Communication

Psalms 61:1 (KJV) [[To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David.]] Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

(Proverbs 10 also read)

I wonder how useful it is for us to plead with God to hear our prayers.  Somehow I get the feeling that He is listening all the time and hears what we have to say.

Of course, there are some qualifiers on getting answers to our prayers.  The New Testament gives us a number of things such as praying within the will of God and other things like that.  Those are qualifiers on answers, though not on whether God hears us.

Actually, the only qualification or limitation that I see on God hearing our prayers is whether we are believers or not.  There are several places where God tells us that He does not hear the prayers of unbelievers.  Of course, He hears the prayer of a repentant sinner but that’s not the same as, “Heal my cancer.”

So?  If it makes you feel better, ask God to listen.  More important, live in repentance.