I need your feedback on this one everybody...
Okay, here is the deal. I have always felt that I have a special connection with God in my prayer life. When I pray, I KNOW that he hears me. Beyond a doubt. I feel that I am a very powerful prayer warrior.
Until now, I have chalked this up to a special gift from God. Either he has given me a gift of Faith, in knowing that he hears my pleas to him, or he really does take special care and attention to my cries out to him. Either way, it's good news to me.
Recently, I was thinking about this in relation to my Pride Problem. Maybe I have no special gifts at all in this area. Do I THINK so highly of myself to think that my prayers to God are somehow more important?
Am I so prejudiced to believe that my prayers have a special ranking in God's eyes? Or is it really a gift from God? Your thoughts, comments, and prayers on this topic are greatly appreciated!
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The verse that comes to my mind is John 9:31 "Now we know that God does not hear sinners;if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will He hears him". The conditions on this verse that you are not a sinner (remember, even if you 'feel' like a sinner sometimes, if you have accepted Christ you have become a 'saint' and 'the righteousness of God in Christ') and that you are a worshiper of God and that you do His will. That is where your confidence comes from.
The only thing that can seperate you from God and give you that feeling that He isn't hearing you is sin (Isaiah 59:1,2). That is true for the Christian as well as the non-Christian. That is why repentance is so important.