How do I know that God is listening to my prayers?

Through the scriptures, we are taught that God will always hear our prayers and will answer them if we address Him with faith and real intent. In our hearts we will feel the confirmation that He does hear us, a feeling of peace and calm. We can also feel that everything will be fine when we follow the Father's will.
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How do I get God to listen to my prayers?

How to practice listening prayer
  1. Come to God with your request for guidance. ...
  2. Wait in silence for God to speak for 10-12 minutes. ...
  3. Jot down any Scripture, songs, impressions, or pictures God gives you. ...
  4. Share how God spoke to you with your prayer partners and follow God's will.
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How do you know when God speaks to you?

God will NEVER ask you to do anything that's not in line with his Word. Make sure Scripture supports where God is leading you. God will often speak through the words in the Bible, so keep reading and notice if you receive confirmations through the Scriptures you're reading.
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Is there a wrong way to pray?

There is no right or wrong way to pray during Adoration. It may be helpful to use a prayer book, or read Scripture, or another spiritual book, or pray the rosary. But, as many people would recommend, avoid filling the entire prayer time with these things.
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What is a silent prayer?

We might think of “silent prayer” as communicating with God not by speaking words aloud but by saying them in our minds. But prayer does not always require words. In fact, Jesus cautioned that using “many words” in prayer could become like babbling (see Matthew 6:7).
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What does God's voice sound like?

The Bible more often portrays God's voice as sounding ordinary and meek than as booming and thunderous. The critics who are deriding Scott's decision as heretical, blasphemous, or somehow unfaithful to Scripture seem to be overlooking Scripture's actual descriptions of God's voice.
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How do you know God is working in your life?

They are the voice of God speaking to you. In order to see God continuing to work in your life, go to church, study the Bible, and pray, and actively look for what God is saying to you, how He wants you to turn your life around, and how He promises to guide you the whole way.
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Does God hear me cry?

God absolutely responds to the tears of everyone! The trials and tribulations of this world can certainly bring us to tears. In times like these, we can find strength, solace, and comfort by crying out to God in prayer. He is there to ease our sorrows and help us to deal with pain and suffering.
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How do you know you are blessed?

Here are seven blessings God has in store for you: You will inherit and possess the Kingdom of God (even if you're poor now) You will finally be comforted (you will laugh then, even if you weep now) You shall inherit the whole earth (not only a piece of land)
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How do you know if God is preparing you for a relationship?

16 Signs God is Preparing You for a Relationship
  • Your faith and relationship with God have been established. ...
  • You have learned to put God as your top priority. ...
  • You have become more prayerful, especially in this area. ...
  • You are now enjoying your relationship with your family. ...
  • You have become more emotionally mature.
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What does it feel like to hear from God?

Sometimes it's a sense of peace or joy that covers your body in a moment of chaos. Sometimes it's wisdom in a situation. And sometimes God speaks to you for your, for what you're going through, sometimes He speaks to you for someone else, sometimes He just shares things that He wants you to pray about.
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Does God answer my prayers?

Jesus taught, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find” (Matthew 7:7). When you are sincerely striving to obey God's commandments, He will give you answers to your prayers, and you will be ready to receive them. God “heareth the prayer of the righteous” (Proverbs 15:29).
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What is the best way to pray?

But knowing how to pray is not always easy. Jesus' disciples felt the same confusion.
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I hope they will encourage you to make 2022 a year of prayer.
  1. Know to whom you are speaking. ...
  2. Thank him. ...
  3. Ask for God's will. ...
  4. Say what you need. ...
  5. Ask for forgiveness. ...
  6. Pray with a friend. ...
  7. Pray the Word. ...
  8. Memorize Scripture.
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Do not pray in the open?

Summary. Jesus taught, “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen.”
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How can I get closer to God?

12 WAYS TO GET CLOSER TO GOD RIGHT NOW
  1. Get quiet. ...
  2. Read your bible. ...
  3. Write out your prayers in a dedicated notebook; these can be for others or yourself. ...
  4. Go for a walk and talk with God. ...
  5. Meditate on Scripture. ...
  6. Put on some worship music and immerse yourself in the melody and lyrics. ...
  7. Marvel at the world God has created.
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How do you attract God's blessings?

Give out something today and you will attract God's blessings to yourself in Jesus name. You should not wait until you have the whole world before you can make sacrifice, such mindset rather attracts sanction instead of blessing. Do not allow your present situat-ion to determine how or what to sacrifice to God.
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What are the 7 blessings from God?

In this book Munsey explains how, not only the Israelites, but believers today—nearly 3,500 years after the day of fasting, prayer, and offering began—can claim the seven specific, supernatural atonement blessings that are promised in Joel 2: • A Double Portion • Financial Abundance • Restoration • Miracles • God's ...
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How can I hear Jesus?

How to Hear Jesus Christ
  1. Feast daily on His words in the scriptures.
  2. Go to the temple or do family history work.
  3. Pay attention to the words of the prophets.
  4. Listen to the whisperings of the Holy Ghost. He will bring thoughts to your mind and peace to your heart. He will let you know what is true.
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What does the Holy Spirit Feel Like?

For them, the Holy Ghost may produce a subtle feeling of gratitude, peace, reverence, or love (see Galatians 5:22–23). The scriptures also describe the Holy Ghost as a “burning” in the bosom (see Doctrine and Covenants 9:8–9). But the intensity or degree of that “burning” can be different for everyone.
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