Unspoken requests… I do not see that in scripture. And get in a community that allows encouragement to keep you going! When it feels like HE is silent, keep leaning in and doing the last thing He said to do. It does feel like God is silent… but is He really? Often after the fact – WELL after the fact, you can trace His hand. Especially if the answer I think I heard sounded too much like me. I just stubbornly dig my heels in, refuse to move until God makes it absolutely clear it is Him. But if the prayer is about something big I will ask God for a sign that the answer was Him and not just me wishing it to be. Often God answers through scripture, through other people (a song, a preacher, a friend, a radio sermon) and sometimes we hear His still small voice. We pray often and it rarely feels like God answers. Do not make a decision or move until He answers. If it is biblical, ask and keep asking until He answers. Does it go against God’s word? Then ask God to change the desire of your heart to match His. I advise you to ask it of the Bible first. But add some awe and fear… because He is also still God. Talk to Him like you talk to a friend like you talk to your dad (if that was a good relationship) like you talk to your husband. If you are asking, “does God hear my cry” know that He really does! How do I talk to God? Yes, and He always answers, though His ways and timing are so far beyond what we understand or would choose. Here are some of the questions I get often and the answers I share! Does God hear when you cry out in prayer? Pray as if your life depended on it! Become a Prayer Warrior! Telling your Big God about your problem causes lots of things to change.īut first, some questions I get when my answer is to pray. We observe in Psalm 83:1 that prayer matters! How can we actually learn to “be still” when it seems like God is silent?
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Giving God our first and our best time to learn how to be still! How Do You Hear What God is Telling You? This is part of a 40-day fast together – a fast from time. Have you ever taken prayer to the next level and added a time of Fasting?
This Psalm begins as a prayer… no, not just a prayer actually, but a prayer of desperation. God tells us to “be still” but that feels impossible if God is not on the move! When faced with a trial, it seems impossible until it’s done and we see how God was with us?! Oh, how hopeless things feel when it seems God is being still while we are anxious. Where is God? Why hasn’t God stepped in? It feels to them like God is silent, holding his peace, being still.
The Israelites are on the brink of an invasion where they have zero chance of survival. Many theologians believe Psalm 83 is written at the time of 2 Chronicle 20 (which as a side note is my favorite passage in the Bible). The context of Psalm 83:1 is fascinating. “Do not keep silent, O God Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.” ( Psalm 83:1 AMP) “Why Has God Forsaken Me?” is okay to ask! Today’s verse shows that we are not alone in thinking God is silent and will help us in finding hope when life seems dark. Sometimes it feels like God is silent like God doesn’t see the big problem or maybe God doesn’t care about the hard season we are in. 3 Pray Bold Prayers When God is Silent When God is Silent He is Not Stillįirst, let me say that When God is silent he is not sill (read more about that here at Desiring God), but again, that is not the point.
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