Love hears because love is listening for the voice or cry of the one whom they love. Every mother understands this fact. Even in her sleep she is always listening for the cries of her children. She knows their cries and their voices and each one is unique. She knows their sounds because she loves her children. Her heart is attentive to them.
But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. I Thessalonians 2:7
So also the Lord hears our cries and He delivers His children from all of their troubles. He is attentive to each one of us.
The righteous cry, and the Lord hears And delivers them out of all their troubles. Psalm 34:17
The Lord loves us and wants us to cry out to Him. He does hear our voice and the sound of our prayers. He hears our cries of distress.
I love the Lord, because He hears
My voice and my supplications.
Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1,2
Just as the Lord hears us He also wants us to listen to Him and hear Him. He said over and over again when He was on earth, "He who has ears to hear let him hear".
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. John 5:24
It is through hearing His Word that we believe in Jesus Christ and receive eternal life.
He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God." John 8:47
An unbeliever can read the Bible but the unbeliever will not be changed because they are only reading words with their mind. When a person becomes a Christian then they will read God's Word with their mind and heart and it will no longer be just reading words but they will hear God speak to them through His Words.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Romans 10:17
It is through hearing God's Word that we receive faith. Is your faith little? If you struggle in your faith then read God's Words over and over again. Ask the Lord to increase your faith. Faith and fear can not reside in the same vessel. Are you fearful? Get into God's Word and stay in God's Word until you know His peace.
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. John 14:27
The Lord hears your cries and He listens to your prayers. He loves you. If you will come to Him then you will know His comfort and His peace. He will be with you in trouble.
As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; Isaiah 66:13a
Being a Christian is having a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. He hears the cries and prayers of His children and He wants us to listen to Him also. He speaks to us and He wants us to talk to Him. Being a Christian is far more than just believing intellectually in God and believing that Jesus Christ is God's Son. Being a Christian is having a living faith that lives on His promises and follows Him in obedience. When a person is a true Christian then they will no longer "listen" to the world but they will "listen" to the Lord. For this reason, their lifestyle will be different. They will no longer want to do the things they did before. They will choose different friends if their nonChristian friends do not want to listen to the Lord. The Christian's values will change. The Christian will have become a new person in Christ for they will have heard from God. God is still calling for those who will listen.
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts Hebrews 3:7,8a
The Lord says that "Today" is the day of salvation. If you hear His voice then come to Him. Do not harden your heart for you do not know what tomorrow holds and you do not know if you will hear His voice again or if you will have another chance.
for He says, "At the acceptable time I listened to you,
And on the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is "the acceptable time," behold, now is "the day of salvation"— II Corinthians 6:2
He hears you because He loves you. He is listening for your prayer and cry to Him.
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