\/p>\n

Job 27:8<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?\u00a0\u00a0Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?<\/p>\n

Proverbs 15:8<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 21:13<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 28:9<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 1:15<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen;<\/p>\n

James 4:3<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.<\/p>\n

Job 35:12<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah 11:11<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Therefore, thus says the LORD, Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. Though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.<\/p>\n

Micah 3:4<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.<\/p>\n

Zechariah 7:13<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAs I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear,\u201d says the LORD of hosts,<\/p>\n

James 4:1<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cAs I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear,\u201d says the LORD of hosts. \u00a0<\/em>There is so much to say about desiring, seeking, and listening to God. \u00a0Scripture is clear and full of wonderful promises to those who live for Him standing firm in Him alone. \u00a0Yet life happens and time in scripture becomes less and less important \u00a0while the world grabs more and more of our attention. \u00a0It seems to be able take our eyes off of God. \u00a0The very scripture that brought to light the the need for God is now nothing but second thought. \u00a0Time away from His word closes our heart and ears to His leading. \u00a0We make our own path in life, self seeking. \u00a0We were redeemed at a great cost by the very hand of God’s love, grace, and mercy. \u00a0God is not to be a second thought or in second place in our heart and mind. \u00a0He is to be first and first alone at all times. \u00a0I am so aware of how hard this is when we try to play both sides. \u00a0Trying to get the best of this world and the best of God’s blessings. \u00a0A christian life is not to be this way. \u00a0He want’s all of our heart, mind and soul. \u00a0Not just part of it when it is convenient or when we need something that only He can supply. \u00a0Look into your heart and mind, see how much of it is consumed by things of this world compared to how much is spent living for God. \u00a0Living for God is a commitment with purpose of humbly serving, honoring, following, and obeying Him. \u00a0Commit to Him today. \u00a0Spend more time in His word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.\u201d Psalms 66:18\u00a0\u00a0If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.\u00a0But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.\u00a0Blessed be God, … Continue reading “He listens to those who listen”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3951,81,3955,3952,3956,158,3947,3960,3950,3957,3719,3949,587,36,2891,1778,125,1952,3959,362,241,69,511,3953,270,3948,3958,3954],"class_list":["post-16185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-acceptable","tag-blessed","tag-cannot-escape","tag-closes-his-ear","tag-cry-to-me","tag-distress","tag-does-not-listen","tag-fights","tag-godless","tag-hide-his-face","tag-his-will","tag-hole","tag-iniquity","tag-life","tag-listened","tag-passions","tag-prayer","tag-pride","tag-quarrels","tag-receive","tag-rejected","tag-sacrifice","tag-steadfast-love","tag-turns-away","tag-wicked","tag-worshiper","tag-would-not-hear","tag-wrongly-asked"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16185"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16190,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185\/revisions\/16190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}