I John 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
Sometimes when we are talking with other people we are not really sure whether they heard us or not. Either we say something and there is no response, or there is a nod or even verbal reply that our message was heard, but no actual action or reaction to what we have said. We have no assurance communication has taken place. The apostle John was big on assurance: assurance of forgiveness and salvation, assurance of God's love and mercy, and the assurance, the confidence that God hears us and will answer when we pray. It's kind of a package deal. I wonder if often when we feel God does not hear us if it is related to a lack of confidence in His love and redemption and in the very character of God. Do you know Who He really is?
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