GOD HEAR MY PRAYERS? (8 OF 11)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Psalm 17:1-15
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Does God Hear My Prayers? (8 of 11)
Series: Questions For God
Author: Jim Perdue
Text: Psalm 17:1-15
- Psalm 17 is one of only five psalms that identified as "prayers." The title above the psalm says that this is "A Prayer of David." With so many prayers throughout the psalms, I wonder why only five have the title at the top? And only three are listed as prayers of David. Maybe these are moments and times when David desperately needed the Lord and all he knew to do was to pray. Have you ever faced a moment like that? Where all you knew to do was to cry out to God?
- *Sadly, we use that phrase like a last-ditch effort or a Hail Mary. "Well, I guess all we can do now is pray." I heard about a lady who was very sick. The doctor looked at her and said, "All we can do is pray." She said, "Oh no, has it come to that?" Instead of our last hope, prayer ought to be one of the first things we do. We treat prayer like our last hope instead of our first thought. And sometimes we wonder, Does God Hear My Prayers?" If there's a God up there, does He really care about my problems and my struggles? Does He even have time to listen to me?*
- Well, this the question today in our series, Questions for God - Does God Hear My Prayers? I just want to give you a quick answer to the question and then we'll walk through this psalm. The Bible says that God always hears the prayers of His children. And just because He doesn't answer the way we want doesn't mean He's not listening.
- God always hears and answers your prayers. And He answers in one of three ways. Sometimes He says "yes." Sometimes He says, "no." And sometimes He says, "wait." God always knows what's best for us and He answers our prayers in the way that He sees fit. He knows better than we do and has a perspective that we don't have. *Garth Brooks wrote a song about unanswered prayers but there's really no such thing. We think God doesn't answer our prayers when He tell us "no."* So, let's look at Psalm 17 an ...
Series: Questions For God
Author: Jim Perdue
Text: Psalm 17:1-15
- Psalm 17 is one of only five psalms that identified as "prayers." The title above the psalm says that this is "A Prayer of David." With so many prayers throughout the psalms, I wonder why only five have the title at the top? And only three are listed as prayers of David. Maybe these are moments and times when David desperately needed the Lord and all he knew to do was to pray. Have you ever faced a moment like that? Where all you knew to do was to cry out to God?
- *Sadly, we use that phrase like a last-ditch effort or a Hail Mary. "Well, I guess all we can do now is pray." I heard about a lady who was very sick. The doctor looked at her and said, "All we can do is pray." She said, "Oh no, has it come to that?" Instead of our last hope, prayer ought to be one of the first things we do. We treat prayer like our last hope instead of our first thought. And sometimes we wonder, Does God Hear My Prayers?" If there's a God up there, does He really care about my problems and my struggles? Does He even have time to listen to me?*
- Well, this the question today in our series, Questions for God - Does God Hear My Prayers? I just want to give you a quick answer to the question and then we'll walk through this psalm. The Bible says that God always hears the prayers of His children. And just because He doesn't answer the way we want doesn't mean He's not listening.
- God always hears and answers your prayers. And He answers in one of three ways. Sometimes He says "yes." Sometimes He says, "no." And sometimes He says, "wait." God always knows what's best for us and He answers our prayers in the way that He sees fit. He knows better than we do and has a perspective that we don't have. *Garth Brooks wrote a song about unanswered prayers but there's really no such thing. We think God doesn't answer our prayers when He tell us "no."* So, let's look at Psalm 17 an ...
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