Confidence

Having confidence that God hears you will transform your life! This is a bold statement. There are many times throughout the day that I talk to people and judging from their response, I can determine if they really heard me...a failure to be heard could be an issue with either the one talking or the one listening.  There are many other times that I'm left wondering if I'm heard.  Unanswered text messages and emails leave me wondering if the message got through.

Questions about communication may be resolved by resending messages, rewording and repeating until something happens to get a response that signals my message got through.  Communication can be accomplished in many ways but if the message isn't received and responded to, then communication has failed.  It is difficult to establish effective communication if you have no confidence that the message gets through.

There may be times that you feel like your communication with God isn't heard. Ever heard yourself say  "I pray, but I feel like my prayers are hitting the wall"?  

We may judge our communication with God based on our feelings or measure based on the answers received.  Talking to God isn't like a tweet, text or phone call.  Provided you have established an open line of communication with God through faith in His Son, Jesus, having no unconfessed sin in your life, and asked according to His will...you can have confidence that He hears and you will have your petition.  No bounce back message for a wrong email address, no ignored texts, or dropped call when you communicate with God.

Before you pray, take a few minutes to check your connection...Adore Him, Confess, Thank Him, then share your supplications, requests of all types, with Him.

Be strategic, make a list of 3 greatest needs on your heart today. Find a scripture for each one that reveals His will.  These are suggestions for ACTS that will give you confidence when you communicate with God and His Word confirms He Hears...

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”

I John 5:14-15 NKJV

http://bible.com/114/1jn.5.14-15.nkjv