WEBVTT - Does God Answer Prayer

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Abide's Daily Christian Meditations. I'm Tyler Boss.

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<v Speaker 2>And abide in Christ. Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler Boss. Do you believe that God knows what you need?

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<v Speaker 2>When the prophet Isaiah described the relationship between God and

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<v Speaker 2>God's people in the coming kingdom, he described a relationship

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<v Speaker 2>of great intimacy. God says about his people, before they call,

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<v Speaker 2>I will answer. While they are yet speaking, I will hear.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes God answers prayers before they are even prayed. He

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<v Speaker 2>is always listening, and he knows what his people need.

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<v Speaker 2>As you contemplate that, take a deep, relaxing breath. let

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<v Speaker 2>go of your worries and concerns trust in the sovereignty

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<v Speaker 2>of your God of course sometimes what you want is

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<v Speaker 2>not what you need sometimes God's answer to your prayer

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<v Speaker 2>isn't a yes but a no or a not right

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<v Speaker 2>now how hard is it for you to keep believing

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<v Speaker 2>when God answers in these ways. Think about something that

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<v Speaker 2>you've been asking God for for a really long time.

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<v Speaker 1>How does it make you feel? Keep asking.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep listening for God's answers. Through prayer, you may come

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<v Speaker 2>to know God better every day today you have a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to practice listening for God's voice as we spend

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<v Speaker 2>time abiding in his word pause for a moment centering

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<v Speaker 2>your heart on the one who always hears.

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<v Speaker 1>You let's pray.

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<v Speaker 2>God thank you for listening to my prayers and for

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<v Speaker 2>providing for all of my needs help me to trust

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<v Speaker 2>you even when I don't understand the way you answer

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<v Speaker 2>and even when you seem to be silent or distant

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<v Speaker 2>I know that you will never leave me or forsake

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<v Speaker 2>me help me to see what I'm not seeing open

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<v Speaker 2>my eyes to the ways you're working that I might

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<v Speaker 2>be blind to may your kingdom come and your will

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<v Speaker 2>be done in my life and on earth in Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>name Amen slow your breathing now as you breathe in

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<v Speaker 2>remember that God is nearer to you than your own

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<v Speaker 2>breath and as you breathe out release any worries that

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<v Speaker 2>are distracting you God knows everything about you but even

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<v Speaker 2>though he already knows what you've done and what you're

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<v Speaker 2>thinking He still likes to hear from you. It's good

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<v Speaker 2>for you to confess your sins to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Do that now. God forgives you.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing you could do could ever separate you from his

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<v Speaker 2>great love God hears you when you call to him

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<v Speaker 2>if he seems distant trust what you know about him

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<v Speaker 2>from the past he never changes God you hear my

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<v Speaker 2>prayers and you provide for all of my needs Help

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<v Speaker 2>me to not grow weary in prayer, but to be

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<v Speaker 2>patient in hope. Help me to remember and to believe

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<v Speaker 2>with my whole heart that you are who you say

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<v Speaker 2>you are and that you can do what you say

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<v Speaker 2>you can do. You have been faithful in the past

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<v Speaker 2>and you will be faithful in the future because you

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<v Speaker 2>never change. I'm so grateful. You are a good God.

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<v Speaker 2>good father in Jesus name I pray amen Isaiah gives

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<v Speaker 2>such a beautiful picture of the way God wants to

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<v Speaker 2>interact with you take all the time you need to

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<v Speaker 2>meditate on God's goodness and love and until next time

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<v Speaker 2>may you abide in Christ