God Hears Your Prayers

Gosh, the one thing I struggle with in my Christian walk is my prayer life. For most of my life, I have felt like God never answered my prayers because when I prayed everything seemed to get worse.

Everything I prayed about went the other way instead of how they should be only making my life harder. People say that is what strengthens your faith but to me it sent me in the opposite direction.

For years I've lived a condemned life and I really thought I was doing something wrong or there was something wrong with me so when I came across this little devotional, I knew I was on the right track to getting my head straighten back on.

This little devotional gives us who have struggles a sense of hope.

God Bless.

God Hears Your Prayers

Romans 4:7–8 7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

Some people think that if they were more “right” with God, then He would hear their prayers. For example, they sometimes believe that if they had not quarreled with their wives or had those bad thoughts earlier in the day, then God would answer their prayers. God is not like that. He wants you to know beyond any doubt that you can always come to His throne of grace with boldness and have every confidence that you will receive His mercy and grace. (Hebrews 4:16) You see, because of Jesus’ finished work on the cross, you are already right with God. You don’t need to do anything to make yourself more right with God. In fact, by faith in Jesus, you have received the righteousness of God Himself! (2 Corinthians 5:21) And no matter how many mistakes you make, you will never lose that righteousness because in the first place, God gave it to you apart from your works. (Romans 4:5–6) In other words, God did not impute righteousness to you because you were good, but because you believed in Jesus. Because of what Jesus has done for you at the cross, all your sins — past, present and future — are forgiven. God will by no means ever remember your sins or count them against you! (Hebrews 8:12, 10:17) My friend, because Jesus has been punished for your sins, today, God is not counting your sins against you.

This means that your sins won’t stop Him from hearing and responding to your prayers. So you can always run into His presence knowing that you can boldly stand in and enjoy His presence and His love. When you know this truth, it is going to set you free in your relationship with God. You can talk to Him without fear or any sense of condemnation. You can practice His presence and trust that He always hears you. Should something happen at home or at work, you don’t always have to call for your church leaders — you pray and God hears you! Beloved, you are righteous in Christ and God hears your prayers — all because of Jesus!

Thought For The Day Because of Jesus’ finished work on the cross, you are already right with God. So when you pray, God hears you!

Joseph Prince Miniseries